The Possibilities

There are times when I ask Joe a simple question, and I am met with silence. Most likely, it is not a long silence, but I am an impatient sort. I want an answer now!

My impatience had me in a quandry over my Mission Possible 2008 projects. A few of the patterns were selected because they matched a stash yarn, but they failed the Klosekraft tests. Why bother knitting a pattern that does not excite you?

Feeling bound (rather than inspired) by the knitalong, I decided to cull my queue and my stash sooner rather than later. several yarns were swapped or sold. Perhaps that was bending the rules, but I feel lighter without the burden of unwanted yarn. Yesterday, I deleted the Corset Pullover and the Chocolate Creme Square-Neck Top from my Ravelry queue in spite of having Filatura di Crosa Elena and Diakeito DiaCoutoure SilkLame in my stash. I will either for suitable patterns for the yarn or sell it.

By selling and swapping, I have narrowed my stash to:
20 balls of copper-coloured Filatura di Crosa Elena - Cabaret Raglan?
5 balls of Rowan Big Wool - Storm
5 balls of Rowan Calmer (Laurel)
4 balls of Rowan Calmer (Chiffon) - Lorelei
3/4 ball of Noro Silk Garden - Lorelei
4 balls of Classic Elite Classic Silk - Molly Ringwald
10 balls of Classic Elite Wool Bam Boo
8 balls of Diakeito Diacoutoute Silklame
15 balls of Jackobsdahl Bahamas
1 ball of Schaefer Anne
1 ball of Year of the Goat Handspun
1 ball of unknown multi-green yarn
3/4 ball of Noro Iro

Of course, there is more yarn, but it is listed for sale/swap on Ravelry:
6 balls of Rowan Calmer in Kiwi
2 balls of Berroco Comfort
2.5 balls of Katia Celian
2 balls of Bemidji Wool

Even if I manage to unload the remaining unwanted yarn, what remains still feels like a burden.