Happy New Year, yarny friends! Your comments so far are AMAZING and helping us all feel better about being Yarn Dragons (yup, we're making that a thing this year). I also feel the need to apologize for the crappy music - I had a licensing issue with my usual provider that I couldn't resolve at 11:30 pm last night, so I had to replace my REAL music with lame-o TH-cam music. I know, I know, no big deal, but still...😋 Keep those stash stories coming!
I started 2 years ago to destash and organize, my best tip. After a project is finished, put away the reminders! empty the project bag and put everything away! Re wind anything over 25 grams, put the needles back with the other needles. Nothing worse than project bags with bits and junk in the bottom.
Oh goodness...you are SO right. I have several bags of yarn leftovers kicking around. Sometimes that happens because I need to weigh the remaining yarn so I can track what's left in Ravelry, but then it drops to the bottom of the priority pile. Hoping to get on top of it this year! 😃
Thank you Nicole for all your work putting together these episodes… you’re one of the rare podcasters who takes knitting a lot further than just buy yarn, follow trends and show to the world garments that won’t be worn in a very short time… I decided on 31st December to work from my stash as of 1st January… and as you suggest, I started to be honest with myself by entering all the yarn I have in ravelry. And when I say all, it’s truly ALL. I’ve opened old bags. How old? I found a receipt from November 2007 in one of them… I decided to be honest? So let’s play the game. I’ve entered all the quantities in ravelry, I then exported the excel sheet to get numbers. Did totals and started a new table to trace how good I’m gonna be using the yarn I have… from the totals as of 1st January, I will write down what I’m using. I will enjoy to see the total number decreasing week after week… I’ll keep you posted on my progress. Looking forward to your next episode. Happy knitting 😊
I have to admit, that I have a sweet spot for new yarn, and a good bargain. My husband says that if you are a knitter, you have at least 3 hobbies : 1. You purchase yarn 2. You start your project 3. You don’t like it, and either you throw it away, or you frog it He forgot the part, where you purchase yarn to build a “small” stash 😂 The word “small” I left somewhere years ago. The conclusion of this is, I’m definitely going to be participating in this journey ❤❤
Oh yes, guilty as charged in all stages. I‘m definitely a yarn dragon. 😂 But sometimes, when I sort through my treasure I feel great! I love to touch it, put the skeins next to each other for the perfect match, dreaming up projects… and as soon as I finished one I reward myself. With yarn!!! 😂
I have neglected much of my stash because I prefer sweaters and much of it is not in sweater quantities. I have been looking at those skeins differently lately. I now look at them as part of a sweater. By buying a couple more skeins, I have created some beautiful color work sweaters that are my favorites. It’s a little more time consuming to plan for them, but the rewards of using up smaller quantities is worth it. This is my plan this year. My first step is to organize so I know what I have in my private shop.
I love this idea! Your gentle and nonjudgmental tone makes me much more motivated to want to join you. I had already decided to only shop my stash in 2025, but figuring out how to better organize what I have has been intimidating so far. So I'm excited for your upcoming videos!
I'm also planning to destash - I pulled out all my cotton yarn, which I was planning to give to someone in my local knitting group, but they never got back to me. Now I'm looking for projects to use it up. I created a bundle on Ravelry to mark small projects and plan to try to tackle one each month (in addition to all my other knitting).I am more than happy to follow along with you and participate.
I laughed outloud when you mentioned sales. You described my journey in many ways. I've also been given a lot of yarn from other people's stashes. I've found that the older yarns and scrap yarns make wonderful baskets, rugs...any project where I can use 2 or 3 strands. Helps use up the yarn. When I look and my stash, I have lots of creative ideas & plans. Leaned this past year there is a limit to how much I can use up in one year. I'm looking forward to this series and gaining ideas.
Me too. In November I placed totally reorganised my stash. I placed pattern and yarn into project bags and places them in a big metal (laundry) basket and that is what I am knitting this year. Some scrappy charity blankets mixed in to get rid of oddments. Look forward to ideas in the coming months.
I am ... a yarn unicorn! I generally purchase yarn FOR a project, put it in project bags, add it to my Ravelry queue-in the order I want to stitch it and organized by project (shawls, scarfs, hats) and craft (knit or crochet)-and then put it in order in my yarn room. If I don't have a project in mind, I'll find one before I put the yarn away. In addition, I have also stopped feeling shame about the size of my stash. I have more than 400 patterns in my queue on Ravelry (which means I have yarn for more than 400 projects), and while I'm working, I do ... maybe 15 projects a year? Even when I retire (three years away!), I still probably will not be able to use all my yarn-even if I stopped collecting it now! BUT do you know any readers? How many hundreds of books do they have? And how many can they read? And when I look at my yarn stash-I pull out every skein every year when I'm putting my new yarn away-I feel nothing but joy. The colors! The softness! The sparkle! The patterns! THAT SAID, I'm still going to watch every video in this series, because you can never be too organized! I can't wait to get the one tip that will change my life, which Nicole's videos often do. :-)
I am so excited to manage my Precious - 🐉 I love being called a yarn dragon. After Christmas my neighbor asked me to crochet a cat bed. Well I dug in my stash and have pulled out all the fashion frilly yarn and paired it with colors I have. I’m going to make cat beds until all this yarn I really was not going to use is gone. I’m very excited!😂
LOL, we used to live near Rhinebeck, NY and attended the annual sheep and wool festival held there. It was both wonderful yet for fiber hoarders a dangerous place to go to. Nothing like fabulous artisan dyed yarns that one HAD to buy because each skein was unique and would not be available ever again (made the mistake of saying I could get more yarn from same vendor next year but the dye lots were completely different). Ditto to everything that you said you did - making yarn “kits”, bins of hanks needing to be wound, buying new yarn for projects instead of using stash. Yet I look at the yarn collection and other than a few skeins, I get re-inspired to actually create that project I bought the yarn for.
i can't even say i have a stash, or a hoard of yarn. it currently is not stashed properly, i don't even say it is hoarded properly. i am to the point i'm living around it, not it is living around me. this past year i have rehomed over 100 skiens, and i'm sure i could use another 100 or more to drop. now that the holidays are gone, time to downsize. it does start with A,B, C.. then you get FOMO on the sales and get excited to have a yarn collection so beautiful, soon you have nowhere to go with it. and one day you wake up and say"What happened". this year i plan to finish all my wips, and go to one at a time projects other than my to go bag which i take with to doctors, i do dish clothes while waiting for my appointments, no brainer dish clothes. oh, i forgot, Happy New Year! new year, new plans. so far i haven't purchased yarn this year. i love your inspiration.
