Hi my name is Eve and I’m a yarn hoarder.
I’m not the worst hoarder out there, but that is because I’ve acknowledged this condition that runs in the family, quite early on and resisted it. Periodically, I’ll go through my storage cabinets and throw stuff out, but not the good stuff.
Someone who has knitted for 15 or so years, obviously will acquire a lot of yarn through the years and there is never enough time to use it all up. There is always a new project that requires different colours and types of yarn, and then the old yarn are left gathering dust.
I used to make solely wool socks and mittens, so most of my yarn is suited for those. I have gathered a huge storage container full of these yarns, that now does not inspire me at all. I have been smart enough to hoard only two different sock yarns and all from the same company, so they can be mixed together, if only the colours work. I don’t know why I have mostly colourful yarns, when I mostly wear neutrals. Well, that’s probably because I always use up the neutrals and am left with the pops of colour.
Long story long, I’ve decided that I need to start using up these sock yarns if I want to keep buying other yarns for nicer projects. I would not recommend or use these for a sweater in any other circumstance but for the one I’ll be using them now. I’m gonna make an intentionally ugly sweater that won’t be precious and I can use while doing house work or whatever and I don’t have to worry about it.
I found a suitable pattern that I’ll use as a base, but will probably add on so that I can use more yarn. This is also a great way to see why colour choice and combinations are so so important to get right for colourwork knits. The original pattern has beautiful colours so it’s a beautiful sweater, but mine will be a mess!
I have no idea what my sweater will end up looking because I’ll just keep adding colours as I go and just trying to use up as much as I can. Stay tuned for the monstrosity of a sweater!