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The greater share of my yarn stash has come from other sources. it is a combination of my own, plus my mother’s, my grandmother’s and my mother-in-laws. By some standards, it’s not even a lot. And a lot of it is bargain store acrylics — but most of it is quite nice, and certainly it’s worth using on something. But what? That has been the question dogging me for a few years, and will likely continue to dog me.

However, I have a plan. Clearly tackling the whole works is just too monuemental a task — so I’ve decided to break it down into more reasonable sizes, specifically the Rubbermaid bins its packed in. Over the next 12 months, I plan to knit up the contents of one bin. There’s not enough of any one thing to do anything large, or even sized much larger than for a small child - so it will likely be a series of hats and baby sweaters. But that’s just fine with me — I like things that complete quickly (that being a relative term of course).

So then, here is the first. It’s a Baby Suprise Jacket - by Elizabeth Zimmerman. I can’t think of many things that are easier to knit than this. I have no idea what the yarn is (the bin I picked seems to be mostly devoid of labels), but it’s nice and soft and should wash like a dream. I think there will be enough to add either a hood or a matching hat. This will most definitely be a pattern that I’ll knit again.

I should also point out, this in no way limits me from buying new yarn or working on other projects as the mood strikes. That would just be crazy talk.