FOMO ON THE SALES!!!!! That's how I found myself with ... a lot ... of yarn from Knit Picks ($2/$4/$6 sale), Joann (1/2 birthday sale), Bad Sheep Yarn (points) and Miss Babs (20% off on Christmas Day for the rest of the year!).
@@pattylove4033 yes i now am dealing with the regretting it all. i fell in a rabbit hole with some mystery boxes/bags and yes the price is intimidating but the yarns tend to be disappointing. i have been doing inventory and logging my yarn into ravelry and i probably have more than will last my lifetime. who ever would think that could happen. new year, new plans. i love the tips knicole gives she brings light to reality.
Overwhelmed and inspired. And disorganized no matter how hard I try! Thank you for showing your projects carefully packaged and ready to go (I also tried those!) and your beautiful new purchases (and I have those!) You’re an inspiration - thank you for being so genuine. Love sharing time with you.
I am definitely a yarn dragon. But I love my stash- most of the time. Love the colour, the feel and even the smell of wool. But …. I don’t know what to do so I know what exactly I have. I’m a visual person so must be able to see it and then get inspiration on how to put those beautiful skeins to use. I have projects in bags stashed in a small closet ready to go but I never do them and I’m running out of closet space. Definitely out of sight out of mind. Yep. Think I could use a bit of help here. Really looking forward to this series
Sounds great. I’m in the both catagory, but only because it’s nice and organized in my Ravelry database even if the closet is a semi organized monster mash I am also taking part in Carrie Penny’s year of the stash K/CAL. Each month has a theme for picking out and using one type of yarn, oldest, most special, one that already had plans etc.
Thank you Nicole. I started knitting in 2020. As a novice, I didn’t want to spend a lot until I got good at it, so I mostly bought yarn at thrift stores. Then a knitting friend started to give me some lovely wool yarns. I love knitting and have learned a lot from You Tube videos. I’ve been knitting hats, slippers, stuffed animals and lovely well-fitting socks from my small yarn collection. I learned early that yarn stashes can get out of hand quickly. I have so many hobbies that I need to keep the hobby clutter from taking over. My interest in projects changes over time, so I’m reluctant to invest in yarn for a project until I’m ready to start it. When tempted, I ask myself if I have an imminent project for that yarn. The answer is almost always “no”. So for now, I have just one bin of yarn, and even with that, I feel I have too much and am trying to use most of it up before tackling a larger project like a sweater. Problem is, people are starting to gift me with yarn. I appreciate this but it’s delaying my plan to tackle a sweater. I’m a slow knitter, so it takes time to get projects done. I think I may have to declutter and donate some yarn from my stash (modest as it is) in order to move on to a larger project that inspires me.
I'm definitely a yarn dragon. Some people keep their stash in the guest bedroom, I keep my guest bed in the stash room. Feeling overwhelmed if I'm honest, and now tend to buy new yarn for projects (plus a few more because they're pretty/on sale) rather than dive the stash. I did put together a "sock of the month" club for myself so I actually knit up some of the "oh, it's too pretty to use" sock yarn I have. But I really need to go through the rest of the stash and work out what I can actually do with it. Making up kits sounds like a great idea. (But not right now, because it's summer here in Australia, and about 1,000° in the stash room.) ❤ Tamantha
Another year of yarnmanagement- just what I need 🤩 Most of my yarn makes me inspired, but the amount of it as well as input vs output are a problem. That, and the capacity for handknit sweaters in my and my folks wardrobes. In 2024 I participated in a MAL to make projects yarn aquired prior to 2024. It helped immensly to use old yarn- I dived into my stash, got really inspired by it and knit lots using old stash, knittng up ~ 30km yarn last year. Sadly though, I aquired more (with projects in mind, except for the bags of inherited wool) and stopped stashing it on ravelry, because that totally makes all the additional yarn less "real", right...
Overwhelmed as it needs sorting into categories- non wool, crochet cotton, hand spun (and the categories within that - merino, silk, other sheep breeds, acrylic), weaving (cones, skeins, balls and the different fibres within that), made projects (for frogging, use or demonstration), kit, notions, etc. Mind bogglingly scary! 😱😅 Looking forward to your help!!
I need this! I do have all my yarn in Ravelry and organized so I can find it easily. I have quite a few bins of leftovers that are organized by how much is left (10 grams, 20 grams and 50 grams). There is always more pretty yarn to buy and don’t get me started on the sales. I did a fairly good job last year using my stash and not buying more (until August, then I bought a lot). I used more grams than I purchased, so I’m happy with that. But there’s still so much.
Ha! Ha! I'm laughing out so loud watching you making the "knitting kits"... Remember me doing the same and never follow my plans months later!!! I like the video!!!! thanks again for sharing those moments!
I am a yarn magpie - I must have all the pretty shiny things, but I think I am rapidly morphing into a yarn dragon. I have more or less reached the limit on space, unless I start storing yarn in other areas of the house, but I would like it to stay confined to my craft room. I have decided that for 2025, I will be working with a goal for net negative stash and I may only purchase 50% of the amount that leaves my stash. This allows me a few purchases, as I think a total ban is not realistic for me, but I will be mainly focussed on using all the beautiful yarns I already have. Looking forward to your tips throughout the year!
Donation is also a great way to pass along stash that isn't working for you. Usually a local yarn store can tell you how to do it, they often act as drop-off locations for groups who knit for donation. In Toronto, Knit-o-matic and Romni collect for StreetKnit and we appreciate them a LOT.
That is such a great way to give back! I have donated to a few organizations in my town, and it’s super satisfying knowing that yarn I’m not using is getting a second life. 💖
Yarn dragon here. Love it Love it Love it and thank you to Wendy! Your series last year REALLY helped me get my arms around my stash. I have been very good since then - only bought 1 sweater quantity and a few supplemental balls to go with stash yarn I'm knitting or have already knit, so far. (Who am I??) I too made a bunch of 'Kits' but many of those were not well planned which led to a huge increase in my pattern collection and a lot of back peddling. I love my stash and am excited to take this journey!
Very excited for this series of videos!! Love being called a yarn dragon! I also have a ton of yarn, probably 30kg, but for the last two years I have also been tracking how much I can get through (17-19kg) so that helps gives me perspective on my yarn quantities. Looking forward to more stash organization this year❤
I’m Eddie and I haven’t bought any yarn since before Christmas! I have terrible trouble not buying yarn. I like to buy new yarn and there is so much temptation. This year I really mean to not buy yarn unless I am starting a new project and I haven’t anything suitable in my large stash. I am also frogging most of my UFOs as I’ve really lost interest in those projects, or they would be finished. I have some beautiful yarn from a jumper I’m currently frogging and I will make a cardigan with the yarn. I have a big box of yarn to sell from my last destash. I will find more!!!! Thank you for the help!
