Liz's Stash Confession

Liz's Confession: I recently moved from Richmond, VA to Philadelphia, PA, and there are a lot of yarn shops to visit! At each yarn shop, I end up buying something (usually sock yarn). I have also in the last year become involved in the knitting blogosphere, and am overwhelmed with information about projects, new yarns, ideas, etc.

Thus, my stash has grown exponentially in the last year, and it has become a huge distraction from actually finishing projects. I have at least 20 designated projects in my stash, never mind many odd balls and random bits of yarn. It has all become TOO MUCH!

Exceptions:
1> Trip to Sheep Farm in New Jersey. Must buy yarn -- as a souvenir, at the very least!
2> I will be receiving Sundara's Petals Collection Sock Yarn once a month. I purchased it previous to the start date, but will have a monthly infusion of yarn to tide me over.

Great Reward: A September shopping spree at Loop. Lorna's Laces is likely to be involved.

My Goals:
1> reduce sock yarn stash -- I will be participating in Trek Along With Me KAL, and will be knitting other socks this summer as well
2> complete one sweater project for me, Orangina.
3> participate in the Amazing Lace using stash yarn (probably Diamond Fantasy Shawl in Koigu KPPPM)
4> donate crap yarns and knit oddballs for charity projects
5> re-purpose, re-cycle, and rip out unworn or long UFOs
6> tackle small design projects with stash

(Perhaps here you see the problem. Doesn't this seem a little ambitious for one season of knitting?)

I am so excited to have a support group like this one to get me through the summer!