[Nfb-krafters-korner] Working from Stash

[River Woman]

Thanks, Cindy. I will look into ravelry to see what is up.
I understand the need to give that yarn a good home, too.
I am going to start by using the yarsn I have in a large basket - I put them 
together in groups, each group in a baggie, for a special scarf project. I 
imagine there must be at least a dozen projects just in that one basket - 
waiting to come to life.  Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "slery" <slerythema at insightbb.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Working from Stash


> Lynda,
>
> Have you joined Ravelry yet? I know at the beginning of the year they have
> new groups that start and one or more are stash busting groups. They are
> great motivators to have cheerleaders on your side along the way. As an
> example of other groups: 52 socks is one pair of socks a week for a year, 
> 52
> projects is one project a week for a year, Shawl a month is one shawl a
> month for a year, UFOs is a group for finishing your UFOs (I don't 
> remember
> how they break down but is a so many for the year type of thing).
>
> Good luck, I had originally promised myself that I would not buy yarn 
> unless
> I had a specific project for it. So far, I had been doing well even though
> it seemed like the yarn was growing simply because I had two afghan 
> projects
> and a sweater lined up. However, I now have some left overs and I picked 
> up
> some yarn that was on sale that "sort of" has a project assigned to it. 
> But
> the real deal breaker was when I was at Good-Will the other day and picked
> up three skeins of matching yarn and two 1 pound skeins that I have
> absolutely no projects for but $1 for the smaller skeins each and $2 for 
> the
> one pound skeins . . . well you can see my dilemma in not purchasing it. 
> The
> three smaller skeins are a really soft acrylic and the one pound skeins 
> each
> have their original tags. I am washing the yarn before using it simply for
> the fact that it has been sitting at Good-Will just to be on the safe 
> side.
>
> Cindy S.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Susan Roe
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 12:03 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Working from Stash
>>
>>
>> Good luck, trust me, you'll give in sooner or later.  I've tried that
>> several times and eventually find myself picking up something
>> either for
>> myself or a bit of yarn to finish off one of the webb of hope
>> projects.
>>
>> Susan R.
>> dogwoodfarm at verizon.net
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:27 AM
>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Working from Stash
>>
>>
>> >I am wondering if anyone else here has a large stash? I
>> suspect there
>> >are
>> >lots of you that do. I have yarn storage
>> > on shelving clear up two walls in my office as well as yarn
>> stored in
>> > totes and other places in the house.
>> >
>> > I am making a pledge to myself for 2011 right now, while I
>> am thinking
>> > about it. I pledge to work from my stash only for the next
>> year. Once
>> > Christmas is over, I plan to create projects from the stash
>> I have instead
>> > of buying more.
>> >
>> > I don't know if I can do it, but maybe someone else wants
>> to take up
>> > the
>> > challenge and we could keep each other motivated to stay on
>> target and
>> > make our projects from our stash. I would love to have a
>> de-stashing
>> > buddy.
>> >
>> > Lynda
>> > "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it is
>> about learning
>> > to
>> > dance in the rain."
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Visit my website:  http://lyndalambert.com
>> >
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