I'm all for this Nicole! The sales suck me in. Sweater quantity of this and that... Before you know it, one can barely walk past the bins. I'm making constantly but not enough to take a bite out of it!
I feel you. I THOUGHT I was doing well last year because I didn't buy anything just because it was on sale, but I still ended up adding waaaaaay too much to the stash. 🙄
I’m definitely a yarn dragon hoarding my pretties. I adore my stash but it is certainly growing faster than I can knit or crochet it. I’m constantly organizing it in new ways to maximize my storage space. I tell myself not to buy more yarn or patterns but the next pretty and exciting project calls to me. I am also a multi crafter with many different projects going. I’ve made a plan to box and donate the items I will never use and I just need to get on it. I bought 30 bankers boxes to put various craft items to donate in with labels on them so my friends can easily look through them before I send them on to charities.
I remember you doing your stash busting last year Nicole…(I won’t say anymore 🤣🤣🤣🤣). I’m a spinner too so have bagS of carded wool as well as yarn I’ve already spun as well as non-prickly stuff (aka acrylic 😱) ad well as UFO’s. Part of my problem is that a lot of my stash is in huge boxes under the stairs so I can’t “see” what I’ve got (but strangely I can in my mind 🤷♀️), so I went to work and put it all out in cubes. Now I have it on hand. Other problem is, there’s just not enough hours in the day!!!!!!! S. A. B. L. E. 🥺🥺🥺
It seems that whenever I start a project with yarn from my stash, it requires purchasing more yarn to use with it! Having a stash reminds me of the unlimited possibilities literally at my fingertips.
Luckily I live in a yarn desert with few shops to tempt me -though I always complain about it. But Ive gotten caught up in some color work that involved lots of bits of colors in, for example, a serape scarf. So much yarn left over! That should have been a stash buster not a stash hoarder starter kit. 😂 I’m very excited by your idea of organizing them on Ravelry. My stash makes me feel overwhelmed and old. I’m not sure I have enough years left to use it all up.
Ye gods - I'm so glad I'm not the only 'kit maker' out there. I thought that would be a great way to manage mt stash, too, until I noticed that I had enough kits to take me into my old age, and there's always a new project I didn't plan for needing to be made. 🤦🏼♀ I've promise myself that I will make at least 2 of those older projects before I embark on a new one. Right after I finish the impulse sweater I'm knitting for my nephew!
I just found you, and you are. singing my song. I am working on stash management. I have done some sorting and starting to inventory. Also working on finishing WIPs and planning future knits. I am shopping my own store. I also have two friends that have asked me to knit socks for them. So...2025 here I come!
Out of sight/out of mind. But, I know where it is and now and then it calls to me but I get lured away by some other fun project that I need/have to buy yarn for. Looking forward to your videos and help with kick starting my de-stashing.
Hi. Here’s how I’ve organised my yarn collection. (I don’t call it my stash, I call it my collection.) I’ve put it in 10 boxes in different colours, and put my boxes in my IKEA rack. Then I’ve made a spreadsheet with all my yarn. Every kind of yarn has the same colour code as the box it’s in. So easy to find. I have a bit more than 16 kilos of yarn (not including my cotton yarn). I only use cotton for cloths and potholders, and have many leftovers of cotton. In every month in 2025 I’ll look in 1 box and decide whether or not to keep all the yarn in that specific box. If not, I’ll sell it or give it away or swap with other yarn. I go to 2 knitting clubs every week, so lots af ladies to ask. Hope this can inspire you.
I have a stable, ie 'STAsh Beyond Life Expectancy". I have it all logged on Ravelry and in a seperate spreadsheet and there is more than 46km - yes that's 46,000+ metres!!!! And that's not even counting the smaller scraps. I have numerous (16!!!) sweater quantites with plans for what I want to make with them - not engraved in stone, I can change my mind any time I want. But what drives me crazy is the smaller quanties and the scraps. I really do not need more sweaters or cardigans, so January and February are about using up the usable scraps and getting rid of the unusable ones. I'm probably going to start next Christmas's gift knitting making mittens and hot water bottle covers, hats, cowls, scarves, hoods (though they probably won't be in fashion by next Christmas (remember the balaclava fad?)). Our local church has a mitten and hat Christmas tree for the homeless and I always donate to that, which makes me feel like a slightly better person. They might need a bigger tree in 2025!
2025 - Knit the Queue. I have a similar situation that you mentioned. Packaged up yarn for patterns. All of them nice and neat and waiting in my queue. I'm trying to think about it from a pattern perspective, instead of a yarn perspective. Might be misguided, but that's what I'm doing. Jan/Feb relegated to cleaning up some WIP's ala Roxanne Richardson's "Finish it Feb". Then going to randomly generate a number based on the number of patterns in my queue, and knit that thing. Wish me luck!😁
I also hear people buy a yarn for a project put in the stash and forget 6 months or more later. I think it would help is bundle the yarns together and pin a tag on it that says what it was bought for. I don’t have much of a stash because I buy and make only 2 projects at a time. Mainly it’s a financial thing for me but I am getting lots of left over parts of a ball leftovers now.
I often buy yarn with a project in mind, then stash it away only to forget what I bought it for. I do my best to note it up when it comes in, but sometimes a busy life gets in the way 😋
Hello fellow Yarn Dragons! Anyone else here also born in the 'Year of the Dragon'? 😂 I am most definitely a yarn dragon. I have most of it in large plastic buckets. organized by weight. I LOVE 'checking the bins' for inspiration and when making for gifting and for charity. I have been trying to work from stash exclusively since covid, but that hasn't worked out. new yarn has been purchased. Oops. Happily though, 3 of my current WIPs are using only stash yarn, and I am noticing more room in some of the buckets. Honestly, a large decrease in my income and continued rising prices has forced me to reduce spending on everything. I am grateful for all the yarn past me collected.
I have 3 areas with yarn stash. I purchased inexpensive zippered bags from Ikea a few years ago and keep my yarn and fiber in them. I try to keep the same brand/type of yarn in each bag and labeled the bags. I also started recording my stash on Ravelry. Also, it looks like I can ship to Canada starting Monday. Sheesh!
Compared to you, I have hardly any wool in my stash ! Half a drawer maybe. I am nevertheless in your C category. I feel bad because I have a few skeins bought for project that I wanted to knit, but didn't - because the swatch was disappointing or the excitement gone. Or yarn wasted because I had to frog the project I was keen to knit. And all the leftovers... What to do with these bits and pieces,? Different weights. colours... etc. I am glad you will be dealing with this. I dream of an empty drawer!Thanks
I’ve been lucky to buy unavailable yarn on Ravelry for certain projects. I think I might give away or sell some yarn there. It will take time, but will help or inspire someone else.
