Stashbusting

This is my Luverne. It is a great Stashbusting project. We have heard a lot in the last few weeks that people can’t buy any more yarn because they have so much at home. Here’s an easy pattern to empty some bins or baskets or shelves or however you store your yarn.

A much smaller, fluffy Boscoe. Yes he has my yarn in his mouth.

Luverne is a randomly striped, simple chevron shawl with a knit as you go “mock” icord edge. Once established, the two row pattern is easy to remember. The sample shown is knitted in fingering weight yarn, but it can readily be adjusted for a sport or DK weight. Luverne is also a small town in south Alabama, and is self acclaimed to be the “friendliest city in the south”!

This is a great project to work on. The pattern is easy to memorize - there are only 2 rows. You can change colours whenever you like.  

The pattern is from Amy Opie and you can purchase it on Ravelry.

Don’t forget about Stephen West’s Melting Marl Scarf.

This rectangular scarf is the perfect stash buster. Always hold two strands of fingering weight yarn together or mix in some lace weight mohair silk or suri alpaca yarns too. The instructions include detailed notes on how to blend your leftover yarns and single skeins together to achieve smooth melted color transitions. Choose between a classic narrow scarf size or follow instructions for the wide wrap as you melt and fade you colors together. There are three simple textures and chevron/wave variations repeated throughout the fabric to keep you engaged and motivated to reach each new section. Make the scarf as long as you want and enjoy knitting this wearable work of art!

You can purchase the pattern on Stephen’s Website.

📷 © Stephen West

If you want a bigger project you can try Stephen West’s Melting Marl Blanket.

📷 © Stephen West

This blanket is designed as a stash buster to use all of your leftover fingering weight yarns and single skeins. Always hold two strands of fingering weight yarn together or mix in some lace weight mohair silk or suri alpaca yarns too.The instructions include detailed notes on how to blend your leftover yarns and single skeins together to achieve smooth melted color transitions. You can knit the blanket as long as you want for a decorative throw on your couch. There are three simple textures and chevron/wave variations repeated throughout the fabric to keep you engaged and motivated to reach each new section. Enjoy knitting this cozy stash busting blanket!

The pattern is available on Stephen’s website.

This morning Ambah O’Brien sent out a newsletter and she has a new stashbusting shawl. This is called the Vestiges Shawl and you can purchase the pattern on her website.

Designed to use up all those itty bits of delicious yarn you have stashed away. You know, those bits you can’t bear to throw away, but are not quite sure what to do with them. Pair them with a full skein or two and create a shawl that is a memento of these glorious yarn vestiges. Using up leftovers from two Festive yarn kit mini skein projects, I created fingering and DK weight options to choose between. Your vestiges may be equal amounts of each colour, a partial solid or gradient skein or a combination of the two, dive in and create a tribute as a reminder of the yarn from a larger knitting project. 

Included are both charted and written instructions the lace section.

The shawl above is knit in fingering and below is knit in DK. You can double strand fingering weight for the DK shawl.

Modern Daily Knitting has a great article about tension and how your tension can change depending on the needles you knit with.

Winter weather has returned. I’m happy because I get a few more days out of my cardigan but it doesn’t have to be this cold for me to wear it.