yarn diet

yarn stash
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

it's official. a yarn diet, must i go on. despite being a relative newbie, i have done nothing to stop my stash from growing out of control. it was the same with beads when i was making jewelry. i get obssessed with it, and buy more supplies than i have the time to use. yarn is especially hard to say no to because it feels so nice, there's always some other variation of color you don't have, and you think that because you could knit just about anywhere, that you could knit up a storm and use it up. thinking about yarn and all the lovely things i want to knit makes me happy (or so i think - read stumbling on happiness - to get the full story). there was a crazy sale at black sheep knittery that just kept going and going, and an anniversary sale at a mano. thank goodness i didn't go to the yarn lady bag sale. bad bad bad!

i am not knitting up a storm, although i did do something crazy (no, really) yesterday and knitted while in a traffic jam. a woman in my stitch n' bitch group mentioned knitting at stop lights, and i laughed thinking that was crazy...i've succumbed. yet, my yarn stash grows exponentially, and is rather lonely hidden in crazy places around the house like the cabinet over the fridge.

i'm going to follow the popular knit from your stash diet (so she says!). really, i will be strong. no new yarn. sock yarn doesn't count, and one get out of jail card.