Amy's Confession

I have crocheted off and on for many years and just in the past year has my passion for knitting taken off. With that passion has come a new awareness of yarn shops and natural fibers. Unfortunately, with that awareness comes stockpiling the stash. Sock fever has hit so I have around 10 different balls of sock yarn around the house so I can cast on a pair when the urge hits (three more balls are coming for socks for my dad for Father's day - there is no way I'm finishing more than one pair). Tuesday Morning had a sale and I found lots of wool and mohair blends. Our LYS has a clearance room that I can't pass up. Between that and spinning (which I also do, the sickness knows no bounds), I have WAY too much yarn and wool around the house.

So my goal for this Summer of Stash is the following:

I will not by yarn this summer except in the following circumstances:

1. If I run short on any current WIP's or UFO's (which will become WIP's this summer). I don't foresee this happening.

2. A catastrophic event wipes out every inch of fiber in my house/purse/car. Once again, I don't forsee this happening (God forbid it happen).

If I can do this, I will reward myself with a skein winder and ball winder in the fall. I've been coveting them and I just can't justify the cost. But I have purchased over $100 of yarn in one fell swoop (it was on SALE!).

In fact, I am going to try to use up the leftover odds and ends and maybe make some rugs or scrap blankets or something.

We can do this!