Spindlitis

Still sorting out the problem with posting pictures. I’ll have to put in an update at some point, although I’ve just been knitting socks. But this is a rant about yarn quality. It feels like I’m getting a lot of poor quality yarn. By that I mean yarn that pills too much, wears out in odd spots or just generally doesn’t hold up. I don’t mind using that chainette yarn I bought when discounted, but I wore a hole in the sleeve in quick order, same with Rowan Felted Tweed. That’s not good when you knit a cardigan. And you never know what you’ll have problems with. I like the single ply West Yorkshire Spinner’s yarn that I used for a cardigan. It does pill a lot though. I really need to buy a lot less yarn.

And on a related note, I am purging my stash pretty heavily. I even threw out some almost finished handspun projects and a bunch of handspun yarn.  I haven’t done anything with it in years. It is a very freeing thing to do, if you haven’t tried it. You have all these projects that you mentally plan for that yarn and it’s a weight when you never start them. Get rid of the yarn and they are gone. You’re free to work on something new. I will likely get rid of some of the yarn I bought, although the unused stuff will go to Goodwill. It’s just like purging my way through my knitting and spinning books. There are a lot of hard choices you have to make when you move. But I still intend to move my spinning wheels and treadles, if I can make enough room for them.