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*Best Fiber Fantasies (AKA: Stash Envy)

I'd have a difficult time picking a favorite yarn, but Noro probably comes close. I have four skeins stashed away with some discontinued silk that one day will become a picturesque sweater or scarf. I have yet to pick the pattern. It has to be something that will provide lots of eye and skin contact because the yarn is just way too comfortable and eye-popping gorgeous!

Four times now I've been the recipient of someone else's destashing. I'm not complaining! My most recent surprise came last Monday in an oversized trash bag my friend Tami had kept in her garage for more than ten years and finally decided to pass on to someone who might actually use it. 14 skeins of cranberry! Wow! Hey, I kind of like that... Cranberry Wow. I think that's what I'll call whatever I make with it.

A couple of months ago a friend brought me a souvenir from China. It's purple, which I always like, but I haven't a clue what I'm going to do with the ribbon yarn and matching novelty fur. I guess the goal would be to not let it sit around in my garage for ten years.

One of my favorite colorways to work with is rainbows. Neon yarn, however, is becoming more and more difficult to find in shades and weights I want. My neon stash is dwindling.

Another favorite thing to do is tie all the small leftover pieces of similar hues together, leaving noticeable knots and tails. I just adore the scarves these misfit balls transform into. (There I go again, ending another sentence with a preposition...)

Many times I have absolutely fallen in love with a specific yarn, bought every skein on the rack, only to learn the yarn has been discontinued and I can't obtain what I need to finish the project I planned. I have a lot of mini stashes of discontinued treasures.

Saving the best for last, I have quite a few treasures from years gone by, some purchased by me and leftover or never used, some from friends and loved ones who found them at garage sales or inherited them and didn't know what to do with them but assumed I would love them. (I do, I do, I do!!!) I hope you enjoy this visual trip down stash avenue and memory lane!

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