Hi, my name is Rachael, and I'm a Yarn-a-holic...

OK, when I keep talking about my huge pile of yarn, this is what I mean. I have been knitting like crazy since about October, and still I have all this. It doesn't get used up as quickly as one might hope. I have made hats (about 18), slippers (2 pair), a shawl, a toddler sweater, an afghan (using 4 skeins and size 50's), and a couple dishcloths and various other things here and there. I've even knitted a few scarves on my fingers! And all that didn't even seem to make a dent in this pile! Ah well, I'll just keep on knitting......

And this- my first "buy the ugly sweater from the thrift store just for the yarn". As you can see it is a lovely hot pink. The yarn is a chenille type-nice and heavy. Not 100% sure what I'm going to do with this just yet, but I have been reading about "recycling" ugly sweaters lately and wanted to try. So far I've got the one sleeve off and started unraveling it- and found that it is actually 2 strands together, so that opens up some different possibilities for the resulting yarn. Hmmm.....