You know, not long ago, I was quipping to the assemblage of my fellow knitters, that I had a yarn stash so small that it would make some of them break out in a cold sweat.
Now I feel like a fraud.
My yarn stash used to be a little less than one third of what is shown here:
[album 65561 Yarn Stash2.JPG]
But since, 'the socks', and a promised project for a paying relative, and promised ponchos and a felted purse to the granddaughters, things have changed.
This is by all standards that I have heard rumors of, still a pitiful stash. But really, I don't THINK I will ever be in danger of having true yarn overload, because I can just barely tolerate this amount. And to prove it, the reason I got it all out in the first place was to see what I would have on hand when my current projects are complete. I was trying to see what I might be able to make with the leftovers.
I don't like leftovers. I want to USE leftovers. It's the Quaker in me.
The Puritan ethic. 'Use it up, wear it out, make DO'.
But you know what? At every knitting meeting (once a month), people bring yarn that they don't want any more and you can take all you want, if you want it.
When they told me about this policy, I thought they were kidding. Who gives away yarn?
I see now why they do that. To get it out of THEIR house, so they can buy more yarn, with ameliorated guilt feelings.
I looked at the two table loads last meeting and passed on all of it. But at least now I know that if my guilt gets too intense, I can always schlepp it over to the meeting and bid it good day.
Anyway, I'm off now to contemplate my stash and see if I can spin leftovers into useful objects. Even though I am three projects away from being ready to take on a new one! [It's always good to have a long term project forecast don't you think?]
Now I feel like a fraud.
My yarn stash used to be a little less than one third of what is shown here:
[album 65561 Yarn Stash2.JPG]
But since, 'the socks', and a promised project for a paying relative, and promised ponchos and a felted purse to the granddaughters, things have changed.
This is by all standards that I have heard rumors of, still a pitiful stash. But really, I don't THINK I will ever be in danger of having true yarn overload, because I can just barely tolerate this amount. And to prove it, the reason I got it all out in the first place was to see what I would have on hand when my current projects are complete. I was trying to see what I might be able to make with the leftovers.
I don't like leftovers. I want to USE leftovers. It's the Quaker in me.
The Puritan ethic. 'Use it up, wear it out, make DO'.
But you know what? At every knitting meeting (once a month), people bring yarn that they don't want any more and you can take all you want, if you want it.
When they told me about this policy, I thought they were kidding. Who gives away yarn?
I see now why they do that. To get it out of THEIR house, so they can buy more yarn, with ameliorated guilt feelings.
I looked at the two table loads last meeting and passed on all of it. But at least now I know that if my guilt gets too intense, I can always schlepp it over to the meeting and bid it good day.
Anyway, I'm off now to contemplate my stash and see if I can spin leftovers into useful objects. Even though I am three projects away from being ready to take on a new one! [It's always good to have a long term project forecast don't you think?]