Category Archives: Yarn Stash

Three $3.00 Bags

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Linda @ alottastitches

It’s far from obvious in this photo but, I actually included at least two novelty yarns in each tote’s handwoven panel. Doing this project made me view the two very large baskets of novelty yarns that I stumbled upon in … Continue reading →

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The Second Half

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Linda @ alottastitches

Here’s the rest of the yarns the ladies and I pulled from the Big Black Bag. I looked each one up in Ravelry’s data base hoping to find some information about projects people have woven with it. In the process, … Continue reading →

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Windy!

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Linda @ alottastitches

Thirty-five mile an hour wind gusts kept me from photographing any blankets the other day but I didn’t let them stop me from taking pictures of yarn. . . heavy cones of weaving yarn! Here are just some of the … Continue reading →

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Half a Bag of Yarn

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Linda @ alottastitches

I wanted to get a photo of every one of the yarns P of CT gave me in back in December. – Not only so I could share them with you, but because looking through stash photos is so much … Continue reading →

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Go Ahead, Shoot Me!

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

I know you’re all anxious to see what kind of yarn was in that BIG Bag. . . but the Crochet Corner ladies and I became so giddy while looking through it, were so distracted by the gingerbread cookie baking … Continue reading →

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THIS Big

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Here’s how big a contractor’s garbage bag full of yarn is. – Our little dolly, folded and tucked beneath the plywood “floor”, which lays atop my car’s wheel wheels, will come in handy for hauling the bag into the nursing … Continue reading →

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Lucy. . . Dinner’s Ready!

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Finished crocheting pretend food Saturday evening, which left us one day to work on the labels DH had already started. We did pretty good! DH printed the last one at around 7:30 Sunday night. He delivered our “Build – A … Continue reading →

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Totes

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Crocheted another of Stephanie Gage’s Seaside Totes. (Made my previous one in 2011!) This took just half a skein (7 ounces) of that cotton I found clearance-priced at Michaels, a couple of months ago. I could hardly wait for the … Continue reading →

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A First

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

Sandy with a Y*, of the Washington D.C. area, is the first of my yarn fairies to use a Space Bag as a way to fit more yarn in a box. Clever Girl! Taped to the bag, a photograph of … Continue reading →

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What. . . MORE Yarn!?

Posted on October 7, 2015 by Linda @ alottastitches

DH brought a box in from the front porch when he came home from work the other day. Our tricky mailman managed to slip another one by me! Sandi of MD tells me that her yarn fairies have been working … Continue reading →

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