That level of "yarn intelligence" comes with practice and experience. Maybe I should do a follow up to my Yarn Sub video and dig deeper into that process 😘
I many orphaned skein of not ideal yarn (orlon or acrylic). I am learning drape is not ideal. I am thinking slippers and baskets and rugs. I could pass them on but I feel like I am their last hope and I love a challenge.
I went through your stash management last year. But my stash is still not shoppable. It should be arranged in weight order. I started with a bunch of my favorite fingering. But that is just a corner. I think I will have fingering and DK in my office, and worsted and Aron in the guest room. The closed cupboards in the guest bathroom should be used for lace and odds and ends. I'm going to read Joy of Yarn again.
My stash makes me feel challenged to come up with new ideas on how to use it. I've been knitting almost exclusively from my stash since just before the pandemic began.
I’m a spinner AND a knitter. I have a ton of undyed yarn I still have to dye - THEN decide what to do with it. Looking around me right now I feel quite uncomfortable 😳
du hast wunderschöne Sachen gestrickt letztes Jahr❤ ich habe 2Kästen voller Wolle. Ich freue mich jeden Tag wenn ich meine Wolle sehe. Leider habe ich kaum Sweater mengen.ich habe mir als Vorsatz genommen dieses Jahr KEINE WOLLE ZU KAUFEN 😱🫣 BIN GESPANNT OB ICH DURCHHALTE 😂
@Knicoleknits oh danke, das werde ich auch brauchen😜 aber ich habe mir schon ganz viele Resteprojekte rausgesucht. und gut die hälfte von der Wolle wurde ja auch für Projekte gekauft verteilt auf 3 Jahre☺️ dazwischen kam meine Tochter zur Welt. ich freu mich schon auf deine Videos dazu und Inspirationen wie man das alles besser managet 🥰
Nicole, I’m inspired and love your channel! Where did you those large mesh bags you used to store projects? I bought some large plastic storage bags from Amazon but suspect that plastic is not good for the yarn. Does anyone know if that’s true?
I don't think plastic harms yarn unless moisture gets in and can't get out. The bags I use are the largest organza gift bags I could find on Amazon. I buy them in bulk 😊
I'm Stage 5. I have a lot more yarn than you do (being a machine knitter and hand knitter and crocheter), though generally not as fine a quality (more acrylics)--there is a "rough" order going on... very rough. Oh, well, I can always make a blanket on the incredible knitting machine to destash. And then too I gave away (and continue to give away) to knitters who are out of yarn and out of money. I've recently discovered "The Wooly Thistle". Uh oh.
My problem is i have 4 big tubs of yarn. I live 1hr from my closest yarn store. So i need lots of yarn so i can make what i want at any time. My family don't understand that i can only make 1 item at a time. I normally have 3 projects going at once. This year i only want to do 1 at a time so i don't get overwhelmed. I have lots of leftover yarn. I already gave a huge bag of yarn to a friend. I vow to not buy yarn. I havent brought yarn for 2 months so far
I don’t think my problem is having too much yarn, it’s having too many WIPs that I didn’t keep with the patterns. Now I want to finish these projects and can’t find the pattern anywhere? 😩
I've had that happen, but less and less since most of the patterns I knit are also in digital format. I've seen folks post pictures of their WIPs on social media and asking the "hive mind" to source the patterns. It works almost every time! 😃
I've lost my inspiration! Stash is too big & I don't knit fast enough! So many beautiful projects & not enough time! So I'm overwhelmed & uninspired! Help!
Happy New Year, yarny friends! Your comments so far are AMAZING and helping us all feel better about being Yarn Dragons (yup, we're making that a thing this year). I also feel the need to apologize for the crappy music - I had a licensing issue with my usual provider that I couldn't resolve at 11:30 pm last night, so I had to replace my REAL music with lame-o TH-cam music. I know, I know, no big deal, but still...😋 Keep those stash stories coming!
I started 2 years ago to destash and organize, my best tip. After a project is finished, put away the reminders! empty the project bag and put everything away! Re wind anything over 25 grams, put the needles back with the other needles. Nothing worse than project bags with bits and junk in the bottom.
Oh goodness...you are SO right. I have several bags of yarn leftovers kicking around. Sometimes that happens because I need to weigh the remaining yarn so I can track what's left in Ravelry, but then it drops to the bottom of the priority pile. Hoping to get on top of it this year! 😃
Thank you Nicole for all your work putting together these episodes… you’re one of the rare podcasters who takes knitting a lot further than just buy yarn, follow trends and show to the world garments that won’t be worn in a very short time… I decided on 31st December to work from my stash as of 1st January… and as you suggest, I started to be honest with myself by entering all the yarn I have in ravelry. And when I say all, it’s truly ALL. I’ve opened old bags. How old? I found a receipt from November 2007 in one of them… I decided to be honest? So let’s play the game.
I’ve entered all the quantities in ravelry, I then exported the excel sheet to get numbers. Did totals and started a new table to trace how good I’m gonna be using the yarn I have… from the totals as of 1st January, I will write down what I’m using. I will enjoy to see the total number decreasing week after week… I’ll keep you posted on my progress. Looking forward to your next episode. Happy knitting 😊
This is FANTASTIC! You are way ahead of the game. We all look forward to tracking your progress 😃😍
I have to admit, that I have a sweet spot for new yarn, and a good bargain.
My husband says that if you are a knitter, you have at least 3 hobbies :
1. You purchase yarn
2. You start your project
3. You don’t like it, and either you throw it away, or you frog it
He forgot the part, where you purchase yarn to build a “small” stash 😂
The word “small” I left somewhere years ago.
The conclusion of this is, I’m definitely going to be participating in this journey ❤❤
Ha ha! Nice try, Husband 😉😋
Oh yes, guilty as charged in all stages. I‘m definitely a yarn dragon. 😂
But sometimes, when I sort through my treasure I feel great! I love to touch it, put the skeins next to each other for the perfect match, dreaming up projects… and as soon as I finished one I reward myself.
With yarn!!! 😂
Welcome to the Yarn Dragon club! 😃
What worked for me ... 3 ikea glass front "Billy" cabinets for my yarn and 1 for my handknits🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
That sounds fantastic! 😍
I have neglected much of my stash because I prefer sweaters and much of it is not in sweater quantities. I have been looking at those skeins differently lately. I now look at them as part of a sweater. By buying a couple more skeins, I have created some beautiful color work sweaters that are my favorites. It’s a little more time consuming to plan for them, but the rewards of using up smaller quantities is worth it. This is my plan this year. My first step is to organize so I know what I have in my private shop.
