I am so making a poncho based on this shawl.

what a lovely way to use up those left over partial skeins.

It sure would be nice to knit with yarn that wasn't the cheapest synthetic worsted weight available. My other purchases have been made at thrift stores where more synthetic worsted weight yarn is available in limited colors. For me, winning this yarn would be as special as the 100th episode of Knitting Daily.

My stash is, for the most part, organized by type: either by brand (e.g., all the Brown Sheep in one bin) or by use (all the baby weight yarn together).

I'm definitely more of a color person than a texture person; I knit a lot of socks, so I'm always looking at fingering weight yarns (although I most recently bought a wool acrylic blend that haloes like mohair, for a loose pullover sweater that I saw in a magazine awhile back).

I don't have much of a stash, and definately don't have enough to make a big project, maybe a few purses.  I LOVE the Prism Suprise yarn, and love this chance to win some.  

I don't have much of a stash & would love to add some Prism yarn! I had never thought about ways to incorporate different weight & types into one project. Thanks!

I have my stash organized by fiber and weight. All my acrylic and wools are separated and my sock weight separated from my worsted weight etc. I have mostly blues because I love blue but would love to add other colors to my stash.

I love to knit and have bits and pieces left over from various projects as well as inherited yarns from my mother when she died.  

I store my yarns by weight/type in color families.  I use baskets stored on a shelving unit.  Some of the fibers have only small amounts and these are in plastic bags.  I am knitting for charity: hats, mittens, slippers, squares to combine into small blankets.  I have knitted for nursing home patients, hospital babies, and battered women shelters.  I am constantly on the look-out for small projects that will fit into a charity project.

I have recently gotten interested in prayer shawls but have not yet begun to make them.

I enjoy the Knitting Daily TV show so much and have learned so much even though I have been knitting for over 45 years.  Laura and Barry are among my favorite guests on the show and this project looks great.  I have made diagonal lap blankets but have never done one combining yarns in this way and with the fringe.

I love pinks, blues, purples and aquas and would love to make a shawl in those colors.  Thanks for all the great ideas and the chance to win a Prism yarn stash.

I have a fairly colorful stash I think. I have a lot of handpainted sock yarns, and quite a lot of worsted wools and acrylics.  I would be thrilled to add some beautiful color to my stash and make a stash buster shawl like Laura and Barry demonstrate!

I mostly buy yarn with a specific project in mind. Then the yarn sits and my ideas change before I get around to knitting it. Prism yarn would definitely jazz up my mostly wool, rustic yarn stash. Thanks for the chance!

Beautiful yarn. Thank you have having wonderful ideas!

That looks great I can't wait to drag out my old novelty yarns and use them up!

i have to admit i have a stash--5 large plastic bins, enough yarn to fill 2 large dressers and then there's the bags--lol

i have to admit i have a stash--5 large plastic bins, enough yarn to fill 2 large dressers and then there's the bags--lol

I've seen several stashbuster projects, but this is one of the best.

My stash is boring.  Seems like I have lots of "old" colors. I'd love to have something that is new fun, and up-to-date.  Thanks for the drawing!

I make prayer shawls and this is a great way to make another beautiful shawl using up the odds and ends left from other shawls.   Thank you........

I love this type of look. Unfortunately, I don't have a big enough stash to do something like this.  Please help me increase my stash.

I've been knitting for a short time, so I like to try new things.  This shawl pattern looks like it's easy enough for me to do.  

Thanks Knitting Daily.

I'm drawn to greens & purples it seems :)

The biggest colour in my stash is blue/green/purple combos.  I seem to gravitate towards those skeins/balls and then often hang onto them until I find the perfect project.

The biggest colour in my stash is blue/green/purple combos.  I seem to gravitate towards those skeins/balls and then often hang onto them until I find the perfect project.

I have always been so affected by color.  We've moved many times, and I've always felt Ill at ease until the new rooms started to "bloom".  --- My stash has 1/4-1 skein of nearly every color there is, but the yarns aren't all compatible.  I would love to have enough of the right yarns for the Prism scarf.  It would do double-time in my house when I wasn't wearing it.  

The advantage of having a disorganized stash is that happy accidents of color, fiber, and texture combinations magically appear where least expected!

This is a WONDERFUL stash buster!  Love the multicolor blended idea.  My stash holds many many blues (greens and purples with those blues) and I absolutely love hand died yarns.  I prefer natural fibers and have a slight silk addiction (well, maybe a little more than slight!).

What a great idea. I love the striped pattern used and it looks so easy :)

Thank you for the video! Enjoyed learning the tips about colour-blending and stash busting! My stash isn't big (but is constantly growing). They're sort of organised by weight, and then yarns I bought around the same time are together. So not very well organised at all but not being a big stash I can find what I want quite easily. Colour-wise I mostly go for purples and pink-purples, also some blues, reds, pastels, browns, very rarely greens and oranges.

I do tend to buy at the $1-a-skein stores so I have a lot of #4 yarns in man-made fibers in 4 or 5 ball quantities - and here I am in Florida with hardly any cold weather for wearing scarves! I think the stash-busting striped articles are maybe what I need to get me out of this funk.

I do tend to buy at the $1-a-skein stores so I have a lot of #4 yarns in man-made fibers in 4 or 5 ball quantities - and here I am in Florida with hardly any cold weather for wearing scarves! I think the stash-busting striped articles are maybe what I need to get me out of this funk.

My stash is stored in plastic bins, according to yarn weight. I have little room for storage, so sometimes when I'm contemplating a new project, I'll take all the yarn of a particular weight out and arrange it on the floor by color. I've discovered amazingly beautiful color juxtapositions this way that I probably wouldn't have thought of otherwise! I have lots of worsted-weight yarn in solids and heathery tones, which I use for quirky colorwork hats. And I'm accumulating a nice stash of lace-weight yarn, but it's taking a long time to use it up, since lacework is so labor intensive...What my stash is lacking is textured yarns. I love them, and tend to use them up quickly when I have them!

My stash is missing Prism yarn and I love the colors and textures of this... this would be such a beautiful project!

My stash isn't that big, since I mostly buy for a particular project.  What is more difficult to resist are occasions when someone else is clearing out their stash and there is something interesting which I scoop up.  There's not too much novelty yarn, but a fair amount of cotton and a batch of wool which I thought I might use for felting.

this shawl sounds like fun to make.  I hope I am not too late to enter the give away.

What a pretty and fun shawl.

What a great way to use left over yarn. I love this pattern.

My stash is organized (now) into weight groups.  It has always been put away neatly, but recently decided that more order was needed.  Instead of delving into all the boxes, I now only have to pull out the boxes that have the required weight, and then do the color thing at that time.  To help find them, I have written the contents of each box on the outside, and have also put them into a little book that I keep with my patterns, so that first I look at the book to see which boxes I go to, then go to the corresponding boxes to get the colors.  As I have many different types and colors, this seemed to be the best solution for me.   My storage area is very large, and as a result, my stash is too. The boxes I have found to help the most are the clear totes with wheels that slid onto the shelves easily,  and keep the yarns clean, fresh and ready to use.

It is horribly gray and gloomy this morning and I think the bias shawl would be just the ticket; sunny colors to treat the eye and warmth to chase the chill.  Makes me smile  . . .

always loved the unique and variety of prism yarns.  They knit up beautiful

Have always loved prism yarns for there unique and different qualities

Being a fairly new knitter (going on about a year and a half now) on a tight budget, I have nary a stash to speak of, so more yarn, and nice yarn at that, would be wonderful to have. That shawl is soooo beautiful. I'd love to sit in my chair and be working with that on my lap.

You know you have a big stash when you see a great pattern on line and you don't even have to get up from the computer to reach the perfect yarn.

While I started w/ acrylic yarns (machine washable  seemed desirable when I was knitting things for my children forty years ago), I am now obsessed with the wonderful world of wool with all its marvelous colors and textures, and being able to make felted items which I enjoy!  I just recently started working with different types of yarns, combining for textural effect, and  am a newby at blending colors!  Instinctively over the last year or so I have been saving all the leftover little bits of yarn and am making some fun hats and handbags. I found this video especially helpful for blending and adding the new pieces in without leaving ends!  I have a huge stash of simple acrylic yarns, a few w/ interesting textures, color ranges into cranberry reds & dark grape purples to neutrals, ecru, off white,greys... Where I've only recently started knitting with wool, I  have  fewer colors... I love great color/textured yarns... mostly  I need more subtle "inbetween" colors in blues, greens... esp would like more texture, and yes some fun colors. Prism yarns would be a great addition to my stash!  

I don't have a GIANT stash, but I am a bit of a yarn hoarder--I'll take almost anything and use it for charity knits, blending with other things, accents, wherever I can figure it.  I LOVE color, but I don't want it to get insane or ugly, so I'm pretty careful about how I use it, and it generally turns out pretty nice, if I can say so. :-)

Unfortunately, at the moment my stash is boxed up and invisible, as I had to give up my craft room when our 3rd son was born.  It's taking longer than expected for hubs to get me some other craft space set up!  I tend to gravitate towards blues and purples in smoother yarns, so I think I'm missing some texture!

