It is the middle of October and I have no idea how that happened. My “must knit/must spin” lists are still just lists. I have finished several shawls in the course of mere days but I’m going on the umpteenth week to finish a short sleeve. Go figure. At this rate my sweater might be ready in time for next spring/summer…if I’m lucky. I still have to seam the blasted thing together.
My yarn stash has developed a life of its own and is out of control. Given the vast amount of unfamiliar yarn I have found in my stash, I’m convinced my yarn has started procreating. Obviously I have been doing something with my stash as I am uncovering unremembered yarn. This is part of my attempt at getting my room organized and making it usable again. I’m moving my yarn out of its honeycomb storage and into plastic, modular drawers that will eventually be located in the closet (I have to dig a path to said closet and then clean it out before the yarn can be relocated). I have to admit I have been having fun going through my yarn stash. I found Noro and Koigu! I found some lovely soft alpaca that will be deliciously soft something-or-other. I found several skeins of boucle yarn (I don’t like boucle, so I’m not sure why I have it). I have a lot more Knit Pick yarn than I ever imagined and a lot of it is really nice stuff that has since been discontinued. I have 50 unique skeins of Opal yarn and that makes me happy. I have several skeins of Wollmeise that I did not know I had. I found enough gorgeous Cascade 220 Quatro to make a sweater…but could not remember what sweater. Still working on that one.
I went through my bookcases and culled out the knitting and sewing books I no longer need or want. Those have been listed on Half.com and can be viewed HERE. Half.com dictates the shipping costs and combines shipping on multi-book orders. I am fastidious about my books and they are all in excellent condition.
Part of my reorganizing is dealing with my fiber stash. I’m at the point where I’m keeping it in giant RubberMaid bins and putting cushions on top and calling them “additional seating” in my home. I could not spin everything I have right now and it seems a shame to just let it accumulate. I canceled my clubs (that was painful) and am listing my destash fiber on its associated Ravelry club forum on the “ISO/Destash” threads. I would rather the fiber go to people who will spin it than stay here and be neglected by me.
Two of our local Joann’s stores are closing and a new “super” Joann’s is opening in their place. We’ve been enjoying the liquidation sale that has been running. Both of us have gotten a lot of stuff in huge quantities at some really great prices. My biggest complaint has been that the yarn is only marked down by 25% and the yarns that I like are already gone. Grrrrr!!! Yeah, like I need more yarn anyway.
I still cannot believe October is half over already! Where did the time go?!
