Taking the pledge

With six months - more or less - of the year left to go, I have decided to challenge myself.  And I'm doing it right in front of you all so there can be no fudging.

The pledge?  Simple:   not to buy any new yarn for the next six months.  I have a huge stash and it seems to be growing, so I'm going to get down to using all that yarn that I'm saving for...what? If you noticed a bit of a loophole in my pledge, it wasn't intentional.  Not at first.  But then I started thinking about yarn from a thrift store or gifted yarn.    Does that equal 'new' yarn, do you think?  I will do my best to stay honest.  You'll be the judges...OK?

The first stop is to use some of this cotton yarn that I found at a thrift shop.  It's a lovely creamy color - sort of like really pale lemon pudding.  I've been trying to find a use for it.  It is, after all, summer when cotton comes to town,  but no pattern is calling to it.

I keep coming back to a pattern for a bias knit skirt (they seem to be everywhere right now).  The Swirl Skirt  uses cotton and wool which seems like a great way to use up some more of that yarn.  I have lots of wool.  Well, I have lots of everything, heh, heh.  Swatch, swatch, swatch and I'm ready to get going.

Unfortunately, the wool that works best is a not-so-yummy shade of salmon and I think it will look better if I dye it something a bit more compatible with the creamy cotton.  Here it is soaking while I think of a color that might work in an overdye.  Since the cotton is light, I don't want to go any darker in tone than the yarn already is.

I've mixed a bit of yellow with a even tinier bit of chocolate (goes well with everything *grin* ) and hope that I'll get something which works.  It's cooking right now.  I'll post the results tomorrow.