What a beautiful shawl!  I can't wait to make one.  I would love to win and try out the prism yarn.  I have never tried prism before.

Now grouped by weight, and logged in an old steno book, my stash still seems to grow, in spite of my finished projects meant to whittle it down. It's just so hard to turn away from colors and textures I can't wait to play with!

My DH bought IKEA storage units with 24 open cubes in the vain hope that I will eventually shrink my stash so that it all fits in this one space. It's interesting to look back and see how my color taste changes over the years: I have my red phase, my green phase and my gray phase. Not sure where I'm at now, but after a dark winter those yellows and oranges look pretty cheery!

I have my yarn in clear plastic bins in my yarn armoire.  The bins are easy to take in and out of the armoire, and have clear sides so I can see the color families.  Even if I don't have time to knit, I find it rewarding to bring out the bins and play with the color combinations.  I rearrange them to find pleasing combinations, and to get inspiration for new projects.  I have many aquas, and greens, but my largest colleciton is the orange/purple/fuschia combos.  I shop the sales bins because often a single skein will give me a whole new idea for combining what I have at home.  Prism yarns have such luscious colors and textures.  It would be great to play with them.

My odd balls are in a mash in canvas bags.  This is great for unexpected color happenstance.  But is has a tendency to run through some rather drab colors (browns, greys, purples).  Bright would really add a spark to my palette.

My stash is organized, roughly, by weight and then fibre. It's in three different places so I had to go look to see about colour. I was surprised to see how many different blues I have and how predominant it is. I always keep the bits and pieces so this is a great idea for me.

My stash seems to be made up mostly of solid colour skeins, except for those man made fibres that I use to knit for the grand-daughters.  My wardrobe could use a blast of colour and I would love to win that Prism Yarn

I started my stash in 1986 when a yarn shop went out of business, and I bought all their yarn. A lot of it is still there, all the vintage brands along with my sock yarn and latest hand spun finds on Etsy, all waiting for just the right project.  It's real eclectic--to me anyway. My yarn has its own room too, that's how much I love it.   My colors are pinks, fuschia, plums, and some natural color yarns.  I would love some Prism for my yarn collection.  It's beautiful.  

Right now I am sorting a multi-decade yarn stash so the owner can actually use it.  All I can say is thank heavens for two gallon zip lock bags.

I would love to make a prayer shawl with this yarn as I have not knit with it before

Never used Prism yarns.   Out here in the country, we don't have many local yarn shops, just the chains and they don't carry a lot.   My stash is stored based on         material  and colors.   My colors are beginning to tend towards the purple and blue families.

Prism yarns are the best ! I would love some for my next project. My yarns are stored by name and weight. All ilke yarns are stored together. Leftover yarns are grouped together in bags of mixtures of colors with sketches and notes for another sweater design. Most are cotton blends as I live in the south south east. I would love some bright colors and textures to live with my soft colors.

My stash is organized in project categories such as sweaters, baby items, socks, etc.  The majority is neutral colored animal fibers.  It would be fun to spice it up a bit with such fun, colorful yarn.

I've always admired Prism yarns, but I have never used them.  I do have my stash sorted into wools, cottons and blends.  Sock yarns are separate from DK and worsted.  The colors are a little sorted.  I shudder to think of the crazy afghan that would come if I used all of my leftovers together.   After watching the video, I can probably blend some of mine with Prism to create something colorful.

I might be a bit over-organized, but I sort my yarn first by weight followed very closely  by fiber type.  Within the individual cubbies/drawers I group by color familly.  One glance at my stash within their cubbies makes immediately clear I am not afraid of color.

Organizing my stash in this way works best for me because when I want to make something the first idea in my mind is usually either which yarn weight would work best for it or which type of fiber would suit it best.  These are important aspects that are determined by the purpose or function of the article, as well as whether I'm knitting or crocheting it.  From there I decide upon my color scheme.

Because I like playing with textures I usually use smoother yarns.  However, lately in both my stitching and spinning I've been challenging myself to experiment with loftier and more novelty-inspired yarns.  I simply love pushing my limits and learning new things!

My yarn stash is housed in an old cedar wardrobe cabinet I was given by my grandmother. I have tried to organize it into ornament boxes I bought at the home improvement store after Christmas one year. They work great! Just wish they were see-through. Fall colors seem to dominate my stash. I am drawn to these colors.

I love the Trendsetter yarns and I appreciate the opportunity to be in the drawing.

Thanks,

Debra Yocum

Oh, I WISH my stash were more organized.  It needs to get there this spring.  I have lots of sock yarns but have just started learning to knit socks.  I also have a ton of fiber.

Blue-green is the most represented color in my stash, by far, so I could use some color diversity!

I live in a small apartment, so my yarn stash is pretty jumbled and tightly packed! I am drawn to hand painted yarns with wonderful contrasting color ways! I have been a fan of Prism yarns and love their "Stuff" line of yarns, with all those wonderful yarns tied together! So much texture in one project!

I use my stash and donations from other's stashes to make hats for the babies born at the local hospital. I've been making 24 - 30 hats per month.

I'm afraid my stash isn't very organized at all! I do have some of my sock yarns stored together, but not all.

My stash is smallish with a wide range of color in mostly worsted weight.  (Trying hard to not let my yarn stash get out of control like my fabric stash. LOL)  I try to have at least one project going that is for using up left-overs from other projects such as the mitered square blanket.  I have just learned to knit socks so the stash is going to get some judicious enhancement here shortly.  The Prism Art yarns I have used in the past have been a joy to work with.  I would love to see and handle the variety of yarns in this collection.

It's something of a running joke with my knitting buddies that I love to play with color, and I have a substantial stash with a lot of small amounts of a lot of colors.  This sounds like a great way to blend yarns to create a harmonious piece.  Also, you might want to check Laura and Barry"s book Stash Workshop.

It's something of a running joke with my knitting buddies that I love to play with color, and I have a substantial stash with a lot of small amounts of a lot of colors.  This sounds like a great way to blend yarns to create a harmonious piece.  Also, you might want to check Laura and Barry"s book Stash Workshop.

I'm going to have to try the Bias shawl.  Have lots of colorful odds and ends!

What a great idea!! Thanks for sharing the color stories technique...can't wait to get started!!

Would adore having more Prism yarn to add texture to my stash!  Loved Laura and Barry's book...

Now I know what I can do with all my left over odds and ends!  Thanks!

The bad part of my stasfh is that I have a drawer of short pieces which are tangld together. Just need to "find some time" to untangle that mess!

I've sorted by yarn weight, and never thought to do so by color story -- a great idea to open up my stash.  The Prism shawl colors are fabulous -- though I say I love color, I'm only recently actually using vibrant color.

I have my yarn separated by weight in ziplock bags stored in a giant under-the-bed plastic bin.

What a gorgeous shawl!

Beautiful projects, beautiful yarn. I enjoyed the video and would love to win the yarn.

I have a little baby yarn stash of my own, since I just started knitting. I am addicted to natural fibers and deep rich colors. Tuesday Morning lures me in every time. After all, IT"S ON SALE!!!

I have an old leftover stash from Gramaw. In my younger days I crocheted. I'm very blessed. I learned to crochet so young that I can't remember learning.

So I'm having a lot of fun rediscovering my love of fiber.

Thanks for helping to keep this beautiful practical art form alive.

Hi,

I have learnt so much about colour from the knitting daily T.V shows with Laura.  I  have also bought the DVD 'knitting with colour'. enjoyed it so much that I then bought the fibre-arts with colour DVD, to see if I could learn any extra tips from her lovely DVD. . Before I saw Laura's lessons about colour. I would have said I had a natural eye for colour. But what I have learnt helps me to understand why a colour looks the way it does next to other colours. Also because I have learnt about the weight scale, I can now use colours I did not like before or did not like to use. I am using my new found knowledge in my crochet projects. my stash is mainly full of solid colours,in pink,blue,black,white,green,yellow,grey. I would love yarns with ombre' or chine' colouring. I love bright saturated colours too. I love mohair and silk together. fluffy and shiny makes a lovely contrast that make you wan't to   touch it.. I would love to use quality yarns more but sometimes these are too expensive to buy at once, so I have to use some lesser quality instead.

I would love the fact that they would last and be able to be passed on to others in the family.

regards Jill

from the U.K.

I am a relatively new knitter and my stash may not be quite as large as others. I would love more yarn & especially Prism yarn to help start the Bias shawl. I love all the different colors & textures.

I am a relatively new knitter and my stash may not be quite as large as others. I would love more yarn & especially Prism yarn to help start the Bias shawl. I love all the different colors & textures.

My stash is so disorganized...I realized I have yarn in nearly every room of the house, with the exception of the bathrooms! I love textured and novelty yarns. Can't live without Trendsetter and Prism yarns!! I love all colors and my stash reflects this, so this shawl is perfect!

