And that's where we come to the Core Stash (terminology blatantly stolen from the Yarn Harlot). Yarn that will never be knit because we are unworthy of its beauty, that exists solely for inspirational purposes. Surprisingly for me, saver/hoarder extraordinaire, there are only 5 skeins of yarn in my own personal Core Stash so far. 3 skeins of Noro Silk Garden in colour 36, and 2 skeins of Koigu KPPPM in a particularly beautiful dyelot of colourway P118.
These yarns are so lovely that it makes my heart melt to see them. I may also add my last ball of Noro Silk Garden 34 (leftover from Clapotis #2, which I will post about soon) to the mix, but I haven't decided. As for the other yarn-I-will-never-knit, I don't quite know what to do with it yet. Give it away (to who? Would you like some random yarn?)? Sell it on eBay (I'm too lazy for that right now)? Abandon it on the street (nope, it may be unloved yarn, but it's still yarn)?
How about you, have you started to accumulate a Core Stash?
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Hmm...I'm actually not sure if I've got a Core Stash. There's only one skein of yarn that I have right now that fits into that category. It's the Handmaiden cashmere that I got a while back.
It's too bad we don't live closer to each other. We could do a stash exchange, or something. There's stuff that I've got that, while I would knit stuff with, I haven't got a project in mind for yet. Maybe what I'll do is take pictures of stuff that I've got in my stash that I'm not sure what I'm going to do with, and you can pick and choose anything that you like and I can send it over?
Ooh, fun idea! I'm not sure I've got anything substantial in my stash that you would want, a lot of it is a couple of skeins here and there (hence the not knowing what to do with it), but if there's anything that catches your fancy or that you'd like to try out I'd love to send it over!
OK, I'll dig through the stash and take some pictures soon. And none of it will be crap yarn, just yarn that doesn't really call out to me anymore. =)
Cool!! I'm going to do that too!! My digicam can get a nice workout. Hmm...I don't remember when the last time I went through my stash was (hee hee). This could be interesting.
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