What you are looking at is the back of my sister and brother-in-law's Ford F150 pick-up. There are 5 regular Rubbermaid type bins, and 2 super-sized bins towards the back. Any idea what might be in there? 
YARN!!! In all of them! 100% Wool Yarn from Chester Farms, also known as Cestari. Tons of 1 ply on cones and skeins, and sweaters worth of 2 ply in skeins. Now, you ask, how did I gain all this wonderful wooliness? Well, my sister and BIL bought a building in VA to start their second location for their chiropractor practice. While clearing out the basement of said building, my BIL came across yarn - not just a little as the pics show. Thank God they knew who to call and didn't trash or donate it (not that donating is bad, but, well, you know....). At first I thought BIL was pulling my leg, since he knows all about my yarn addiction, but after betting on cheese steaks, I knew he was serious.The only problem I'm facing right now, besides what to knit (not really a problem there), is how to get the basement odor out of the yarn. I did handwash about 24 skeins of the 1 ply the night the yarn arrived (oh yes I did - after providing requisite cheesesteaks to sis and her hubby), and they came out okay.
I contacted my guild friend, and of course, she has a skein winder with a yard measure thingie, so I will be going back and forth to her place to skein up all the cones, then handwash everything over time (thinking springtime). At least this won't be quite as stinky as washing all those alpaca fleeces over the summer. Now that was stinky!
Speaking of alpaca fleeces, I will be picking up my processed roving for them on Wednesday and I can hardly wait! I haven't done any spinning since early Fall, mainly due to Christmas knitting and obsessing about socks. Speaking of which......
I finished a pair of socks for Maddie out of Adriafil's KnitCol. After all that Christmas knitting, I needed to make some quick socks, and these were them. I finished these in two evenings and loved every minute of it! Maddie put them on immediately and I think they are her favorite socks. Now I need to start a pair for Courtney, but I have three other wips I need to finish first, and they are:
Basic 2x2 Alpaca Sox rib socks for Becky. Becky is one of my sister's best friends, and she is terrific. My Mom-Mom had to have back surgery early this Fall, and my Aunt who lives with her had just had a stroke this summmer and can't drive anymore. Becky, who is a vice principal in a middle school, took time out of her busy schedule to drive my Aunt to see Mom-Mom in the hospital, as well as run errands. This really meant alot to us, as my sister who lives in AZ had just had her baby, so Mom-Mom and Aunt Marion were kinda hangin in the wind. Becky is the best!
The Seascape Shawl for Mom-Mom. I bought this yarn 2 years ago at the Knit and Crochet show in Valley Forge specifically for her. These are definitely her colors, and living in Sun City, AZ, she doesn't need anything substantial, so this will be perfect for those evening when it's a little chilly (yeah, like maybe twice a year, she lives in HELL for Pete's sake!) Gotta get crankin on this one, only on row 80!
No pic for the last one, it's for my Loopy Swap partner, and since I'm not sure if she figured out who I am, I don't want to spoil anything. I am at the heel flap on both socks (she only requested socks so that doesn't reveal anything), so I figure I'll be done this weekend, then just to buy a few final goodies!
Christmas brought me even more yarn than that truckload above. My husband got me two skeins of YarnLove Elizabeth Bennet in Tapestry, Maddie got me a skein of DIC Smooshy in Some Summer Sky, Courtney made me a pen and ink drawing from her art class (and even framed it!), and Jay (BIL with the truck of yarn) was my Secret Santa and got my two skeins of Opal (Hummel and Der Blaue Mond). My husband also enrolled me for the Hill Country Yarns sock club, my very first one! Just found out yesterday that I didn't get picked for The Loopy Ewe Sock club, so I am consoling myself with the 3 skeins of Wollmeise I scored at the last sneak up - it was amazing I got any!
Hope if anyone is reading this, you had a great Christmas! I will post next week with pics of my alpaca roving (picking it up Wednesday, maybe it will distract me into spinning again and tear me away from my sock obsession a little).
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I'm glad you got some wollmeise. I tried, but lucked out this time. DIC Smooshy is one of my favorite yarns of all time. Sounds like you've had a great past couple of weeks!
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