Organized Chaos

It's not a secret that I have more yarn in my possession than I know what to do with.  I have this awful habit of falling in love with some fiber and figuring that I'll have a project for it later.  Obviously, with such beautiful yarn, ideas should just come flowing, right?  Wrong.  I think projects take so long that by the time I finish one, I generally decide to start something completely different than what I originally had in mind when I bought some new yarn.  Usually that requires different yarn, so I buy yet more yarn.  The yarn section of my closet is a great example of "organized chaos".  Anyone looking at it would have no idea what they're looking at, but I know!  I know that there is a system!  Actually I think that's the general theme of my entire room and closet right now...

But lately, I've been trying to use up my current yarn stash.  One of my recent projects was a pair of striped fingerless gloves.  I love the combination of black, gray and red.  It's a great mix of cool neutrals and the red provides a nice pop of color.  These will be going up on my etsy shop once I can get some good photos.

I recently discovered I'm allergic to a particular medication, and I had such a bad reaction that I had to stay home from work.  Gave me some time to think of my next project, and I finally decided to unravel that purple scarf and create something new.  A friend of mine had been admiring my short cabled fingerless gloves, so I figured I'd make another pair of those.  The baby alpaca is GREAT for it.  So soft on the hands and it really is a dream to work with.  Here's a look at the IP project.

Still needs a thumb, but should look pretty good when it's done.  I am glad I made them again, I was able to improve on the last pair and take better notes to turn into a proper pattern.  I might try to post it on Ravelry soon.  After these, I believe my next projects will probably be Christmas gifts.  I can't believe it's already November!

Hope you all have a great weekend!