It’s Furious Balancing

I sorta/kinda vowed to make 2009 the Year of Shopping from the Yarn Stash.  Forgive me, for I have sinned.

Four lovely skeins¹ of Dream in Color Groovy² arrived the other day, but I have rationalizations at the ready.  I needed this yarn.  Really.  It’s for the current Service Knitting project for the Knitters for Obama group.³

We’re making items for the Mattaponi Indian tribe in Virginia, and they requested items made from machine-washable yarn  in bright colors or earth tones.  Having no machine-washable wool in my Yarn Stash — except for sock yarn — I just had to do some shopping.

This is luscious stuff.  I don’t use crap yarn for my Service Knitting projects; I wouldn’t want to give anyone an item made from yarn that I wouldn’t wear myself.  So you see — I had to buy this yarn.  Good cause and all that.

This yarn is talking to me.  I don’t know how much longer I can hold out before I cast on a new WIP, but I’m attempting to discipline myself by finishing the first (boring, dark taupe, never-ending ribbing, worsted weight) hat I’ve started for this project.

We all know how well I do with the self discipline…

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1. Yes, I know there are only three skeins in the first photograph; the brown colorway didn’t make it into that shot. FYI, the names of these colors are Gold Experience, Cinnamon Girl, Absolute Magenta, and Tea Party. [↩]
2. Formerly known as Dream in Color Softy and Dream in Color Fatty [↩]
3. I much prefer the term “Service Knitting” over “Charity Knitting.”  It really alters the dynamic between the donor and the recipient. [↩]

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