Last year there was a rash of stash flashing on blogs. Not long after that, I moved my stash from my old house to this one, re-sorting it into under-bed storage boxes so I could fit it into my office. I took advantage of the fit of organisation to take a photo. I was able to get it all into one image.

This time, though I didn’t sign up for the big flash your stash bash, I thought it would be interesting to do it again. It’s six months since I took the last photo. Once again, I managed to get everything except my current WIPs into the photo.

Big tub #1 (top): 99c balls of mohair, wool and cashmere/wool blend from Dimmeys
Big tub #2 (middle): special wool – everything from slubby to laceweight, including the single ball of Noro silk garden than I occasionally pat, some expensive slubby blue-black silk from the Isle of Skye, and three balls of Corriedale Clip that I bought to felt but can’t bring myself to.
Big tub #3 (bottom): 8 and 12 ply wool collection – Bendy wool on the left, Jo Sharp on the right.
Small tub # 5 (bottom left): My shamefully small sock wool collection.
Felt bucket centre bottom: Dark teal Zhivago for a lace jumper
Small tub #1 (top): More Dimmeys mohair
Small tub #2 (2nd from top): mixed leftovers and op shop finds
Small tub #3 (3rd from top): acrylic 8ply leftovers
Small tub #4 (bottom): cotton – currently all leftovers from projects

Comparing it to my old photo, I’m happy to see that more yarn is missing than new. I’ve found homes for some of the stash I didn’t particularly want, knitted up three FOs, and have two WIPs. There’s a little more Bendy 8ply in there now – in preparation for Tubey – and two more lots of sock yarn. At least two purchases of yarn never hit the stash, as I started knitting (or weaving) them up straight away.

Hmm, there’s still quite a bit in the stash that doesn’t thrill me. Particularly the Dimmey’s mohair. I keep eyeing it and thinking ‘e-bay’.

Dropping stuff off at the local op shop the other day, I couldn’t help having a peek at the patterns. I found these:

I like the design around the left-hand jumper.

The righthand pattern is in a book of patterns where most of the models’ heads are hidden in shadow, or cut off completely. Bizzare.

I don’t know why I like the jumper, considering patchwork has never thrilled me, but I do. It uses five colours. Looking at my stash photo, I’ve spotted those balls of Jo Sharp dk. I have Lichen, Amethyst and Renaissance (Aqua). I’ve been thinking that a nice rust colour would go well with them. I just need a fifth colour. Where’s that Jo Sharp website…

This is the best part of flashing my stash. I get all excited about the yarn all over again!