My yarn stash finally got depleted enough to defend buying more. I only had 3 balls of yarn left.
And yes, okay mum, I did give a lot of it away when we moved but it was yarn I was never going to use again left over from four years ago when I had to give up knitting. So I bought more. Obviously.
I did start by trying to use one of those 3 balls. I spent lots of time trawling through ravelry and have mashed a few different ideas together but to do it i needed to buy more yarn. The one ball wasn’t enough for a full project whatever I wanted to do with it so to use that 1 ball I bought…. 6 more.
Ta da!
It’s King Cole big value 4 ply in red (the one I already had), plum, peacock, and four balls of cappuccino. The white on the website looked too white so I went with the cappuccino instead and I think it goes with the other colours really well. And its really cheap too?
I mean its super cheap compared to the the 3 balls of scheepjes whirl 4 ply that i wanted to buy. They are SO pretty! But paying over £60 for yarn to make a small blanket is a lot. I bought the equivalent amount of yarn (actually I bought 40grams more yarn) and it only cost me £20 instead AND it will be cheaper if I want to make the blanket bigger too. So all around I think I was very responsible. (But they’re so pretty…..)
I’m sure I’ll end up buying one at some point but I’ve avoided it for a while longer. I’ve only just started the blanket I’m planning to make (the yarn only arrived yesterday) so you’ll have to wait for an update to see what I’m doing.
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Ever The Crafter 
Perfectly jusified, and I love the cappuccino colour.
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Thank you. I do too. It’s such a lovely colour and a bit different from the usual white or cream options. It goes so well with the other colours and what I want it to look like
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Beautiful colors, I too am planning to make a blanket in the next few months. Hopefully I can keep with it. I have tried in the past and stopped a good way in.
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Thanks. Oooh. That’s cool. Hopefully you’ll get one finished this time. What are you planning on doing? Knitting or crochet? And one big thing or squares joined up?
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Crochet, although I can do both. I am thinking one big project.
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very sensible, and lovely yarn colours 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
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I agree with you, some things just don’t need the high end yarn, lovely as it is! Your colors are wonderful, this will be a great looking blanket!
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Thank you. It’s difficult to excuse the high cost of the nice yarn sometimes. Especially when the cheap yarn is really soft and comes in lovely colours too
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I love how disciplined you have been in not buying new yarn until you brought down your stash. I need to get some of that will power 😉 I love the colors of all of the yarns you have chosen for your next project. Can’t wait to see your start on it.
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I have to admit I slipped up on the only using stash yarn a few times but only so I had the motivation to keep going
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I love those colours together! it’s going to look lovely, and buying yarn is always worth it 😉
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They are so pretty together
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Yarn deliveries are the best!
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They are. (I’ve accidently bought more so am waiting for another one!)
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I’m impressed. Three balls of yarn?! I can’t imagine what it would be like to have such little of a yarn stash at my disposal lol
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Haha I was very good. But I’ve sissy ordered more so it definitely didn’t last long!
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