Why yes, it’s another Bertie.

I am knitting this one with Bergere de France Lima, a wool/alpaca blend yarn, which I bought over a year ago because it was new and interesting had alpaca in it. So it promptly sat in my stash for 12 months because I didn’t have any projects to make with it. At least I am learning to stash project amounts of yarn as I bought two balls not just one, so I could at least do *something* with it eventually. Yes, Debbie Bliss and your tempting but expensive Pure Silk DK, I’m looking at you.

Generally, I’m trying very hard to not to add to my stash by buying yarn just because they “look nice”. I do want to try Sirdar Balmoral because it also contains alpaca (what can I say? I’m obsessed!) and comes in a delicious purple, but it will just sit in my stash for ages, so there’s no point. All my recent yarn purchases have been yarns that have been used immediately, so not adding to my stash (though not reducing it…) and I really do want to avoid SABLE, if only for the sake of poor Mr B who might come home to find me squished under a mountain of yarn one day.

But back to the scarf. Once I’ve knitted the first repeat, the pattern is almost memorised, so although it’s not a quick project, it’ll fairly mindless. And if I can bear to part with something made with alpaca, this is going to be another teacher’s Christmas present.