That's an awesome way to think about using up smaller yarn quantities!
I love this idea! Your gentle and nonjudgmental tone makes me much more motivated to want to join you. I had already decided to only shop my stash in 2025, but figuring out how to better organize what I have has been intimidating so far. So I'm excited for your upcoming videos!
Yay! Welcome to the 2025 stash control mission 😄
I'm also planning to destash - I pulled out all my cotton yarn, which I was planning to give to someone in my local knitting group, but they never got back to me. Now I'm looking for projects to use it up. I created a bundle on Ravelry to mark small projects and plan to try to tackle one each month (in addition to all my other knitting).I am more than happy to follow along with you and participate.
Yay! Thanks for joining in the productive fun 😃
I laughed outloud when you mentioned sales. You described my journey in many ways. I've also been given a lot of yarn from other people's stashes. I've found that the older yarns and scrap yarns make wonderful baskets, rugs...any project where I can use 2 or 3 strands. Helps use up the yarn. When I look and my stash, I have lots of creative ideas & plans. Leaned this past year there is a limit to how much I can use up in one year. I'm looking forward to this series and gaining ideas.
I think understanding that "limit" is the key. I'll be focusing on that for myself this year 😊
Me too. In November I placed totally reorganised my stash. I placed pattern and yarn into project bags and places them in a big metal (laundry) basket and that is what I am knitting this year. Some scrappy charity blankets mixed in to get rid of oddments. Look forward to ideas in the coming months.
Sounds like you're ahead of the rest of us! 😋
I am ... a yarn unicorn! I generally purchase yarn FOR a project, put it in project bags, add it to my Ravelry queue-in the order I want to stitch it and organized by project (shawls, scarfs, hats) and craft (knit or crochet)-and then put it in order in my yarn room. If I don't have a project in mind, I'll find one before I put the yarn away. In addition, I have also stopped feeling shame about the size of my stash. I have more than 400 patterns in my queue on Ravelry (which means I have yarn for more than 400 projects), and while I'm working, I do ... maybe 15 projects a year? Even when I retire (three years away!), I still probably will not be able to use all my yarn-even if I stopped collecting it now! BUT do you know any readers? How many hundreds of books do they have? And how many can they read? And when I look at my yarn stash-I pull out every skein every year when I'm putting my new yarn away-I feel nothing but joy. The colors! The softness! The sparkle! The patterns! THAT SAID, I'm still going to watch every video in this series, because you can never be too organized! I can't wait to get the one tip that will change my life, which Nicole's videos often do. :-)
I am so excited to manage my Precious - 🐉 I love being called a yarn dragon. After Christmas my neighbor asked me to crochet a cat bed. Well I dug in my stash and have pulled out all the fashion frilly yarn and paired it with colors I have. I’m going to make cat beds until all this yarn I really was not going to use is gone. I’m very excited!😂
That cat bed sounds amazing! Don't tell Oscar or he'll get on my case...😋
LOL, we used to live near Rhinebeck, NY and attended the annual sheep and wool festival held there. It was both wonderful yet for fiber hoarders a dangerous place to go to. Nothing like fabulous artisan dyed yarns that one HAD to buy because each skein was unique and would not be available ever again (made the mistake of saying I could get more yarn from same vendor next year but the dye lots were completely different). Ditto to everything that you said you did - making yarn “kits”, bins of hanks needing to be wound, buying new yarn for projects instead of using stash. Yet I look at the yarn collection and other than a few skeins, I get re-inspired to actually create that project I bought the yarn for.
Yup yup yup and ditto 😋
i can't even say i have a stash, or a hoard of yarn. it currently is not stashed properly, i don't even say it is hoarded properly. i am to the point i'm living around it, not it is living around me. this past year i have rehomed over 100 skiens, and i'm sure i could use another 100 or more to drop. now that the holidays are gone, time to downsize. it does start with A,B, C.. then you get FOMO on the sales and get excited to have a yarn collection so beautiful, soon you have nowhere to go with it. and one day you wake up and say"What happened". this year i plan to finish all my wips, and go to one at a time projects other than my to go bag which i take with to doctors, i do dish clothes while waiting for my appointments, no brainer dish clothes. oh, i forgot, Happy New Year! new year, new plans. so far i haven't purchased yarn this year. i love your inspiration.
Thanks for sharing your story! 💖
Well done for not purchasing yarn this year! I haven't either and feel so smug...😀😀
So with you on this!
FOMO ON THE SALES!!!!! That's how I found myself with ... a lot ... of yarn from Knit Picks ($2/$4/$6 sale), Joann (1/2 birthday sale), Bad Sheep Yarn (points) and Miss Babs (20% off on Christmas Day for the rest of the year!).
@@pattylove4033 yes i now am dealing with the regretting it all. i fell in a rabbit hole with some mystery boxes/bags and yes the price is intimidating but the yarns tend to be disappointing. i have been doing inventory and logging my yarn into ravelry and i probably have more than will last my lifetime. who ever would think that could happen. new year, new plans. i love the tips knicole gives she brings light to reality.
Overwhelmed and inspired. And disorganized no matter how hard I try! Thank you for showing your projects carefully packaged and ready to go (I also tried those!) and your beautiful new purchases (and I have those!) You’re an inspiration - thank you for being so genuine. Love sharing time with you.
I’m so glad I could inspire you! 💖
Overwhelmed! I have too many single skeins of “pretty yarn”.
Yup yup yup. 😋😁
I am definitely a yarn dragon. But I love my stash- most of the time. Love the colour, the feel and even the smell of wool. But …. I don’t know what to do so I know what exactly I have. I’m a visual person so must be able to see it and then get inspiration on how to put those beautiful skeins to use. I have projects in bags stashed in a small closet ready to go but I never do them and I’m running out of closet space. Definitely out of sight out of mind. Yep. Think I could use a bit of help here. Really looking forward to this series
Sounds great. I’m in the both catagory, but only because it’s nice and organized in my Ravelry database even if the closet is a semi organized monster mash
I am also taking part in Carrie Penny’s year of the stash K/CAL. Each month has a theme for picking out and using one type of yarn, oldest, most special, one that already had plans etc.
