While looking for my next project, I ran across six balls of a wool-acrylic blend yarn.  I vaguely recall receiving it a few years ago from my mother-in-law, and it's been stuck in one of my stash boxes since then, awaiting a project.  

I did some experimenting with it, knit a couple of swatches, and found that it actually had a pretty hand and excellent memory.  Both of those qualities made me automatically assume that it'd knit up into nice socks, and indeed it did!  I'm actually pretty impressed and listed the pair in my shop.

They're a bit less, price-wise, than my 100% natural fiber socks, which is probably a good thing.  They're also easier care than most of my current listings, and I hope both appeal to people who've been put off before. 

I have two more colors that need to be used up, and I hope to get to them in the next week or two.  It's great to see my item count climbing!  Of course, it'd be nice to have to work my butt off to keep things stocked, but I might actually reach my goal of 50 items by the holiday shopping season.

I have a constantly updated catalog of the yarns I have, but I never realize exactly what I have until I go stash diving.  I dumped all of my tubs and bins out onto a sheet and went through all of the yarns I could find yesterday.

Some of them are what I find to be unfortunate colors, some are similar to colors that I use regularly, and some just disappeared into my stash.  My plan is to move these long neglected skeins to the front of the knitting line as a housekeeping measure, otherwise they'll keep getting rotated to the bottom of the pile.

I plan, after that task has been completed, to make an order and incorporate some 'lighter' and cooler blends for the upcoming spring and summer.  I'm trying hard not to focus on new yarns, because I really need to beef up the inventory in my stores.  I'm considering doing a few shows next autumn, and I'd like to start the year out on top.