Another stupid human trick...brought to you by the internet

[tigrrgrr]

Some woman's MIL's stash. No...it's yarn

Comments

[jespere]

Holy crap. That's not a stash, that's a store!

[wyckhurst]

I'm pretty sure she has more yarn than my LYS!

[wyckhurst]

Obviously she has a problem. Though, it sounds like she is giving yarn away too, so she's not a totally crazy hoarder. My biggest question is, does she even knit with it?

And I thought I had too much yarn. lol I could probably actually burn through mine in a year if I didn't have a job.

[tigrrgrr]

If I wasn't working I could probably do my entire stash -- personal, work and your stuff in about 6 months.

[wyckhurst]

My yarn stash only fits into a few boxes. I'm at maximum stash comfort right now considering how slowly I knit.

[tigrrgrr]

omg...those people scare me a little. At least the smell would be better here.

[whimcy]

lol!

[tpirman]

Hi there

[tigrrgrr]

I'm sorry you feel the need to defend her behavior. I can't imagine the amount of time it must take you following all the links to make sure that no one is poking fun at your MIL.

I stand by my words. Her stash is beyond outlandish but if it makes you feel better to defend her then I guess everyone needs a hobby.

[tpirman]

Fair enough. You have every right to stand by your words; just thought you ought to know that they're empty and baseless. I wasn't "defending" her behavior (since it doesn't require defense) as much as telling you a little about it, since you actually know nothing of it. You said that you were sickened on a level you can't describe and now you know: there's no need to be sickened. If you'd like to continue being sickened, well, it doesn't seem like much fun, but go nuts. I'm just happy that Mom has a generosity of spirit that others seem to lack.

By the way, I'm the son, not the daughter-in-law. And I found your post through referrer logs -- I like to see who links to my wife's blog. It doesn't actually take much time at all.

[blissfulvanilla]

Good gracious that is A LOT of yarn.

So, uh... yeah. WTF?! They say she's got family that gives her grief about it. I'd imagine that she just stuffs yarn in her ears and keeps on hoarding. Or buries them under a load of the plastic baggies contained slightly different colored skeens. God forbid she ever took up collecting something like small animals. That would take a lot more plastic bags. Although, at least the cats would have something to do.

I wonder who gets her beloved "stash" after she goes to the great Yarn Ball in the Sky? Maybe, if she's been rude or mean about her hobby to people, she can offer to knit St. Peter a sweater in order to get into heaven. That seems fair.

What a knit-nut. WOW.

[tigrrgrr]

I find it interesting that the daughter comes over and says my life is filled with misplaced hatred.

Yeah...that totally sums me up.

I think the fact that she feels the need to run around following links back to where people have commented on the stash is quite telling.