That's a great idea! I'll go take a look at what she's doing 😊
Thank you Nicole. I started knitting in 2020. As a novice, I didn’t want to spend a lot until I got good at it, so I mostly bought yarn at thrift stores. Then a knitting friend started to give me some lovely wool yarns. I love knitting and have learned a lot from You Tube videos. I’ve been knitting hats, slippers, stuffed animals and lovely well-fitting socks from my small yarn collection. I learned early that yarn stashes can get out of hand quickly. I have so many hobbies that I need to keep the hobby clutter from taking over. My interest in projects changes over time, so I’m reluctant to invest in yarn for a project until I’m ready to start it. When tempted, I ask myself if I have an imminent project for that yarn. The answer is almost always “no”. So for now, I have just one bin of yarn, and even with that, I feel I have too much and am trying to use most of it up before tackling a larger project like a sweater. Problem is, people are starting to gift me with yarn. I appreciate this but it’s delaying my plan to tackle a sweater. I’m a slow knitter, so it takes time to get projects done. I think I may have to declutter and donate some yarn from my stash (modest as it is) in order to move on to a larger project that inspires me.
Thanks for sharing your story!
I'm definitely a yarn dragon. Some people keep their stash in the guest bedroom, I keep my guest bed in the stash room. Feeling overwhelmed if I'm honest, and now tend to buy new yarn for projects (plus a few more because they're pretty/on sale) rather than dive the stash. I did put together a "sock of the month" club for myself so I actually knit up some of the "oh, it's too pretty to use" sock yarn I have. But I really need to go through the rest of the stash and work out what I can actually do with it. Making up kits sounds like a great idea. (But not right now, because it's summer here in Australia, and about 1,000° in the stash room.)
❤ Tamantha
I'd love to be a guest in your "stash room." 😄 But I think I'll wait until it's not 1,000 degrees in there 😉😋
Another year of yarnmanagement- just what I need 🤩
Most of my yarn makes me inspired, but the amount of it as well as input vs output are a problem. That, and the capacity for handknit sweaters in my and my folks wardrobes.
In 2024 I participated in a MAL to make projects yarn aquired prior to 2024. It helped immensly to use old yarn- I dived into my stash, got really inspired by it and knit lots using old stash, knittng up ~ 30km yarn last year. Sadly though, I aquired more (with projects in mind, except for the bags of inherited wool) and stopped stashing it on ravelry, because that totally makes all the additional yarn less "real", right...
Ha ha! I feel you. I get a bit queasy thinking of all the yarn I have that needs to be added to Rav. Gulp 😉😋
Ugh! I need this organization! Even with totes for yarn, I still have tons laying around.
Overwhelmed as it needs sorting into categories- non wool, crochet cotton, hand spun (and the categories within that - merino, silk, other sheep breeds, acrylic), weaving (cones, skeins, balls and the different fibres within that), made projects (for frogging, use or demonstration), kit, notions, etc. Mind bogglingly scary! 😱😅 Looking forward to your help!!
Help is on the way! 😄
Last year I was stash building, this year I will be working through it.
I need this! I do have all my yarn in Ravelry and organized so I can find it easily. I have quite a few bins of leftovers that are organized by how much is left (10 grams, 20 grams and 50 grams). There is always more pretty yarn to buy and don’t get me started on the sales. I did a fairly good job last year using my stash and not buying more (until August, then I bought a lot). I used more grams than I purchased, so I’m happy with that. But there’s still so much.
I’m happy to hear you’re using your stash, that’s awesome! 😃
Ha! Ha! I'm laughing out so loud watching you making the "knitting kits"... Remember me doing the same and never follow my plans months later!!! I like the video!!!! thanks again for sharing those moments!
Thanks for watching! 😊
I am a yarn magpie - I must have all the pretty shiny things, but I think I am rapidly morphing into a yarn dragon. I have more or less reached the limit on space, unless I start storing yarn in other areas of the house, but I would like it to stay confined to my craft room. I have decided that for 2025, I will be working with a goal for net negative stash and I may only purchase 50% of the amount that leaves my stash. This allows me a few purchases, as I think a total ban is not realistic for me, but I will be mainly focussed on using all the beautiful yarns I already have. Looking forward to your tips throughout the year!
I love the 50% rule - a very smart way to manage your stash! I might implement this one myself 🙌
Donation is also a great way to pass along stash that isn't working for you. Usually a local yarn store can tell you how to do it, they often act as drop-off locations for groups who knit for donation. In Toronto, Knit-o-matic and Romni collect for StreetKnit and we appreciate them a LOT.
That is such a great way to give back! I have donated to a few organizations in my town, and it’s super satisfying knowing that yarn I’m not using is getting a second life. 💖
But that’s where I come in… I’m the one that buys the yarn !!!!!
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Ha ha! Oops 😋
1:57 And then you learn to spin and get an entirely new stash plus a new way to expand your previous stash
Ack! I can't go there...😂😋
Am looking forward to this series, Nicole. I need all the help I can get!, 😊
Me too! We’re in this together. 😉
Looking forward to this, even though I recently got rid of most of my yarn. But, I've started buying again…yikes!
Thank you ! Very reassuring xx
Yarn dragon here. Love it Love it Love it and thank you to Wendy! Your series last year REALLY helped me get my arms around my stash. I have been very good since then - only bought 1 sweater quantity and a few supplemental balls to go with stash yarn I'm knitting or have already knit, so far. (Who am I??) I too made a bunch of 'Kits' but many of those were not well planned which led to a huge increase in my pattern collection and a lot of back peddling. I love my stash and am excited to take this journey!
I love that you're still on the yarn management journey! 😊
Very excited for this series of videos!! Love being called a yarn dragon! I also have a ton of yarn, probably 30kg, but for the last two years I have also been tracking how much I can get through (17-19kg) so that helps gives me perspective on my yarn quantities. Looking forward to more stash organization this year❤
That's great that you're keeping track of your yarn usage! It's really helpful to have that perspective.😊
I’m Eddie and I haven’t bought any yarn since before Christmas! I have terrible trouble not buying yarn. I like to buy new yarn and there is so much temptation. This year I really mean to not buy yarn unless I am starting a new project and I haven’t anything suitable in my large stash. I am also frogging most of my UFOs as I’ve really lost interest in those projects, or they would be finished. I have some beautiful yarn from a jumper I’m currently frogging and I will make a cardigan with the yarn. I have a big box of yarn to sell from my last destash. I will find more!!!!
Thank you for the help!
I feel you. There's so much amazing yarn out there, the temptations can be very VERY strong. We'll be discussing how to resist them 😋😊
I'm all for this Nicole! The sales suck me in. Sweater quantity of this and that... Before you know it, one can barely walk past the bins. I'm making constantly but not enough to take a bite out of it!
