A few years ago I started thinking that I need to stop buying yarn and get some of those "someday" projects done... I didn't notice my stash getting smaller. See I was getting some of those projects done but still stashing away lovely new yarn that I just had to have. So the next year came with a phrase/question to ask myself when I was looking at new yarn... "don't you have something like that at home?" I even taught it to my Littles and asked them to parrot it back to me when I was looking at yarn. That became the year that my stash of interesting/unusual yarn grew...I didn't already have it at home.
Last year I decided to I wouldn't get yarn unless it was for a specific project. Now I did do a lot of projects from my stash but I still found reasons to get more yarn... that specific project clause.
This year I told myself I am not going to get any new yarn at all. I told my Hubby and Littles... they laughed at me. That made me more determined to make it happen... a reward should keep me on track. If I manage to stick to not getting new yarn all year in January I can indulge in new yarn. I thought it would be difficult but it wasn't I've managed to not add to my stash... until last week.
I started making hats with some leftovers.
See the hat that doesn't have noodles on top yet? And that bit of green on the band? I didn't realize it was the last of the green. I thought I had some more and cast on this hat next....
Yep, you notice how it has a green stem and leafs... I looked for something from my stash...I really did... a different shade of green... another color... type of yarn. Nope, it wasn't going to work. I really wanted that particular green. I thought of waiting to finish it until next year. NOWAY! I'm not going to procrastinate. I don't want another unfinished project in my life. I'm going to finish it now. I broke down and got my first skein of yarn this year with less then 4 months to go on my year of not getting new yarn.
So here is my thought... If I keep this yarn on my needles and use it all up on projects for others before the end of the year it's like I never got it...right?