I keep some of my yarns in see through long zippered bags with cedar sticks under the beds. And projects that people give me to finish for them in different designed bags with the yarns.  On top of my computer table I have a 3 tier separate squares for  4 ply yarns  visibly stashed in (recycle plastic newspaper sleeves)  The 100% cotton yarn  for dishcloths are in a soft barrel in another room. The closets have there share of Homespun yarns.  I'm a happy lady to likes to share and make small items to give to people,   I get a smile from them everytime.

I have a bag of washed but unspun fleece - more a trunk than a bag, if I'm honest.  Another rack of yarn ready for projects.  Yet another sack of natural dyed fibre ready for mixing and blending.  My addiction only really got going about 3 years ago when I learned to spin but I've been knitting for 40 years and have recently upped the production rate - very satisfying though there's always something new to learn and different to make - thanks for feeding the addiction.

I love yarn!!!! I have a wonderful yarn stash organized according to fiber content. From this I have separated about 6 groupings of yarn of the same type, but various colors along with printed patterns for future projects!!!  Happy Knitting!!!

My stash is mostly variegated wools in brights and pastels.

I loved that episode and have downloaded the pattern instructions.  I hadn't knit for years but have recently come back to it and am becoming quite passionate about my projects. I have three sweaters on the go!  I would love to win your yarn.

Cheryl Cholavchuk

ccholavchuk@gmail.com

What a great thing to do. :)

Totally gorgeous!

I love this idea! As I am physically incapable of thriwing away any scrap of leftover yarn,this would be perfect,

I would love to win this beautiful yarn. I love getting this newsletter by Knitting Daily. Wish I could get the tv show too...

My yarn stash is rather small and consists of yarn that is designated for specific future projects.  There are several pastel colors for baby gifts and several neutral colors for sweaters for family gifts.  I would love to win this yarn to make a shawl for one of my daughters as I know it would be loved and appreciated.

What a fun project! Laura & Barry are ALWAYS great guests!

This is a great idea! I seem to make most things in blues and purples, so I should be able to find lots of "little bits" to make this scarf. Thank you!

This is a great idea! I seem to make most things in blues and purples, so I should be able to find lots of "little bits" to make this scarf. Thank you!

I have and love all kinds of yarn and all colors, stored in a big floor to ceiling cabinet.  My stash is organized by type, with 2 shelves stuffed full with zip bags of wips and future projects.  Of course I also have a big plastic tub full and two bags of wips that go with me most of the time...but, I only have 2 very old skeins of Prism yarn because it's hard to find in my area.  : (   I would love to have some Prism yarn.  : )

I have my stash in bins, I try to keep a certain fiber and colour per bin.  Sometimes it's a single yarn, such as a bin of Noro Kureyon, or a bin by a certain company such as Cherry Tree Hill.  I also have bins designated for charity knitting yarn, and when I cannot think of what to do next or suddenly need a portable item, I'll dip in and start a Red Scarf Project item or a baby sweater or hat and mittens set for Mittens for Akkol.  I also have the bin of family gift project yarn and one bin of "me" yarn - projects that are for me, and which I try to open more than just once a year.

I have never been one for putting my own colors together but I sure do love when someone else does. Beautiful shawl color.

This sounds like an interesting project. I don't know that I'd have enough stash yarns to look good, so some extra to go with them would be great.

I saw this show last week. I loved it. I already have lots of "leftovers" in my yarn stash. Thanks for the great idea, and I'd love to win some Prism yarn. It would compliment the wide variety of textures, from boucle to ribbon yarn that I have saved. I hope to make the shawl or scarf when I finish my current project, so the added Prism yarn would really get me going on this project. More color would make the shawl, or scarf more attractive. Thanks for the great idea, and the possibility of winning some of your great yarn.. Sincerely, Linda Bruce

Tell us about your yarn stash! Have you organized it into color stories so you can see what stash-busting, color blending opportunities await your needles? What color seems to appear most in your stash? Are you into bright, textured yarns? Or, is your stash full of natural wools? How would your stash benefit from some of Prism's yarns? Do you need more color, more texture?

Mine is a  very small yarn stash; it fits in one tote. I have mostly solids in warm colors. I have wool/bamboo and cotton yarns. I would love to mix it up with the wonderful colors and textures of Prism yarn.

Carol

Luscious yarn--I'd love to win some.

I loved the scarf.  I purchased Lauras colour workshop as a download and learned so much.  I am a machine knitter as well as a hand knitter and so have many fine yarns.  Love mohair and have lots but don't have a lot of textured yarn to complete my yarn story.  I would love to win some.  

Sharon Langley

Thanks for the super contest! I sort by fiber first and then by color. Favorites include self-striping wool/silk yarns and alpaca and alpaca blends.

Would love to win this yarn to make a shawl.  Beautiful.

Elaine

I *love* Prism and have used it often, including two shawls using Laura's 'Shine On' pattern. They always draw compliments. But a Bias Shawl.... the possibilities are endless.

I mostly sort my yarn by color it's I think pretty that way. Also I put all the yarn for a project mostly for afghans in a plastic tote with a copy of the pattern I'm going to make the yarn with, that keeps me from taking a skein for another project and then not being able to make the project I got the yarn for. This is such a great giveaway thank you.

Great colors!

I love the segment with Laura and Barry using yarns and gradually changing colors adding another yarn with a strand or two. I would like to try this with some of my stash.  Currently my yarn is divided by color and type such as alpaca, cotton, bamboo and wool blends.

Mostly waiting to start another new sweater.

I would love the opportunity to start a bias shawl with prism yarns to add to my stash. Both cool and warm pallets are welcome.

Knitting is very relaxing and I try to do some every day when possible.

I love the wonderful segments with Laura and Barry I use mostly smooth yarns, so I could do with some textured yarns.

So much yarn. SO many project plans. So little time.*sigh* But I want MORE!

I have tried to sort my stash by weight but wasn't happy with the result.  Now that I see how useful sorting by color can be, I'll try that.

My stash is organized by fiber, and then by warm, cool, and neutral colors within each fiber group. I could easily use the Prism Yarn with my stash to create something wonderful!

What a wonderful idea for using some of my stash.  I love the diagonal stripes.  I bought shoe organizers and then organized my stash by color moving from dark to light.  The only problem seems to be all yarns are dull.  I really need some Prism Yarn to spice things up!  

Carol

My yarn stash is organized not all in one place but rather stashed around the house in whichever room I think I'll enjoy working on that project most in!

So much yarn. SO many project plans. So little time.*sigh* But I want MORE!

I love stash busting ideas.  Prism yarns would be a welcome color and texture infusion to my

surprisingly muted stash.  Prism plus my 99% solid color remnants would make a shawl that would

add much needed pizzazz to my knitted wardrobe.  Thanks for these terrific, generous contests.

I try to organize my stash, but then I look for a certain yarn and it becomes helter skelter again! I have a bit of every thing. Wool and cottons....you name it. My colors tend to go towards the earthy tones. Warm browns and greens. That's my colors. If I'm making a gift, I'll have their favorite colors stashed. And If I hit a sale.....well....that's another story! And I try not to think of my fabric stash!

I organize my stash by color and fiber, as best I can, keeping an eye out for what would go together in a project.

I enjoyed the video and it gave me so many ideas of how to use all those little balls of yarn that I have been collecting!  

Judy G.

My stash is constantly growing not because I have so many leftovers from projects, but because I am always collecting the forfeited stashes of others at yard sales and thrift stores.  I can never resist them!

Gorgeous yarn and lovely pattern!  I am currently on a shawl craze after successfully knitting my 1st recently.  Thanks for the contest!  

my yarn stash is HUGE! collected over 45 years of knitting, it now fills 6 large milk crates and 2 standing cupboards. seriously. oh, and there's an under-bed box. and a bag of novelty yarn. i must be crazy to enter to win more yarn!

to a non-knitter it might seem like a kaleidoscopic jumble, but it's actually very organized, not by color, but by  yarn type and weight, both full and partial skeins together. one bin is acrylics, and there's the wool, over here the wool acrylic blends, sock yarn there, felting wool here, up there is cotton, and in THIS bin is the gorgeous navajo churro wool from that trip out on the reservation a couple of years ago (which should felt beautifully), and next to it you'd find yarn donated for my charity knit, "flagstaff hats for the homeless."  

i spend 4-5 hours a day knitting, and hope to use it up before my children need to figure out what to do with it all.

I never realized I had a stash.  I thought it was just a few (several) unfinished projects with associated unused yarn (some over 40 years old!).  Once I became acquainted with the stash concept, I felt a duty to add yarn I intended to or might like to use in future projects.  None of these last have been started yet, but I am buy picking out yarn I have no idea how to use yet.  Progress!

