Being under the weather this week I’ve been seeking solace in my yarn stash. My collection is more than enough to cover the floor of my studio… and keep me busy fondling and planning. (”Make yarn angels,” says designer Pinka Peck.)

I have 31 binsful. A dining room sideboard stuffed with plarn (plastic bag yarn). Half a ping-pong table loaded with T-shirts ready to be cut into strips. And two shelves stacked with reels of VHS tape.

This isn’t going to last me a lifetime.

In fact, I’m totally out of green DK because I used all of it for an oversize shawl that blends about 10 shades and hues (in different amounts) into a progression of dark to light. I’ll show it to you next week, after the fringe is on.