One of the (few) benefits to an international move is that all of my new American yarn is currently securely boxed up, thanks to the US postal service, but my old stash yarn is in an open box, waiting for a place in our new house to live. So, despite being behind my target of one square a month on the Great American Afghan (should be about to start my 10th sqaure, instead I'm starting my 6th), I have been dipping into Deep Stash to knit useful things for my new commute and job.
First up - some ancient black Cygnet DK 100% merino I bought years ago at John Lewis Oxford St, with plans to knit a sleeveless vest. I then promptly bought exactly such a vest from Laura Ashley and so never felt the need to knit one up. The amount of yarn wasn't quite enough to be useful for anything else, and so it languished. However - mornings and evenings are cold in North Yorkshire, so I feel the need for cardigans and wraps to pull over the lighter clothes I wear at work (where the buildings are usually too warm). Black is a useful, argueably neutral, colour, so I pulled the yarn out and started Lisa Gentry's Yoga Wrap Sweater (making good use of Sobahime's alterations on Ravelry). I knitted top down, and have now completed it, except for edging. What to do about edging? I have no yarn left, so could edge in a contrast colour (makes it harder to work as a throw-over-anything wrap though), OR I could leave it unedged, which doesn't look too bad, kind of Japanese in style, and use a shawl pin to secure it if wanted. I am planning to give this a go - I can always go back and edge it if I feel I want to later.
Further projects planned from Deep Stash: either the 3 hour, or 2 hour Yorkshire and Glengarry Sweater using the old dark burgandy RYC Cashsoft I've had in stash seemingly forever. As its short sleeved this would make a good work sweater I think, to be worn with flowing black trousers (my basic work "uniform" - soft black trousers and pretty tops). Also, another go at the Central Park Hoodie in some rather glam gold aran wool/acrylic blend by Patons I picked up on ebay years ago, for some unknown reason. It's escaped several stash clearouts, because I rather like it - I also like the thought of using the gold yarn for a casual sweater.
The longer I can keep my new yarn boxed up the better maybe...
