Thrill of the Chase

Although I've had a couple of projects finished for about a month now, I haven't marked them as fully complete or showcased them here because they've been wallowing in a hidden corner awaiting a good soak and some blocking.  Like this cashmere scarf:

It's been finished and off the needles for a while now, but it's delicate cashmere and it's going to require some time to pin out all the points to block it properly, so it's been lost in the shuffle.  And so the only photo I have is from months ago when I was just starting it.

In the meantime I've been working on other things and trying to make my way through some of my stash.  I've been better about avoiding the more common yarns, on sale or not, but still occasionally sucked into the thrill of nabbing some yarn that's hard to get.  Which explains multiple posts about Wollmeise, but also this fellow:

Wexford Merino Silk - Orchard

A one of a kind colorway from Three Irish Girls from a Carpe Yarnem stocking at the Yarnista blog.  I haven't tried any Three Irish Girls yarn yet (purchase justification point #1) and I happened to be at a computer and fast enough to order one skein when the stocking happened (purchase justification point #2).  There are very few skeins and an announced time, so just being at a computer isn't enough, there's also the luck of being fast enough to check out with something before someone else gets it (I've failed on the second part during a different Carpe Yarnem stocking before).

Much like the Wollmeise situation, I tell myself that now that I have something from an update I no longer need to watch the updates or purchase from them when I happen to catch them.  Until I knit with the yarn I already bought from an update.  (Believe it or not, I have already managed to watch a couple of Wollmeise updates without buying anything while reminding myself of this!)

So I'm thinking this vibrant yarn needs to become a simple, squishy scarf to showcase my unique single skein.  It's summer and I might not jump on knitting a scarf right away, but that's what Mr. Orchard is earmarked for barring some other genius idea or suggestion.  Anyone?