Not So SABLE
I've been thinking a lot about stash lately. I've been thinking about projects I want to knit now and projects I wanted to knit then. I've been thinking about what types of knits I want to do and why.
I have a lot of yarn. I bought it all with a project in mind. The project may not have been totally specific (i.e. a pattern attached), but there was definitely an idea (a twinset, a wrap, a blanket, a baby gift). But right now I'm really tired of feeling the weight of projects I haven't knit when I'm looking at the ones I want to knit now.
Frankly, I want to photograph the whole lot of it (minus the sock yarn, the laceweights, and the yarn for Steve's sweater) and sell it all, either here or on ebay. I want to cast off my knitting infancy, the last 3 years of learning and trying and buying, and head into my knitting childhood (or adolescence) with a spirit of adventure and an embrace of the unknown. I want to knit the sweaters I want for me. I want to knit socks for every pair of feet I meet. I want to knit miles of lace. And I want to match the yarn to the project and not feel like I have to go stash diving to make something work.
Thoughts? Do any of you feel weighted down by stash?
Comments
I totally feel weighted down by stash. Even the oddballs leftover from previous projects give me mild anxiety, to be honest. I dislike having more than 2 or 3 projects on the go at once, and having yarn for more than 2 or so projects beyond that makes me pretty uncomfortable. On the other hand, the thought of actually having no yarn in the house beyond what I'm currently knitting also worries me, and I like having a few oddballs around, for tiny projects (like my dinosaurs). There has to be a happy medium, though. I'm feeling very tempted to just leave most of my oddballs, and the strange acrylics I've accumulated from other people, behind when I move. But I probably won't... it can be hard to let go, too.
Posted by: Aven | July 7, 2005 12:04 AM
yes!! I feel guilt about my stash --- not that there's so much of it, but that I bought the yarn with a project in mind and now don't want to knit it. I want to knit the next new project in my head.
remember when you were old enough to put food on your plate and were told that your eyes were bigger than your stomach? (or was that just me?) well I have the same problem with yarn.
Posted by: ann | July 7, 2005 09:54 AM
I have absolutely no guilt about my stash! It is a wonderful pile of possibilities and I can't wait for enough time to dive in and create something and then rip it out and create something else. For anyone out there having stash-anxiety, contact me and I will care for any yarn, any time.
Posted by: Carrie | July 10, 2005 05:14 PM
I feel a bit weighed down by stash. Not guilty, but like there's a lot of unfinished business. I've gotten rid of everything I can... it seems that I have a lot of GOOD yarn accumulated that I got at good prices and have a good plan for; I just never seem to get to that plan. I'm working on it, though!
Posted by: Tipper | July 14, 2005 06:50 PM