The Yarn Stash Increases

You'd think after living in Chicago for over 10 years and being a native midwesterner (I grew up in Michigan) that I would be used to the fact that it is cold in January. I can live with garden variety cold weather, but as we dive down into the low 20s and the wind starts to pick up and the snow flurries start to show themselves, I just start to feel cold all over and then can't get warm. Very inspirational for knitting heavy woolen things, but I'd prefer a few more degrees Fahrenheit!

Today I received my last major yarn stash increase for a while. In addition to adding to my book collection, I also added significantly to my yarn stash over the holidays.

1. 10 skeins of Noro Silk Garden (colorway #8)
2. 10 skeins of Noro Cotton Iroha, Color #110
3. 10 skeins Jaeger Chamonix, Color Limoges
4. 3 skeins Muench Touch Me, Color 3603
5. 3 skeins Lana Gatto Parigi, Color 2689
6. 2 skeins Lamb's Pride Bulky in Ponderosa Pine
7. ~1400 yds silk/rayon blend dyed in variegated white, ecru, pale yellow, taupe

Here are a few representative skeins (I'm too lazy to take pictures of them individually...)

And here's the inspection being made by the Beezle -- he's quite the yarn connoisseur -- he only discombobulates knitting projects made out of the nicest stuff!

I am in love with almost all this stuff for different reasons. The Chamonix is incredibly soft! The "Touch Me" is the most incredible chenille I've ever encountered. The Silk Garden is almost luminescent close up, and the Lana Gatto is supposed to strip like the Noro, but is a much bulkier yarn. With so much potential in my stash right now, I have almost no idea what I am going to start next...Both the Chamonix and Silk Garden are really calling my name....