My stash doesn't have much textrued yarn. Lots of wool. Most of it acquired at thrift stores. Lots of it waiting to be dyed or overdyed with koolaid when I figure out what I want to make. And there's a bunch of sock yarn leftovers that will someday become either hats or an amazing  blanket made of mitered squares (but no seams!) I saw on ravelry.

I would love some Prism yarn!  The colors are so vibrant and would help complete my stash of bright, jewel-tone yarns.

I love your use of stash yarn, the bias pattern, and the tassels.

there's nothing to not like!

Plus, you've used my fav colors.

My stash is organized by project. Once the project is done the remainder just goes into a big bag.......not sure what I'll do once the bag is full.

Love the colors and use of scraps.  Unfortunately my yarn is divided only by sock, handspun, roving, and other.  Makes projects a challenge at times!

I have my small yarn stash grouped into potential future projects which means similar weight yarns in same or complementary colors.  I would love to experiment with some new yarn colors and textures.

Love the colors and use of scraps.  Unfortunately my yarn is divided only by sock, handspun, roving, and other.  Makes projects a challenge at times!

How lovely.  It is also a great way to use leftover bits from your stash.

Pretty yarn.

Beautiful shawl!  Beautiful yarn!  Thanks for the contest.

Laura's love of color and stash busting ideas are inspiring.

I have my stash sorted by fiber: acrylic, cotton, wool and wool blends and sock yarn in separate totes. I also have all my stash listed on my stash page on Ravelry.  Every time I buy new yarn and I add it to my Ravelry stash that day.

great pattern and great yarn

I took a class on this technique from Laura Bryant...I just need the stash to go with it!

Great technique and look.  My stash is organized by yarn size and is mostly fingerling in a mix of colours. especially blues.  I'd love to have more colours and textures and knit some prayer shawls using this method.

I've tried organizing my stash, give a bunch away, and then go buy more!  The newer yarns are just so much nicer than the 15-20 year olds.  Nicer to the touch, and certainly a lot of todays dyeing would have been impossible.  Do I need more __ no, but do I want more?  ALWAYS!

Pretty shawl! Would love to win the yarn!!

My stash is organized by color families.  I inherited my mother's stash when she passed away and have been knitting for charity with the yarns;  hats, mittens, slippers and squares combined into small afghans.  I have admired the more unusual yarns presented on Knitting Daily and would welcome the chance to experiment more.  The "fruit salad" approach sounds like such fun. Thanks to Laura and Barry for giving us such a fun project.  I have done lap robes for nursing home patients on the bias but have never done the fringing.  Great ideas!

absolutely amazing yarns!

I love yarn!  The shawl looks like a great way to use up my favorite bits of leftover yarn.

What a great use of yarns!!  So pretty too.

Since I have my own huge stash plus another that I inherited I can't wait to dig into it to make a shawl!!!!!  Thanks so much for sharing the video-it just makes me "hungry" to organize my "messy fruit salad"!!!!

Such beautiful yarns + colors.... who wouldn't want to have more yarn...especially to win it!!!  I love all yarns ....especially natural fibres. Just have to avoid any polyester due to allergies.  My fav colors are jewel tones like purples/ blues/ greens + also black. Thanks to Laura + Barry for this great chance!!!

my stash is being changed into color stories where before i sorted by yarn weight, worsted, dk, sport.  it's becoming much easier to see how to combine the yarns now in my odd balls i just need to remove the yarns that have more than enough for a project & store those separately.

As a relatively new knitter (7 yrs) I have been so fascinated with the ability of knitters like Laura and Barry to take a 'fruit salad' bunch of yarns and create beauty. I have tried to use their method of combining colors, but have discovered that I have not yet reached the stash-level of different yarns to really creat the type of items they do. So, as I've told my husband, I must buy MORE and DIFFERENT yarns to raise the level of my stash from monochromatic and mundane to vibrant and beautiful. Only then will I be able to (try) to so a scarf like the one demonstrated...I'll keep trying until I succeed.

Thanks for such inspirational projects!

Christine Younger  

As a relatively new knitter (7 yrs) I have been so fascinated with the ability of knitters like Laura and Barry to take a 'fruit salad' bunch of yarns and create beauty. I have tried to use their method of combining colors, but have discovered that I have not yet reached the stash-level of different yarns to really creat the type of items they do. So, as I've told my husband, I must buy MORE and DIFFERENT yarns to raise the level of my stash from monochromatic and mundane to vibrant and beautiful. Only then will I be able to (try) to so a scarf like the one demonstrated...I'll keep trying until I succeed.

Thanks for such inspirational projects!

Christine Younger  

Finally!  Something fun to do with the ends!  I've also never knitted on the bias before and can't wait to try it out.

My youngest daughter (11yo) would love a Bias Shawl! She wears shawls more than sweaters.

I tend to sort my stash by fibre rather than colour. Overall I seem to be drawn more to textured knits than colour work, but my daughters are all the opposite!

This is inspiring.   There's something very satisfying about using up stash -- especially the "left-overs."  

I have a "varied " stash,---- from many, many years of knitting....mostly wools,-- all types, fiber sizes, ---  hand-me-downs from Grandmas, Aunt Helen, neighbors--- etc., --fiber from festivals, a multitude of little balls---- also leftovers from grandbaby items &  socks......

...right now, VERY loosely organized....weights, colors...

....your video has inspired me to SORT my stash this afternoon , on my day off..

...to get a PRELINIMARY SORTING for NEW PROJECTS...cannot wait to begin "color blending"with these yarns that hold so many memories !  Thank-you !

I love the vibrant colors of the yarn used in creating the bias shawl. Vibrant colors add a lift to otherwise cool or gray days.

My stash is mostly baby yarns left from the baby cocoons I enjoy creating.  And I have a few left overs/ didn't work out skeins donated by friends.

Would love some Prism yarn!!

I just bought some Prism yarn this past week to make a skinny scarf, because I loved the Prism colors displayed at a LYS.  If I won the drawing I would have even more to make a gorgeous shawl...and that would be awesome!   As for my stash...I operate under the principle of "never too much of a good thing."

Love it...the colors are great.  I sure wish I had yarn galore like living in a yarn store..lol..just pick out a color, texture and mix and create....dreaming again...yarn is so cool.....have a shawl in the works, but not as much color as this one...it's for my daughter who doesn't like a lot of color...???  lol...I like color

What beautiful yarn!  I love how this uses up your stash yarn for an incredible garment!

Organized? Really couldn't my random assortment organized with a straight face! But would LOVE to add to the madness (of mostly pinks and purples!)

WOW what another great way to use up all my stash yarns.  I enjoyed the little video and certainly am going to knit one of these shawls.  Winning stash yarns would be a dream.

I organize by weight and then by color...But I never have enough color!...I love all the warm tones and my friends love the cool tones so I am constantly using different colors and it keeps my knitting interesting. I haven't done much with texture but I have quite a few yarns in my stash that this technique would be perfect for. Alas I do not have any Prism yarns yet and hope to add some to my stash~

My yarn stash is organized by type and weight.  I'm a weaver as well, but my knitting yarn collection is quite small compared to my weaving stash.  I have mostly natural fibers in white or neutrals and greens (most of the green was picked up on E-bay for cheap).  I prefer to knit with wool or wool/cotton blends.  I could definitely use some more color in my knitting stash.

My stash is organized by color first, then weight.

Basically, the sock yarn lives separately from the others.

I have a large stash (it has it's own room!) which I've sorted by color, composition, and weight, but there's always room for more yarn.

I love mixing colors and textures when knitting.   I might mix brights for a fun top (I have one I call my "Fiesta" top - a bright variegated pink, orange, blue cotton yarn accented with Tahki's Ripple in turquoise and a Rowan Cotton yarn in dusty rose).  I would love to work with the Prism yarn.  I think the hardest thing would be deciding what to do with it.

I love neutrals, but in my stash there are some color accents. Certainly no one could call it boring! Would be absolutely overjoyed to try out some Prism yarns!

When I organized my stash a few months ago, that's exactly what I did! Organize by colour!  Then I took photos of the bins and store them on my computer - I named the photo according to the location of the bin (all under the bed!) - it's much easier to find the yarn I'm looking for now, or the colour palette I need for a project.  Thanks!!

Gorgeous yarn - would love to knit a shawl with it!

I love the bold colors of Pebbles from Prism!  The bias shawl would look pretty sassy ib Pebbles!

I'm just now organizing my stash, after years of letting it pile up willy-nilly.  :-)  (I'm sure some of you must know what I mean!)  I love natural fibres, and I love colour!  The more, the merrier.  Reds, plums, turquoises, apricot, blush pink, any blue -- from baby blue to midnight blue, any green -- all of it.  

I'd love to get hold of some of your Prism yarn.  It could make a lovely shawl, like you have here, or maybe a bag or a cardi.  It'd be lots of fun to knit, I'm sure!

Ooh! Such great colors!:)

Beautiful yarn that looks like a pleasure to knit with. Thanks!

