Sunday, May 5, 2013

Yarn Stash


The other day I saw a fishing poster that said "keep calm and cast on" and I thought it would apply beautifully to knitting as well.  Don't you think so?

Anyway, speaking of knitting, here's a picture of my personal yarn collection:


It takes up an entire shelf of my bedroom bookshelf, and I honestly have no idea how it got so large.

I always hear other people talking about their yarn "stash" and I've always wondered why someone would even want to have yarn stashed away.  Every time it came up, I would think isn't the whole point of yarn to knit with it and not to just have it lying around?

But now, suddenly, I get it.  A sizable yarn stash isn't something you work to achieve, it's an unavoidable hazard of being a knitter.

All of my yarn is left over from the projects for which I bought one too many skeins or from the projects that never came to be because I got sidetracked by somethings else. I never just bought yarn for the fun of buying it, and yet, another yarn stash has been born.

As far as hazards go, I suppose a wool-stuffed bookshelf isn't such a bad one.

Do you have a yarn stash too?
xoxo
Laura

12 comments:

  1. I used to think yarn stashes were a crazy thing too! How could that stuff just sit around?? But, now here I am with a sizeable stash too! I've decided to take on some projects to deplete my stash though. I want to put that pretty yarn to work.

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  2. Yarn is too pretty to stash away! I think I'd keep getting it out if I put it away.
    I have a small-ish, but growing, yarn stash - I need to find somewhere to put it all though.

    All your yarn looks so pretty :)

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  3. i love that...wish i was that talented with yarn. something tell me i don't have the patience for it. :(

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  4. Hahah when I read that you have a yarn stash, the first thought that popped into my head was "hoarder! just like me!" I don't knit, but i sew. So I have a fabric stash. The problem is, I don't have a fabric stash so I have a variety to work with. I see, I like, I buy! Baaaad habit. Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  5. You've pretty colours in your yarn collection . My grandmother used to knit so I would always remember playing with those stashes :)
    Noor @ Noor's Place

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  6. When I was 10 I crocheted blankets for my dolls ALL THE TIME, and had a HUGE yarn stash - now I don't have much at all. :/

    P.S. Haha! I'm the same way...I buy so many nail polish colors based on name alone - it's like judging a book by its cover; but I simply can't resist! :P

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  7. I am totally guilty of not only having a yarn stash but a huge fabric stash and of course all of the fabric is 4way stretch. I kept buying fabric thinking I'd make skating dresses with them and never got around to it. Us skaters have the attention span of goldfish sometimes!

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    1. That's so fun that you're a skater too. =) Where do you skate?

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    2. Hey Laura it's Bernadette, you mentioned your blog a long time ago on your fb I've been following it for a while now I just never got around to commenting. Love all of your super cute craft ideas!!

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    3. Oh fun! Hi!!! Thank you so much for reading my blog! =)

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  8. Your yarn stash has just begun, young grasshopper (ironic... I'm over 10 years younger than you! :)). My yarn stash has taken over most of the guest bedroom at this point. Really, most of it isn't yarn that I've bought and not used, but hand-me-downs from those who have sought to share the yarn love with a young knitter (a species that seems to be dying out, sadly) or just get rid of their yarn stashes. But I'm not complaining!

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    1. I just started knitting/crocheting a couple months ago, and my family found out... Then started buying me TONS of yarn! I've still only made three things, sadly. I'm extremely OCD, and every time I miss a stitch, I have to start over (with knitting) because I havent figured out how to fix it. Its the number one reason I prefer crocheting.

      -Brittney

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