Yarn Organization

This weekend I thought I would get control of my stash, patterns, books and my knitting tools. I have been known to buy the same colorway of certain yarns again because I am drawn to yarn by color, not necessarily by type of yarn. I have a palm TX

to organize my life and use [tag]Documents to Go[/tag] frequently. I am a whiz with MS programs having used them since they were created. (Did I mention I started using computers when I was a baby? LOL)

Because my palm is never far from me, I thought it would be a wonderful idea to also use my palm to get control of my yarn purchasing.

My idea was to create a workbook in excel. In this workbook I would put all my yarns by type, list all my needles, books and patterns. I thought to also list my class schedule and favorite LYS here as well as in my address book.

Well, after digging through my stash, putting all the yarns into bins by weight and logging them into my palm, I came to a conclusion.

It’s more fun to buy the yarns than it is to organize them! Thankfully I don’t have duplicate patterns or books (that has happened before) but this is an endless task!

I think I will take a chocolate break now!

Next Pattern:

I hadn’t heard of Laura Sebastian’s fantasy series Castles in Their Bones until I stumbled upon Mary P. Hunt’s knitting patterns inspired by the series, but if you’re already a fan (of this series in particular or fantasy in general) you’re sure to enjoy these designs.

The book series, in case you’re curious, follows triplet princesses who each marry a prince on their 16th birthday as part of their mother’s master plan to take over the whole continent of Vesteria. (Thanks, GoodReads!)

I don’t know how I found the (all these links ahead are to Ravelry, FYI) Star-Touched Hat knitting pattern, but it was the first one I saw. There’s also a coordinating cowl and mittens if you want to complete the full set.

All of them prominently feature stars and have a sort of Art Deco feel. They call for DK weight yarn in two colors, so you could make them all to match or use different colors for each.

The hat comes in five sizes, ranging in circumference from 18.5 to 22.3 inches (or 47 to 57 cm). It can be worked with a short brim or a folded brim.

The mittens come in small and large adult sizes, with extended sizes for both (more length is included in the extended sizes). These feature a cool Latvian braid at the top of the cuff, which is a fun skill to learn.

And the cowl is one size, on the smaller side as cowls go, measuring about 13.5 inches/34.5 cm tall and 26 inches/66 cm around.

The designer suggests you can hold a bit of metallic thread along with your yarn to give it more of a sparkly, regal, celestial feel, but that’s totally up to you!

As mentioned above you can get all of these patterns on Ravelry. As of this writing there doesn’t seem to be a discount from buying all three, but maybe that will change.

[Photo: Mary P. Hunt]

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