I'm a new knitter and don't have a large stash of yarns yet.  But I love the Prism yarns & plan on using it soon.I would like to win the yarn to try the Bias shawl.

Love the colors you have blended.  Would love to win some of the yarn.

Prism yarn would get me out of the plain color box I am in and into some fun colors to knit with, something to brighten up my wardrobe.

Bias knit is stunning and so easy to use up bits and pieces with the "built-in" fringe!

Bias knit is stunning and so easy to use up bits and pieces with the "built-in" fringe!

My stash is heavy into blues, with reds and greys following. I need to work on branching out into other colors.

I can see I'm going to be sorry to not have marked what is and isn't superwash! But I have to try this. I love the grading of the colors... and have lots of pieces to use up!

LOVE all of this color after the drabness of winter!

My stash is mostly natural fibers, some that I've handspun.  I save every little bit of yarn, and this looks like a wonderful stash-busting project!

I love Prism yarns!  My stash is organized by type and weight of yarn. I tend to go to the jewel tones and bright colors.

I have 2 totes and a bag at this time.  I keep my cottons in one tote, and my wools in the other tote and bag.  I love natural fibers and I love bright colors.   I'm excited to start a project with my small bits!  Thank you for these wonderful ideas!

this yarn is super gorgeous!

I would love to do this.  My stash has many unusual fibers and textures in all weights.  I have Laura's DVD on color but I have never been brave enough  to give it a try.  My projects all use just one color.   Getting a kick to get started would be wonderful!!!!

What beautiful yarn! My stash has no rhyme or reason & every color of the rainbow.

Tammi

(songsiren1@yahoo.com)

I save every little leftover-now I have an idea of what to do with it!

How wonderful!  I love Prism yarns and stash enhancement is always a good thing. Mt current stash is a bit eclectic, runbing the gamut from lace weight to worsted, and includes both natural and man-made fibres.

Wow - spectacular!

I mostly sort my stash by type of fiber, wools, silks, and cottons being predominant. My favorite colors are greens, teals, and blues, with some garnets and burgundies.

I recently built a yarn wall in my home office so that the better part of my stash is now visible and ready to enjoy every day. I love looking at my own 'Yarn Store" (pun intended) everyday. And now I can find yarn that was previously hidden in a full dark closet. Purple and blue  are my most popular colours, with some whites and pinks coming close behind. The fall colours just don't look good on me! I prefer bright colours, NO tweeds, only merino or superwash if wool, love silk and like cotton. I used over 10 Prism yarns to make a beautiful VK swirl coat several years ago and loved the interplay of all the colours. I always get great compliments when I wear it. I used the peacock colourway for that. Enjoyed the colour class with Laura at VK Live NYC a year ago. Would really love to win more of her yarn to add texture to my collection! My son has recently requested a sweater where the colours blend and reverse from one end to the other, much like the sweater Laura is wearing on this web page. So that will be my next challenge.

Trish Denhoed

My stash has lots of mostly pinks and purples. I could certainly use an infusion of other colors, the brighter the better. I love texture and combining multiple yarns for different effects. The bias shawl is fabulous, and something I would love to knit. Thanks.

This is a wonderful chance to win a one of a kind yarn for a unique garment.

I love the way Laura Bryant blends yarns. I got her book "The Yarn Stash Workbook" before I even HAD a stash, and am still trying to acquire some of her magic when mixing yarns for scarves. I currently have my yarns organized by weight and texture: smooth worsteds, boucles, chunky & bulky, etc. Nothing beats taking a dozen different yarns and tossing them together on the table to see what works. I think what I need are more mixed color yarns - I tend to have too much solid color, and I really like tone-on-tone or striping effects.

I love color!!  I love knitting socks and shawls, for myself and gifts.  I say "Life is too short to wear dull socks!".  I'd love some of the Prism yarns to make a shawl or anything I can think of to wear..showing off those brilliant colors!

What a great way for a newish knitter to try out a burst of colors!

I love Prism yarns. Great colors.  Thanks for the opportunity to win some!

What a wonderful idea to use up those odds and ends of yarn!  I've been working on organizing my stash and have it by weight at this point.  I run to jewel tones - blues, purples, aquas  - and have very little in the way of browns.

I have a very eclectic mix of yarn in my stash at the moment.  The colors range from purple (my favorite color) to pink, to blue and white, since I've been making a lot of baby items at the moment.  I was trying to purchase yarn so I could try my hand at designing clothing, but the babies won out.  So did my run at shawls, and I have a few skeins of boucles, which have beautiful color combinations in them!!  Anyway, the shawl that you are showing is beautiful, and I would love to make one!!  I've never used Prism yarn before, and to me, it would be much more than a treat!!  I would really bounce off the walls if I won the contest!!  Thank you so much for the opportunity!!

I have an eclectic yarn stash.  Neutrals and colors.   Texture and smooth.  Some of everything.  I recently busted it by making 3 strand slippers.  It is amazing how the right colors together can make unusual colors shine!  I get many compliments on the slippers.

I'm nuts about color!  And texture is a close second!  Time to organize my stash!  I will definitely try, at least, a bias scarf and maybe a bias shawl - absolutely GORGEOUS!  Thanks for offering this generous giveaway!

this looks like a fun project and of course the yarn is gorgeous. I presently am prefering mainly natural fibers and I favor blues and natural and earthy tones with a lot of heather and mixed tones. The sample shawl is very attractive :)

Thanks for the video, and for the clear beautifully simple idea for using up stash yarn.   Like everyone else, thanks also for the chance to win some wonderful yarn.

I love bright happy colours and I love multicoloured yarn!  I'd say the majority of my stash falls into that category.  I'm very goal oriented, so I usually have patterns planned for my yarn (although I have been known to buy yarn occasionally just because it's so pretty).  My stash is reasonably in control so I don't have to organize it all that much.

i've always liked the look of Prism - it'd be wonderful to get a chance to knit with it!

I sort my yarn by fiber type first and second by color, and I love unexpected splashes of color where you would least expect to find them.  I am equally attracted to jewel tones and earth colors, and which is my favorite at the moments generally depends only on my mood!

My stash of yarn or yarns all have a theme whenever I get around to it.  I just hope I can organize it properly.

I call my stash "big balls of surprise!"  The numerous balls of leftovers are sorted by weight, for the most part.  I've already used several and it's interesting - as I knit through the ball - to come across yarns I'd basically forgotten about.  I'm always looking for projects with new yarn and actually look forward to adding the remnants to the next big ball of surprise.

My real life stash is organized by weight/fiber type but I can easily sort it by color on Ravelry! My predominant colors are purples (of course!), turquoise and earth tones.  Hmmmm......what to start blending.....

Thanks for this opportunity! Patty

My Mom taught me knitting & crocheting as a child, I'm now 58 & still enjoy it.  I just found your program on my local public tv channel & don't miss it.  You've shown me some very interesting tips that I can't wait to try.  My mom passed in 2010 & I got her stash of yarn that is now added to mine.  I have not organized them by color but by usage, future projects i.e. baby blankets, hats gloves, afghans.  I can't knit or crochet fast enough to try all the great tips I see on your show, it is the highlight of my day.  

I stash by weight and general project - baby, socks, hats, etc. I have a predominance of pink and I tend towards organic wool and cotton. I need more Prism color!

Upstairs:   Carefully tended bins of cashmere, wool, silk, cotton, rayon, linen, mohair, angora, alpaca, but no acrylic anywhere. All yarn in transparent ziplock bags to prevent major moth damage. The bins mainly transparent to lure the knitter -- choose me, no, choose me.  Whenever I see a new pattern I have to make or a magazine that cries out - make my pattern,  I sit on my King bed, and draw out the bins and dream project.  Each large 4X3 foot bin displaying a peak of what is inside, tantalizing, a flirtish grin on her locking mechanism. Bins of pinks - one for hot, fuchsia, bordering on red but still pink, mature lipsticks pinks; the other for pale girly pinks, some bordering on pastel, but always pink.  Red colors, one bin for the pure reds - tomato, blood, tuna, salmon, red sunset, poppy, red velvet cake, fall maple leaf;  the other bin for muddy, earth, warm reds:  garnet, syrah, merlot, burgundy, russet, Takhi tweeds with red the major color.  One bin for browns: everything from deep chocolate to tan, beige but not cream because that's in the white bins. Then the blacks, in a dark non-transparent bin - black doesn't need to entice since it goes with everything - black flecked with handspun white, an artisanal yarn picked up in Italy, cashmere, most of it now made into a Snugglie for my son; black tweed, hardy, wanting to be made into cardis; but mainly, the fine dark black with a sheen of black, the pure Filatura di Crosa cashmeres, australian cashmere so fine it feels like silk; Two bins for greens - Why? Because my favorite niece loves my hand knit items and green - 1 bin for light greens, spring leaf, mint, clover, golfcourse grass, creme de menthe and the other for darker = olives, mature oak leaves, tweeds, forest, khaki, placid stream. Three bins for blues because everyone loves blues: one for baby blues,pastels, light, gay, lovely. Then is the medium blues, including the turquoise, yes, it's in the blue not the green, colors of bright water, bright sky, cornflower, hydrangea, some royal is in this bin, some in the next; then the dark blues, navy, dark stormy water, here you may find the grayish blues, smokey, colors of fish fin and stormy wave.  Two bins for whites, because what doesn't go with white? One for only white cashmere and white handspun cashmere some with blends of cream and tan; the other for whites, verging to ivories, light tans, light beiges.  One bin for yellows, transparent again because sometimes I tend to ignore this sunny, bright, yolky, sunflower color, tweeds, harris wool, cashmeres, light for baby, darker yellow for that perfect person. Then the orange bin: Hermes, tangerine, regular orange, persimmon, tweedy light orange, orangey brown, yum.  Then the specialty bins: one just for the supreme cashmeres, Hand Maiden Swiss Mountain Cashmere/silk, variegated wonders, in double bags that sometimes prevent me from feeling, colors like jewels; Prism cashmere silks as well, other Hand Maiden cashmeres; Joseph Galler and riotous Mountain Colors superfine/pashmina, cashmeres and cashmere silks from Knitwitches, Fyberspates, others unnamed but still glorious. No color segregation here, these colors don't need order, they need to be made into shawls, stoles, ties, scarves, etc.  Another specialty bin of silk, Artyarns and other fabulous yarns.  But don't make me go downstairs to the yarns in bags, color coded, waiting for me to complete their projects, tumbling up, bagged upon each other, with plastic identity labels.  I don't know how my husband puts up with this hoarding.  

