Spring Knitty!

Hooray, new free Knitty patterns! I don't need a single new pattern to put in my queue , but I can't help adding these two to the list.

Yosemite

I love any sweater-ish thing that works in warm weather. I was happy to see that CotLin is the recommended sub, as it gives me an excuse to try it.

Posey

The unique construction of this looks like a fun challenge and a good opportunity to play with color.

There are already at least a dozen projects for each of these patterns up on Ravelry. It always amazes me how quickly people start knitting these new patterns. I'm very tempted to move one of the up to the top of my "to knit" list!

Fear-ful Knitting

Not too long ago, Sandi Wiseheart (don't you just love her last name?) of Knitting Daily sent around a newsletter about being afraid of knitting. Like, afraid of failure, or wasting your time, or learning a new technique.

My biggest fear about knitting is running out of yarn. It's a well-founded fear because it almost always happens. Right now, I've vowed to work through at least three-quarters of my stash before buying new yarn, but my biggest obstacle is not having enough of something for a project I would actually want to do.

*minimalist cardi? Not enough yarn*

The two largest amounts of yarn I have right now are 8 skeins of Blue Sky Alpaca Sport Weight and 8 balls of Elsebeth Lavold Hempathy.

*so pretty, so not enough*

The alpaca was bought to make a pleated skirt. I was delusional to think that would be a good, wearable item to make.

The Hempathy was supposed to be a sub yarn for Raspy, but, again, I don't really have enough.

Too much yarn for a smaller project, to little for something large.

About the only thing I have an appropriate amount of is sock yarn, because it comes that way. Even still, I tend to knit the legs of my socks too short, "just in case" I don't have enough to finish the other one.

Any suggestions? Ravelry has helped a bit, but I'm still kind of stuck on yardage. What is your knitting fear?