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[socksforphlox]

Look what WendyKnits is doing!

Knit From Your Stash 2007!

1. The Knit-From-Your-Stash-a-Thon will start January 1, 2007 and run through September 30, 2007 -- a period of nine months.

2. We will not buy any yarn during that period, with the following exceptions:

2.a. Sock yarn does not count. What? You think we are made of stone?

2.b. If someone asks for

Comments

[iphianassa]

You're on your own, kiddo!
As it is I try to knit out of my stash whenever possible and it is definitely under control. At least 50% of the time when I buy new yarn it's to start a project immediately so it doesn't add to the stash.

I think that it's a good idea to try to destash, at least to keep things under control. And you do have lots and LOTS of lovely stuff which is just sitting there, unknit and unloved. But I think you should amend the rules.
How about 3-4 months instead of 9? That should be less daunting. And maybe make the "Get Out of Jail Free" card be usable once a month. I've read destashing websites and they are allowed to go nuts once a month so they save up all their desires for that one day.
I think with those modifications this might actually be doable. And though I will not be joining you per se, I will be cheering you on from the sidelines and trying to use up my stash too.

[socksforphlox]

I don't usually buy yarn more than once a month already... and I think I have enough yarn to last the 9 months... But I don't want to use it all up, I like having a world full of possibilities at my fingertips. But the sock yarn is getting out of control.

Oh, and my stash may be unknit, but it is NOT unloved :p

This will need some fine-tuning before January!

[knittinggoof]

nine months is a long time, but with a stash like yours i'm sure you'll be able to do this no problem, even without the tweakings o' the rules. and wow, does that spinning fibre rule give you a lot of wiggle room. there's nothing i love more than hoarding spinning fibre...sometimes, somehow i find it even more satisfying than hoarding yarn. sometimes.

[socksforphlox]

I have been good about hoarding spinning fibres, that is why I am leaving that exemption in. I only have 100g of Wenselydale-Teeswater awaiting me, and some odds and ends from needlefelting.

I love virtually all the yarn in my stash, I just want a chance to USE it! Aside from the trophy yarn, of course.

[minniemollknits]

I so need to do that! I probably won't manage it, but I'm going to try not to buy any more full price yarn until my stash is down to reasonable proportions, and only buy sale yarn if it's such a bargain I couldn't leave it there (like the Hipknits sale).

[socksforphlox]

Ah, no full price yarn is a good idea!

[fibreartfan]

I am aiming to destash in quite a few areas. Knitting, sewing fabrics, paper. Of course, there is the chance that I will have to buy more bits to go with what I am using up. Dolls take very little of the stash and artists trading cards even less.

[socksforphlox]

Obviously you need a more consumptive hobby?

(good to see you back!)