A constant item on my to do list is to organize my stash. I'm more likely to do it by yarn weight than by colour though.

Gorgeous yarn! Would love to let my fingers explore some.

I can't wait to try this technique! Of course, I need to organize my stash first....YIKES! :-)

Starting cataloging my stash on Ravelry but haven't finished.  Mostly have purples and multicolors in my stash so have been leaning toward teals and solids.  Having said that, the last yarn I bought was purple multi!

My stash is an unorganized mess! After watching this episode, I'm inspired to organize it. I love the bias shawl, and I plan to give it a try.

I love texture! My yarns are stored by color and it makes it easy to find what I need for my next project. Great clip...Jeanne

My stash is currently in waterproof containers in my basement, in several hidden spots around my house and is sorted by type and weight.  I would love to win more, although my husband keeps threatening to make me open a yarn store.

My stash is not very large yet...the economy, you know?!...but I am working on it!  I would love to create a shawl out of the various leftovers I have and your technique from the video is fabulous!  It is also very freeing to be able to create something wonderful that allows me to organize the colors according to my own sensibilities.  Thank you for sharing!

I "stash" by weight, then color', ... but love your ideas here!

Great stashbuster. I've always hesitated mixing beautiful textured, ribbons, viscose, wools, etc. but this shows how well they blend when colors are properly balanced. Thanks so much for the visuals!

My stash is color coded in at least 20 small containers. However, there is yarn at my bedside, on the dining room table in a decorative basket. There are ribbons yarns, chunky yarns and most of all worsted weight yarns.

My stash consists of mostly natural fibers - wool and cotton. My favorite is multicolor yarns, but not a lot of texture. It's fun to put together a throw with yarns that don't seem to go together but blend so well when knitted together.

I love this idea, I have a stash of various color and textured yarns and never know what to do with it!!

My stash is currently organized by weight. I used to have it organized by color. I like how it looks when it is organized by color but find it harder to work with that way. I have all colors in my stash. I could definitely benefit from more Prism yarn because it is gorgeous!!

The yarn stash is in small containers. There are ribbon yarns, variegated yarns and novelty yarns.  There is mixture of warm and cool colors.

Yes, color!

The thought of calculating the length of my stash is terrifying to me. It's huge!

Oh...pick me!  Pick me!

Shawls have been a favorite for 45 yrs.

Oh! Such inspiring garments! I love the shawl, but I was also head over heals re: the sweater being worn in the video!

My stash is scary! I have it organized into cubbies of shoe organizers by color/project.  I LOVE mixing yarns and textures and the meditative nature of garter stitch to let the yarns show off.  This shawl is GORGEOUS and I would love it in blues/purples--I buy the same palette over and over!

It's funny to me to look over the comments and see that some people don't have a stash (or much of one).  My stash is ridiculously out of control--I once calculated that I have more than 70 miles of yarn in my house...  A  lot is large enough amounts for sweaters and big projects, but I am always looking for something to do with the left over or single-skein-must-buys-when-I-find that I have.

I love this shawl and am planning on making it for my boss.  She needs something to throw over shoulders when it gets cold in the office.  And it will go with everything!

Trying to figure out what to do with containers of yarns.  This looks like a great idea.

I'm really beginning to love shawls as an accessory, and find them to be a very peaceful knit.

This video gave me lots of ideas on how to use all the yarns I loved but only thought I could make something small enough to need only 2 skeins each.  Because they are the colors I love, they will blend nicely.  Now I just need the right pattern.

Thanks

More yarn can only be a good thing.  Not only do I knit with it but it gets used as embellishments in the quilts I make.

I just downloaded the Prism shawl pattern (there goes the last of my ink cartridges) - too pretty to resist! I love the idea of using different yarn weights to build texture. Can't wait to use of some of my monster stash.

my stash is just beginning...mostly my own handspun at this point, that was left over from projects.  There are a few commercial sock yarns in there, but its a small stash. :)  I don't have it organized, except for the undyed earth tones are all in one drawer.  I have looked at Prism yarn and was intrigued with Wild Stuff, very chunky and fun :)

I have a tub of yarn that is just "one of a kind" balls or hanks. This idea would be a lovely way to incorporate them all into one useful garment and enjoy. I've winnowed the rest of my stash, but there are bits and pieces of this and that. Love the idea of something useful and use-able for me, myself and I.

Just saw the video and am excited to make a shawl- one drawback is my lack of stash ;>( But- guess I'll just have to try more projects to get more stash- right?? The Prism yarns would help me attain my goal- I have my fingers crossed. Love the show.

What a fun pattern!  I can't wait to try it.

I have been wanting to start a stash buster shawl but am waiting for more bits of yarn. Will keep this pattern to use when I have enough!  Beautiful n

Gorgeous shawl, love the textures. I like to mix leftover bits from projects into new pieces

My stash started with buying too much when a yarn went on sale.  It progressed to buying anything soft and blue (my favorite color).  Then it moved to sales of natural fibers.  This was followed by a period of the brighter-the-better.  Then attention disorders kicked in and I had to have anything shiny.  My stash is so varied that several attempts at putting into some order of any sort have failed.  

My stash started with buying too much when a yarn went on sale.  It progressed to buying anything soft and blue (my favorite color).  Then it moved to sales of natural fibers.  This was followed by a period of the brighter-the-better.  Then attention disorders kicked in and I had to have anything shiny.  My stash is so varied that several attempts at putting into some order of any sort have failed.  

So fun, thank you for the opportunity to win the gorgeous yarn!

I have bins of mohair, bins of sock yarn, and bins of miscellaneous, with an emphasis on wool and alpaca.  I can't resist the occasional bright novelty yarn, though.

Interesting video. I will tell my knitting students about it.

Love the show...my favorite show all week.  : ) It is only on Fridays,  on two stations back to back, showing different episodes.  I knit as I watch knitting!   I liked the idea about carrying several yarns together to ease in blending.  I plan to do this with

my "blue stash" for a shawl for my mom.  HAPPY KNITTING!!

I have made 4 stash shawls, but this will help me blend so much better.

thanks for the tips

Awesome shawl.  Would be lovely to own

My yarns are in one happy jumble.  There's hope, however.  I'm about to redo my craft room from floor to ceiling.  What a fun project!!

An "organized" stash? Haha...surely you jest!! Although, I did recently watch Laura's DVD on color, raid my multiple stashes and knit a scarf from three of my yarns in blues and purples. I love how it came out! After watching this, I think at least a partial organization is in order!

I tend to be drawn to blue, green and purple, so my guess is that they are the most prevalent. I love texture - often buy a yarn just because of it's texture, figuring I can come up with something to do with it. Now I know what! Thanks, Laura!

Thoroughly enjoyed this segment. Would love to knit this shawl with such colorful yarn. I so enjoy knitting after a long day teaching 8th graders, and Knitting Daily has given me the confidence to try new patterns and techniques.

Beautiful shawl!!  I love the colors!!

I love color, even though I'm afraid to knit it.  This sounds like the perfect challenge.

I just organized my stash this week!  It went from a jumbled mess in a wooden chest to 5 dresser drawers sorted by color family.  I have a lot of every color, but I've found that I'm drawn to reds and blues.  My goal for this year is to do all of my Christmas knitting from stash alone (no new purchases!).  We'll see how long that lasts...  :)  But I'm happy to know what yarn I have and where it is.