I feel you. I THOUGHT I was doing well last year because I didn't buy anything just because it was on sale, but I still ended up adding waaaaaay too much to the stash. 🙄
I’m definitely a yarn dragon hoarding my pretties. I adore my stash but it is certainly growing faster than I can knit or crochet it. I’m constantly organizing it in new ways to maximize my storage space. I tell myself not to buy more yarn or patterns but the next pretty and exciting project calls to me. I am also a multi crafter with many different projects going. I’ve made a plan to box and donate the items I will never use and I just need to get on it. I bought 30 bankers boxes to put various craft items to donate in with labels on them so my friends can easily look through them before I send them on to charities.
Sounds like you’re on the right track! 😊
Lord help me! I literally just got back from the yarn store with more yarn. I need an intervention. 😮
Ha ha! You and me both 😋
I remember you doing your stash busting last year Nicole…(I won’t say anymore 🤣🤣🤣🤣).
I’m a spinner too so have bagS of carded wool as well as yarn I’ve already spun as well as non-prickly stuff (aka acrylic 😱) ad well as UFO’s.
Part of my problem is that a lot of my stash is in huge boxes under the stairs so I can’t “see” what I’ve got (but strangely I can in my mind 🤷♀️), so I went to work and put it all out in cubes. Now I have it on hand. Other problem is, there’s just not enough hours in the day!!!!!!!
S. A. B. L. E. 🥺🥺🥺
Oooo...I forgot about SABLE. I'll bring that up in the next video 😋
Having OCD and yarn for more than a year knitting is driving me nuts. So I am all up.
It seems that whenever I start a project with yarn from my stash, it requires purchasing more yarn to use with it! Having a stash reminds me of the unlimited possibilities literally at my fingertips.
So true. I do love knowing I have (probably) a lifetime supply of yarn in case of "emergency" 😉😃
Luckily I live in a yarn desert with few shops to tempt me -though I always complain about it. But Ive gotten caught up in some color work that involved lots of bits of colors in, for example, a serape scarf. So much yarn left over! That should have been a stash buster not a stash hoarder starter kit. 😂 I’m very excited by your idea of organizing them on Ravelry. My stash makes me feel overwhelmed and old. I’m not sure I have enough years left to use it all up.
Stash hoarder starter kit...😂😂😂
Ye gods - I'm so glad I'm not the only 'kit maker' out there. I thought that would be a great way to manage mt stash, too, until I noticed that I had enough kits to take me into my old age, and there's always a new project I didn't plan for needing to be made. 🤦🏼♀ I've promise myself that I will make at least 2 of those older projects before I embark on a new one. Right after I finish the impulse sweater I'm knitting for my nephew!
Great tip! I'm going to share that one later in the series 😃
I just found you, and you are. singing my song. I am working on stash management. I have done some sorting and starting to inventory. Also working on finishing WIPs and planning future knits. I am shopping my own store. I also have two friends that have asked me to knit socks for them. So...2025 here I come!
Whoo hoo! You're already ahead of the rest of us 😄
Out of sight/out of mind. But, I know where it is and now and then it calls to me but I get lured away by some other fun project that I need/have to buy yarn for. Looking forward to your videos and help with kick starting my de-stashing.
That's the enemy - the "new yarn" distraction 😋
I felt so seen as you listed the stages, hahahaha. It was exactly how my beginners foray into knitting has gone so far
Welcome to the club! 😉
Hi. Here’s how I’ve organised my yarn collection. (I don’t call it my stash, I call it my collection.)
I’ve put it in 10 boxes in different colours, and put my boxes in my IKEA rack.
Then I’ve made a spreadsheet with all my yarn. Every kind of yarn has the same colour code as the box it’s in. So easy to find.
I have a bit more than 16 kilos of yarn (not including my cotton yarn). I only use cotton for cloths and potholders, and have many leftovers of cotton.
In every month in 2025 I’ll look in 1 box and decide whether or not to keep all the yarn in that specific box. If not, I’ll sell it or give it away or swap with other yarn. I go to 2 knitting clubs every week, so lots af ladies to ask.
Hope this can inspire you.
This is a great method! You are one of the unicorns who are in total control of your collection - Well done! 😃😍
I have a stable, ie 'STAsh Beyond Life Expectancy". I have it all logged on Ravelry and in a seperate spreadsheet and there is more than 46km - yes that's 46,000+ metres!!!! And that's not even counting the smaller scraps. I have numerous (16!!!) sweater quantites with plans for what I want to make with them - not engraved in stone, I can change my mind any time I want. But what drives me crazy is the smaller quanties and the scraps. I really do not need more sweaters or cardigans, so January and February are about using up the usable scraps and getting rid of the unusable ones. I'm probably going to start next Christmas's gift knitting making mittens and hot water bottle covers, hats, cowls, scarves, hoods (though they probably won't be in fashion by next Christmas (remember the balaclava fad?)). Our local church has a mitten and hat Christmas tree for the homeless and I always donate to that, which makes me feel like a slightly better person. They might need a bigger tree in 2025!
Charity knitting is a great way to deal with excess stash and feel super good about it 😍
2025 - Knit the Queue. I have a similar situation that you mentioned. Packaged up yarn for patterns. All of them nice and neat and waiting in my queue. I'm trying to think about it from a pattern perspective, instead of a yarn perspective. Might be misguided, but that's what I'm doing. Jan/Feb relegated to cleaning up some WIP's ala Roxanne Richardson's "Finish it Feb". Then going to randomly generate a number based on the number of patterns in my queue, and knit that thing. Wish me luck!😁
I love that idea! It's all about finding what works for you. Best of luck! 😍
I also hear people buy a yarn for a project put in the stash and forget 6 months or more later. I think it would help is bundle the yarns together and pin a tag on it that says what it was bought for. I don’t have much of a stash because I buy and make only 2 projects at a time. Mainly it’s a financial thing for me but I am getting lots of left over parts of a ball leftovers now.
I often buy yarn with a project in mind, then stash it away only to forget what I bought it for. I do my best to note it up when it comes in, but sometimes a busy life gets in the way 😋
Hello fellow Yarn Dragons! Anyone else here also born in the 'Year of the Dragon'? 😂 I am most definitely a yarn dragon. I have most of it in large plastic buckets. organized by weight. I LOVE 'checking the bins' for inspiration and when making for gifting and for charity. I have been trying to work from stash exclusively since covid, but that hasn't worked out. new yarn has been purchased. Oops. Happily though, 3 of my current WIPs are using only stash yarn, and I am noticing more room in some of the buckets. Honestly, a large decrease in my income and continued rising prices has forced me to reduce spending on everything. I am grateful for all the yarn past me collected.
