Comments | old_hedwig: Living from my stash

old_hedwig

Living from my stash

Jan 04, 2007 15:58

Wendy started it. I saw that she was planning to cut way back on buying yarn and knit from her stash for the first 9 months of 2007. I figured, I really need to spend less money, and I have a lot of yarn - not a truly epic stash, but enough to keep me busy at least until next fall. All yarn I really want to work with, but I haven't because I ( Read more... )

knit from stash

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wilfulcait January 4 2007, 22:22:54 UTC

This is what some of us are doing and calling the Year of Abundance-- that is, enjoying what we already have, rather than adding to our stash and the pile of unmade or unfinished projects. I have yarn, I have fabric, I have beads, I need to spend less time shopping and more time making.

I agree that when stress is a problem, shopping is a way of easing it. But it's limited, and 2006 is the year I hit my limit.

purejuice January 4 2007, 23:52:12 UTC

me too.
but i stayed very very still and learned a lot. it feels like you did too.

purejuice January 4 2007, 23:50:52 UTC

is it lammas now?
and, i have yarn i want to unload, is there a local swap? (it's new and not very pretty and low end, lion heart or whatever.)
my real new year's resolution is no spending, and doing the crafts i've got. i have to organize them and make them convenient to get out and put away, and will be containerizing to that end.
i had a weird time in 2006 too, but i feel floods of insight and competence coming in when called upon.
money is the weirdest thing.
let's have a cheap lunch -- or pack one and meet in a globally warmed park nearby -- soon.
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