I'm a fairly new knitter, so my stash needs to be infused with lots of color and texture!

What a wonderful way to "make sense" of blending stash yarns into a colorful, delightful shawl.  And I like both the fringe and braided edge approaches, too.

Thoroughly enjoyed this segment. Would love to enjoy knitting this shawl. I have been knitting in earnest since the holidays and find it to be quite relaxing after a full day teaching 8th graders. Knitting Daily has been so helpful and given me the confidence to try new stitches and patterns.

I was so excited when I finally got all of my yarn stash organized!  My husband set up "gorilla shelves" from Costco in our garage 2-deep to make a wall to divide the 3rd car portion for me to store my stash.  I sorted everything into large see through bins by color and yarn type - seperating the wools from acrylics.  Now I can see what I have easily!  My friends say I have my own yarn store.  BTW - I love, love, love Prism yarns!

My stash is overflowing with skeins (usually just one) of yarn I "just can't live without" in all the colors of the rainbow.  That said, there is always room for more and I hope I win.  This shawl looks scrumptious.

Sounds really pretty and no cutting yarn to change colors.

My stash is ordered by types of yarn, sock yarn here, sweater yarn there.  As soon as I have a pattern and yarn that I think will work both are but into a clear bag and they move to a third location.

Great tips and thanks for giving my creative juices a nudge. I loved exploring your website and dreaming about all the possibilities with the Fiber Arts Bag of yarn.

What a fab pattern and Prism colors are the best!

My yarn stash is divided by weight, more or less.  I have a giant bag of wool, another of cotton, one for bulky wieght, a tube of acrylic worsted, a large box of sock yarn, a small basket for my small (3 1/2 year old) grqanddaughter, and a laundry basket of goodies for myself, not to mention the assortment of cotton thread that was once part of my mother's stash.  Then there's the crate full of those odds and ends.  The plan is to use those oddiments to make this shawl.  But even with this stash, I would make good use of  a winfall of Prism yarn:-)

What a wonderful yarn! I would love to try it.

What a fabulous idea! I have a stash just longing for a project like this and the color painting is perfect.

Color restores my soul. Thanks for the contest. :)

Love the prism yarn and the pattern - so beautiful!

I love this! Long ago I had a kit for a sweater knit sideways in a multitude of apricots, peaches, and creams, and this shawl reminds me of that. (Unfortunately, the pattern an WIP were lost somewhere along the way, but I still have some of the yarns in my stash -- maybe this is the year I use them!

I haven't been knitting very long and don't have a huge stash, but I have one nevertheless!  I happened to organize it 2 weeks ago and noticed that I have an inordinate amount of blues -- ranging from periwinkle to navy -- and a few pinks (for my granddtr).  So, my stash is sadly lacking in a full range of colors or volume to make the lovely bias scarf.  Ironically, I LOVE color and varied textures, so I'm not sure why my stash is so one-sided.  Maybe it's because I use all the others and leave those??

I am all about color too and the Prism yarn sure is beautiful as well as the pattern!

I am all about color too and the Prism yarn sure is beautiful as well as the pattern!

I LOVE working with my leftover stash to create one of a kind projects! Thanks for the tips in this video!!

I would love to win this grouping of yarn.  I have knitted with Prism yarns and they are wonderful--I have a beautiful shawl I knitted.  I knit a lot of purses and then felt them so I have my wool yard separated so that I know which yarns will felt.  Then I have a storage container with 'scarf yarns'--1-3 skeins of yarns which I use to knit scarves and another container with sock yarns.  Then there's the large --well two- plastic zippered containers with yarns and patterns together for sweaters, ponchos, etc.,--all grouped together- that I can pull out to start knitting on larger projects.  I nearly always have about three knitting projects going on at once.

Loved this segment.  I have my yarns seperated by yarn company. And I don't have much textured yarns. love the shawl and would love to win some Prism Yarns!!!!  

the Prism bias shawl would be a DREAM project -- I love color and texture, the more of it the better!!

The shawl is so beautiful and I love the yarn colors. Hope to win some of this yummy yarn.

I'm a new knitter, so I don't have much a stash to organize at this point.  The projects I've done so far have been with natural fibers.  I have seen a number of interesting stash buster patterns I'd like to try once I have a stash to speak of!

Thanks for the directions and motivation to clean up my stash drawer!

My yarn stash is kind of depleted right now.  I love the bright colors to knit scarf's, mittens and hats.  I love pastels, neutrals and solids for afghans and sweaters.  What yarn I do have is organized by brand name.

Beautiful shawl! I would love to win the yarns. Thank you for sharing.

Laura's dvd on color was awesome. This would be an outstanding project.

Thank you Laura Bryant for your great presentation on color. It changed how I look at my stash & prompted me to put together combinations that I had previously thought unlikely.

Currently my Stash is in the process of being re-organized due to the closet rod disaster of Dec. 2011.   BUT-- my Stash definitely reflects my love of EarthTones, and especially Autumnal Colorways.  That said-- I am currently being drawn to Sage & Lavendar, Orchid & Pistachio, Purple & Green combinations.  Thank you so much for the opportunity to win.  I really enjoy Shay's segments with you; even from the days onher needle point show; which I watched faithfully every week.   Many Blessings

My stash is organized by color since that is the most important consideration when planning a project!  All the other elements can be adjusted!  I have mostly purples and blues in the stash, but have been collecting reds lately.  I love how the shawl is scrappy, but the colors are not garish.

My stash is organized by weight and fiber. Yarn for a particular project is in a ZipLock bag with the pattern, Yarn bought on spec is bagged, and leftovers of similar weight a fiber are bagged together. Bags are stored in bins labeled as to weight and fiber, or purpose (baby yarns, chunky yarns). The bins are on shelves in a bedroom closet.

It doesn't matter how many times Laura and Barry tell me I can do this........I just can't see those colors blending until they get the garment together.....am I just totally hopeless?

I couldn't find my last comment here... so please forgive the double, if it shows up.  Going to make one of these shawls with detangled yarn.  

Once upon a time, I had a yarn room.  I had yarn organized by weight, intended use (ie... baby projects, feltables, kids, lacework), shade, and solid/multi.  I even had a "special yarney yumminess drawer", for that luscious expensive indulgence.  Alas, I no longer own that house, and yarn has been in totes, in states of chaos and confusion that mostly boils down to "what I'm using soon", "what I'm destashing", "what I've recently received", and maybe a few by weight.  I need to organize quickly when I get into my new house next month!!

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I learned so much from that clip, and definitely plan on using up some stash to make one of her designs!  I have a huge variety of yarn from novelty to handspun/dyed.  But, what this scarf called out for that I have  - is my MEGA tangle.  I solicit tangled yarn.  I love to de-tangle.  My most recent behemoth of a project came in a box the size of the ones full of apples in the produce section.  All of the yarn within will be my own, aside from 2 ribbon yarns that the original tangler would like back.  I worked on it for a while around the holidays, but have been distracted lately... this is the perfect motivation.  There are yarns in there I never knew existed.  Fluffy ones, smooth ones, shiny ones, tagged, wool, lace, cotton, fun fur, polar fleece.  All kinds of colors from brights to neutrals.  I think I shall enjoy blending the treasures in that box of yarn (I even got a set of headphones out of there!!  lol) into something artsy and beautiful.... oh, and yes - I could always use some beautiful Prism Yarn!  Long color changes please!!

Most of my stash is fingering weight and dk and almost all of it is wool.  I love the way this pattern uses up all different weights of yarn.  I'll definitely have to give it a try.  I love Prism yarns!

Very cool way to use up bits and pieces of leftover yarn!  I'll have to give it a try.

Just organized my stash this weekend and found mostly neutral colors and worsted weight. I need more DK, fingering weight yarns and definitely more color!

This is a beautiful shawl.  Would love to make it for me Mum.

I love shawls and have handmade and worn shawls since I was 19 of age. I would love to make this shawl!

I love shawls and have handmade and worn shawls since I was 19 of age. I would love to make this shawl!

A shawl that I would wear over and over again!!!!!!  

Next to beads and polymer clay creations knitting has recently become a new love of mine.  Would love to create with a yarn I do not know.

I like the bias of the scarf, and will be raiding my stash shortly

My stash is very small as I am new-ish to knitting but there are definitely some scraps I'd love to use up!  I love to try new yarns whenever I get the chance!

This would be AMAZING!!!! I have knit multiple pieces using Prism, and have a small stash.....my latest piece was a fuschia tone rwanna. Working with Prism creates works of art......

I've never done anything with Prism & would love to give it a try.

Beautiful! My daughter would love it!!

My stash mys tash is not made of hash, it does not give me a rash, my husband tends to bash on my poor stash!    It seems to go in a flash, I would knit a sash with stash.

I love this technique,  I need to go wrangle my yarn a bit and see if I can't come up with some interesting ideas.

