QUESTION: How old is the oldest yarn in your stash?

bjc1050 · 02-13-2006, 08:45 PM

Was wondering because the yarn I used for my dog sweaters was natura DuPont Acrylic @ $.79 per 3 oz. skein. Don't know where or when I got it. Also, don't know if it is still manufactured. It was made in USA and distributed by National Yarn Crafts. Are they still in business...maybe under another name? It really softened up after laundering.

Lana · 02-13-2006, 09:02 PM

Oh, I love this topic!

Last month I made a pair of booties with super fingering yarn, made in France by Renee for Sears.
They baby who got the orginal sweater from the yarn is now 34.

I know I have leftovers from the first fisherman sweater I made my DH in 1967.

Jenelle · 02-13-2006, 09:24 PM

I got a lot of acryliv yarn from one of my dads friends who cleaned out this old ladies attitic and she gave them all this yarn..

I checked the date on most of them..... 1979!!

bjc1050 · 02-13-2006, 09:40 PM

It's about time SOME of our oldest yarn gets used. Natural fibers would probably be moth-eaten by now. Thank God for acrylics.

Ingrid · 02-13-2006, 09:41 PM

Acrylics--the Twinkies of the fiber world! :rofling:

brendajos · 02-13-2006, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Ingrid

Acrylics--the Twinkies of the fiber world! :rofling:

omg...lol....and i feel the same way about acrylic as i do about twinkies...how perfect!

i would say my oldest stuff is a year old when i started knitting.

speaking of hostess products...i hear the ho hos in the break room calling my name!

gimmesanity · 02-13-2006, 11:13 PM

I have some really awful acrylic from the 60's. It belonged a friend's grandmother. When she passed away, they found a box full of yarn and needles in the attic. It eventually was passed down to me.

I haven't used any of the yarn yet, but I use the needles all the time. They're mostly aluminum, but I really like them.

humblestumble · 02-14-2006, 01:13 AM

I wanna say 60s - estate sale. Mostly acrylic

quirky · 02-14-2006, 02:25 AM

The yarn in my stash is only 9 years old. I bought it to crochet my son a blanket before he was born. I just saw it in a bag in the closet yesterday.
I think the cat has been sleeping on it. 6 skeins now look more like 7 (ewwww)

knitncook · 02-14-2006, 09:54 AM

I had some wool that my mom had given me over 10 years ago. I know this wool had to be way older than that because I remember my mom knitting my brother a sweater with it when he was my son's age (and he's 35 now!) Unfortunately it had gotten too dry and kept breaking so I reluctantly chunked it.