Thanks for sharing your story! I love how much your stash inspires you and how you appreciate its existence. We can all learn from you 💖😊
I have 3 areas with yarn stash. I purchased inexpensive zippered bags from Ikea a few years ago and keep my yarn and fiber in them. I try to keep the same brand/type of yarn in each bag and labeled the bags. I also started recording my stash on Ravelry. Also, it looks like I can ship to Canada starting Monday. Sheesh!
You are so organized, Cate!
I'll be waiting by my mailbox with bated breath 😉💗
Will pop it in the mail Monday. Hopefully my rural post office is up to date😉.
Compared to you, I have hardly any wool in my stash ! Half a drawer maybe. I am nevertheless in your C category. I feel bad because I have a few skeins bought for project that I wanted to knit, but didn't - because the swatch was disappointing or the excitement gone. Or yarn wasted because I had to frog the project I was keen to knit. And all the leftovers... What to do with these bits and pieces,? Different weights. colours... etc. I am glad you will be dealing with this. I dream of an empty drawer!Thanks
Thanks for sharing your story - we will get it handled! 😊
I’ve been lucky to buy unavailable yarn on Ravelry for certain projects. I think I might give away or sell some yarn there. It will take time, but will help or inspire someone else.
Excellent idea! I'll be sure to add that tip in one of the episodes of this series 😊
I would LOVE to organize and use my stash!!
I need to understand better what can be used for what type of pattern.
That level of "yarn intelligence" comes with practice and experience. Maybe I should do a follow up to my Yarn Sub video and dig deeper into that process 😘
How am I feeling?? Crippling Guilt!!, I"m going to get rid of most of it, I just can't look at it anymore.
Oh boy. That's not fun 🙄 I hope you can find a way to deal with it so you can feel good about where it goes and what you decide to keep. 😊
I many orphaned skein of not ideal yarn (orlon or acrylic). I am learning drape is not ideal. I am thinking slippers and baskets and rugs. I could pass them on but I feel like I am their last hope and I love a challenge.
As I said, using your yarn is the best way to stash bust! 😄
Many of my old yarn does not give yardage. I have been skeining them and trying to determine yardage to better pick projects.
You just reminded me about getting a yardage measuring gadget for one of the videos! 😊
There's a job ..... putting yarn n patterns together and sell them ! I would luv that as not great at yarn choice
I went through your stash management last year. But my stash is still not shoppable. It should be arranged in weight order. I started with a bunch of my favorite fingering. But that is just a corner. I think I will have fingering and DK in my office, and worsted and Aron in the guest room. The closed cupboards in the guest bathroom should be used for lace and odds and ends. I'm going to read Joy of Yarn again.
Sounds like you would benefit from noting the location of your yarns to make them easier to find when you need them 😊
My stash makes me feel challenged to come up with new ideas on how to use it. I've been knitting almost exclusively from my stash since just before the pandemic began.
Wow! That's impressive, Reta. Go you! 😍💖
I’m a spinner AND a knitter.
I have a ton of undyed yarn I still have to dye - THEN decide what to do with it. Looking around me right now I feel quite uncomfortable 😳
I know that uncomfortable feeling very well 😋🙄
I enter yarn in my stash when I purchase it, and add the picture when it arrives.
Excellent tip!
du hast wunderschöne Sachen gestrickt letztes Jahr❤ ich habe 2Kästen voller Wolle. Ich freue mich jeden Tag wenn ich meine Wolle sehe. Leider habe ich kaum Sweater mengen.ich habe mir als Vorsatz genommen dieses Jahr KEINE WOLLE ZU KAUFEN 😱🫣 BIN GESPANNT OB ICH DURCHHALTE 😂
Wow! I wish you a lot of luck with that mission 😋😃
@Knicoleknits oh danke, das werde ich auch brauchen😜 aber ich habe mir schon ganz viele Resteprojekte rausgesucht. und gut die hälfte von der Wolle wurde ja auch für Projekte gekauft verteilt auf 3 Jahre☺️ dazwischen kam meine Tochter zur Welt. ich freu mich schon auf deine Videos dazu und Inspirationen wie man das alles besser managet 🥰
Nicole, I’m inspired and love your channel! Where did you those large mesh bags you used to store projects? I bought some large plastic storage bags from Amazon but suspect that plastic is not good for the yarn. Does anyone know if that’s true?
I don't think plastic harms yarn unless moisture gets in and can't get out. The bags I use are the largest organza gift bags I could find on Amazon. I buy them in bulk 😊
@@Knicoleknitsthanks for your reply!
I'm Stage 5. I have a lot more yarn than you do (being a machine knitter and hand knitter and crocheter), though generally not as fine a quality (more acrylics)--there is a "rough" order going on... very rough. Oh, well, I can always make a blanket on the incredible knitting machine to destash. And then too I gave away (and continue to give away) to knitters who are out of yarn and out of money. I've recently discovered "The Wooly Thistle". Uh oh.
The Wooly Thistle is a great place for a yarn dragon! 😉
My problem is i have 4 big tubs of yarn. I live 1hr from my closest yarn store. So i need lots of yarn so i can make what i want at any time. My family don't understand that i can only make 1 item at a time. I normally have 3 projects going at once. This year i only want to do 1 at a time so i don't get overwhelmed. I have lots of leftover yarn. I already gave a huge bag of yarn to a friend. I vow to not buy yarn. I havent brought yarn for 2 months so far
I don’t think my problem is having too much yarn, it’s having too many WIPs that I didn’t keep with the patterns. Now I want to finish these projects and can’t find the pattern anywhere? 😩
I've had that happen, but less and less since most of the patterns I knit are also in digital format. I've seen folks post pictures of their WIPs on social media and asking the "hive mind" to source the patterns. It works almost every time! 😃
@ Hmmm. I may have to try that. Thanks!
I've lost my inspiration! Stash is too big & I don't knit fast enough! So many beautiful projects & not enough time! So I'm overwhelmed & uninspired! Help!
Oh no! We can't have that, Marjorie. Let's work together and get it under control and get you re-inspired 😘💗
Where did you buy the draw string bags ?
Ah yes, I knew I'd get asked this - they are large organza gift bags from Amazon. I buy them bulk (100 at a time). Super handy!
@ thanks for you super quick response….have now ordered them..here tomorrow..love it !!!!!!!
I might also have a needle stash 😳
Hoo boy. Me too. That's a whole other series...😉😂
Then there's those who buy extra yarn to get the discount! Guilty!!!!
To be absolutely honest, the amount of yarn I have makes me a bit sick to think about 😢. I'm on a strict yarn ban this year, for sure.
I don't think I can completely ban new purchases, but I really really really need to keep them to a bare minimum 🙄😋
I want your problem hee hee