I'm new to knitting and in the process of stash building!  Love the colors and design of the shawl so would be great to win and make it with the same yarn shown.  I've pinned the design so I can go back later and download it when I'm ready to start my next project!

My stash is fairly small, but what I do have is fairly "safe" as I'm a bit afraid of playing with color for fear it will not look good in projects. I recently ordered and received Laura Bryant's "A Knitter's Guide to Color" DVD and look forward to being more brave in my color selections. :o)

Thank you for  this opportunity!

right now I have  my stash organized by fiber content,but I'm going to try color blending and see what it inspires me to knit :)

What a great idea.  My stash unfortunately is a complete mish mash of textures and weights.  It tends to reds with a fair amount of blue to teal.  I would love more yarn.

Great Idea! Better use of scrap yarn.  I like the idea of using it for a more substantial project vs. a small one that will only go as far as the amount of yarn you have on hand. Oh, the possibilities!

I love the creativity of arranging the colors and choosing which yarns to knit together.  The result is rather Bohemian!

This looks fantastic

I would love to win this yarn! Beautiful colors! My stash is all over the place. I need to organize it by color.. Maybe one day soon!

I love yarn. But to tell you thetruth, I have just been introduced to the world outside od Redheart yarn. Lol I love to get my hands on new fibers amd new textures. This shawl looks amazing and I would love to make it. My stash is well...everywhere. Lol. I usually have some in different "project" bags, and in totes. It's definitely NOT organized. But it really needs to be. :)

What a neat idea!  And what great yarn!

well, it is quite a mishmosh - but a little less so lately - I recently donated all of the yarn I know I'll never find a use for!

Such great colors.  Would be great to win!!

Laura and Barry always have some keen insight to share (:

I can always use more color and texture!

what a great idea....i made a sideways sweater years go,,,,but my stash has now grown to fill the entire room...ok..not that bad...but i do have to be careful not to trip have it when i walk around!

Most of my stash is neutral beige and sock yarns.  I could really use some colors to brighten up my options!

My empty nest has become lined with natural fibers, in woodsy colors. Thinking about the effects of what Prism might do in a mix such as I have is adventurous!  Perhaps something pumpkin or coral, even hazy light blue.  We're all dreaming in color!

Love the shawl. I have all sorts of yarn bits in my stash that would make a lovely shawl.

Thank you Laura and Barry for such a wonderful idea.  I really love Prism Yarns.  They make all garments the most beautiful.  I can't wait to reorganize my stash to utilize your techniques.

Wish my yarn stash was organized!  It's all over the house.  I love all types and colors of yarns.  Have been leaning toward greens.  

My yarn stash is organized according to groups of multiple skeins of yarn for projects and stacked in a big tupperware container. It's not really organized by color because I don't have the same color in anything, I have a huge variety of mostly color changing yarn (because I LOVE it!). I like vibrant color's, my stash could definitely use some more color AND texture, it is getting depleted!

My favorite socks are made from Prism Saki.  The color (Periwinkle) is beautiful, they are warm and wash up beautifully.  

What a great way to use up those bits of yarn - saw this right before my local knitting group stash swap next week, so now I can be on the look out for yarns for this!

Oh my goodness!!!  How great!  I love this technique!  Headed to go dig through my stash now...;)

What a wonderful video and I love your colors! My yarn stash, like my watercolor pallet, tends to be in basic colors: light and dark blue, light and dark yellow, red, violent rose, burnt sienna.  My stash also has a lot of acrylics, which I keep thinking makes more 'practical' gifts for others.  But when I actually knit something, I buy new yarn in muted colors and patterns, in soft alpaca or bamboo, or textured wool of various weights, thereby not diminishing my stash at all!  

My stash is a mixture of textures and colors.  It looks quite festive and makes me want to find some new projects!

I don't have much in my stash anymore. I knit up hats and scarves all year to donate to the salvation army. In Wisconsin, where I live, people are in need of those items. I love the stash buster scarf video and will have to give it a try when I have enough neat yarn to use.

Love this idea, so easy and fun switching yarns and no sewing in ends! Already planning my stash!!! Thanks!

I'd been building my stash for almost 30 years! I just did a HUGE destashing on Ebay and made over $1000!! I know, hard to believe, huh? I was fortunate to have many skeins of discontinued yarn that are still very popular. Anyway, even with that mega-destashing I am still SABLE positive! And always will be - I just love fiber!!

what a great giveaway! thank you for offering it! since my fav color is chartreuse, that color is somewhere in everything I knit or yarn that I buy. I detect a little of that in your giveaway!

my yarn stash is made up of mostly worsted weight yarns that i am using for a block afghan with a few handpicked sock yarns mixed in it.  i really don't plan on buying much more.  i want to learn to spin my own sock yarn.  it's too darned expensive to buy.

My stash is a small one organized by weight and is primarily wool which is my first and best love.  I tend to love neutrals that can be combined with bright splashes of color.  I like textured yarns, but am never quite sure how to use them effectively.  The Bias Shawl is a perfect solution to that problem - now all I need is the Prism yarn to make it!

I have a very large and eclectic stash.  Anything from Prism would find a very happy home with me, and would certainly be knit into a treasured gift for a friend, a family member, a Bat Mitzvah girl, a college graduate, or might be donated to an auction for charitable fundraising.   I first knitted with Prism Wild Stuff over twenty years ago and it's been true love ever since!

my stash is small but sweet, and consists mostly of jewel-tones of all different fibers.

i have been hesitant to learn any sort of lace and think this would be a great jumping off point!

My stash is not very large yet..  I have a lot of reds and greens in my stash.  I need more textured yarn, and there is no real organization to my stash.  My favorite thing to knit are baby blankets so when I buy yarn I try to keep that in mind.

I have my stash sorted according to fiber. For the longest time there was a lot of purple, but I forced myself to branch out into other colors.

My stash has a LOT of different colors... I am not a neutrals kind of girl.  I have a tendency to lean towards greens, pinks and purples, and different colors are always welcome... pick me!

I would describe my yarn stash as bright colored and multi-textured funky yarn.  My yarn is sorted according to category, instead of color.  I have a stash of baby yarns, and the rest are sorted by what I want to use them to make- scarfs, hats, etc. Personally, the more colors and texture a yarn has, the more I like it.  I LOVE prism yarn with all of the different/funky colors/textures.  It's the yarn that keeps on giving, because it's a pleasant surprise each time a new yarn appears while knitting with this yarn.  I used to splurge and buy prism yarns, but now that i have 3 kids I don't get to buy it as often as I would like.  I would LOVE to make this bias shaw with prism yarn!!!!!

My stash is fairly small - thus far.  I try to purchase yarn per project but went off the rails when my lys went out of business.  What I have is primarily worsted weight and organized by color.  Thank you for the generous giveaway!

Stash? Organized? Does not compute! Danger! Danger! I do 99% of my yarn shopping at thrift stores. I often  get large bundles of yarn (5 lbs or more) at irregular intervals, usually comprised of a mish-mosh of single or even partial skeins in all colors, fibers, weights and types. There is no rhyme or reason as to what is in the bags. If I'd started 35 years ago, maybe I'd have a system. But today it would be the The Thirteenth Labor of Hercules. I doubt if even he could lift the stash, let alone oganize it. Which is my way of saying "I don't have enough yarn - please pick me"

My stash is a mess!  I'm the worst for keeping this organized.  But I mostly have creams, greys, and blacks... totally opposite of what I usually wear because I tend to give most of my projects away!  Would love some of the beautiful Prism colours to liven things up (and maybe keep something for myself!).

I guess you could say my stash looks more like mashed potatoes and gravy... than fruit salad! but I could add a bit of fruit to sweeten it up:0)

I have been knitting for quite a few years but I do not have a HUGE stash of left over yarns. I keep up on projects to my best ability but needless to say I do have a few "favorites" that I will "knit up some day"! . All the yarns I have are catagorized by yarn type, in zip lock or zippered linen bags, all in a HUGE wicker hamper. Most of my stash consists of natural/ earthy colors. I LOVE the many natural colors of sheep and alpaca !  I have white, cream,  grey, and brownish burgandy, but do not have a variety of texture. In cotton,my blues, greens and yellows have made many bright washcloths and towels. I'm not sure how these would go together but???

I would love to be able to knit up "stash leftovers" into something I could enjoy. My mother always made a quilt of left over fabrics from my dresses she sewed and I still enjoy the quilts today.... many (40) years later:0)

Thanks for the ideas to help me do something with what I already have... not just to BUY more:0) Although... there is that yummy sock yarn, and some new shepherd's wool I've been eyeing at my LYS:0)

I recently sorted my stash, and found that I gravitate toward maroon/wine colored yarn, as well as shades of blue. I love this shawl! Thank you for the giveaway.

Almost all my yarn stash is varying shades of blue (my daughter would only wear blue while growing up).  I do have the stash sorted by weights rather than by colors.  It would be so much fun to try the shawl with a combination of other colors.  I'd love to win the Prism yarn to try the bias shawl.