Wrapping Up
Well I completely finished the stash inventory last night. I had bogged down on a bag of unlabeled stuff I needed to weigh and measure. But over the weekend I got that done and the rest in the stash.
While I was at the computer a friend that is staying with me decided to take me up on the offer to use some of the zippered plastic bags I have to store stash in. Next thing I knew she was sitting in the middle of the upstairs hall, surrounded by yarn and holding up a couple of balls saying "where did this come from?" All I could say was, "welcome to my world."
So I'm thinking this is contagious - she's organizing her yarn that is stored at my house since she's in the middle of a move, I'm inventorying and destashing other craft stashes. Life is good.
I only used one exception, and I don't think I ever reported on it. When Colinette's new Parisienne yarn came to my LYS this summer I almost swooned. I'm a sucker for fingering weight mohair anyway, and what's not to like in their colors. But I could have resisted until September, but then the owner and I talked about me doing a KAL class on the beaded shrug from their pattern book, so I went ahead and got some so I could get started on the sample.
I didn't get a lot knit this summer (I don't consider it done until its DONE) - a couple scarves, a pair of socks and a dishcloth. I did get rid of almost 50,000 yards of yarn in various ways this summer.
I started playing with the numbers a little and I'm comfortably over my goal of reducing the stash by 10%. On the downside, I also calculated that if my rate of yarn knitting this summer is indicative of my average, I still have 83+ years of yarn in my house. Probably still a problem.
So then the contest ideas got posted. So I'm running a little "how many jelly beans" type contest of my own (i.e., how many yards at the beginning of the summer, etc.) and the winners will get some of the yarn. I'm also doing a few "What Would You Do With This" contests. Things that I couldn't remember why I had bought them (or maybe the only reason was "pretty"). It will be purely subjective, but the person with the answer I like best will get it.
Which I hope means I'll get a good running start on my own Autumn of Stash!
I am working at the LYS this coming weekend, so might get some more knitting time in, so my final numbers could shift a little. But I really feel I'm strong enough now not to be tempted to buy anything so close to the end!
So thanks for this KAL. It really was the kick in the pants I needed to start getting control of my stash!
Mary in VA
While I was at the computer a friend that is staying with me decided to take me up on the offer to use some of the zippered plastic bags I have to store stash in. Next thing I knew she was sitting in the middle of the upstairs hall, surrounded by yarn and holding up a couple of balls saying "where did this come from?" All I could say was, "welcome to my world."
So I'm thinking this is contagious - she's organizing her yarn that is stored at my house since she's in the middle of a move, I'm inventorying and destashing other craft stashes. Life is good.
I only used one exception, and I don't think I ever reported on it. When Colinette's new Parisienne yarn came to my LYS this summer I almost swooned. I'm a sucker for fingering weight mohair anyway, and what's not to like in their colors. But I could have resisted until September, but then the owner and I talked about me doing a KAL class on the beaded shrug from their pattern book, so I went ahead and got some so I could get started on the sample.
I didn't get a lot knit this summer (I don't consider it done until its DONE) - a couple scarves, a pair of socks and a dishcloth. I did get rid of almost 50,000 yards of yarn in various ways this summer.
I started playing with the numbers a little and I'm comfortably over my goal of reducing the stash by 10%. On the downside, I also calculated that if my rate of yarn knitting this summer is indicative of my average, I still have 83+ years of yarn in my house. Probably still a problem.
So then the contest ideas got posted. So I'm running a little "how many jelly beans" type contest of my own (i.e., how many yards at the beginning of the summer, etc.) and the winners will get some of the yarn. I'm also doing a few "What Would You Do With This" contests. Things that I couldn't remember why I had bought them (or maybe the only reason was "pretty"). It will be purely subjective, but the person with the answer I like best will get it.
Which I hope means I'll get a good running start on my own Autumn of Stash!
I am working at the LYS this coming weekend, so might get some more knitting time in, so my final numbers could shift a little. But I really feel I'm strong enough now not to be tempted to buy anything so close to the end!
So thanks for this KAL. It really was the kick in the pants I needed to start getting control of my stash!
Mary in VA
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