These days I don’t often get the chance to pull out my yarn stash and have a fondle, so it lives pretty much undisturbed in the cupboard under the stairs, a bit like a woolly Harry Potter. This causes problems when the gas meter needs reading, however, and today I had to pull the whole lot out so that the meter could be read and I took the opportunity to look at my lace stash.
This box is all yarn that I have earmarked for lace knitting, either because it is actual lace yarn or because it’s too nice for socks. 
It’s grown over the years because, unlike socks, a proper laceweight shawl takes a long time and much concentration to knit and I always seem to find the temptation of a quick project stopping me, whereas buying the yarn is relatively quick and painless. 
Plus I have accumulated some as gifts, which wasn’t my fault (and I’m not complaining).
Even now, I’m knitting lace with DK weight yarn because the whole thing will take a matter of a week or so to finish (if I can work out the maths, but that’s another post!) and will still be lacy and lovely. But the fine yarn beckons. Maybe the cotton/cashmere from Colourmart that has about 3,000 metres to 150g or even the 2ply alpaca that comes from a named mother and daughter pair of alpacas (they’re called Magic and Lara, because I know someone will want to know!). Or the squidgy Dream in Color Baby which will need a fairly simple pattern because it’s variegated, but will be like wearing a cloud. Maybe I just need to do some more fondling to help me to decide. 
All of that definitely needs to be fondled!
I’m loving your green leaves as well btw.
oh god, i want to dive headfirst into that box! i’m all about the fine gauge yarn at the moment, even though i blatantly don’t have the time for such projects
and how pretty is that lovely cheery bright coraly red merino! with the big smily face on!! too awesome
Ooh, pretty lace yarn!!!