I think I have a problem…

Well this is slightly embarrassing, but this is called Knitting Confessions right? My stash is out of control, sadly I think these photos only show about half of my yarn stash. It’s ridiculous I know, but I can’t help it. When I see pretty yarn, I just have to buy it. I have gotten way better and each year make a New Years resolution to not buy any more yarn. That lasts about until April when my birthday rolls around and I treat myself to new yarn. I get better again usually in the summer and then my yarn buying habits tend to pick back up in the Fall. Do I ever think I will be able to knit with all this yarn, probably not. For me half the fun is playing with it, coming up with fun new color combinations and sorting through all of it. I can, and have spent hours sitting on the floor looking at my yarn. The problem is now, where do I keep it all. As you can see at the moment it is all in nice contains or baskets. What you can’t see are the plastic totes at my mom’s house and the several totes in my closet and on top of my bookcase.

How do I make more room? By knitting faster clearly (obviously I am well aware the correct answer should be by not buying anymore yarn, but that clearly isn’t going to happen.) I have donated a lot of yarn over the years to help clear up space. It feels good to donate vs selling it. There is something about the thought of going through the process of selling yarn that just fills me with dread. Yes I know, I have spent a lot of money on this yarn and should try and get some of it back, but the amount of time and energy spent in trying to sell yarn does not make it worth it to me. What I should do is look into charities that take yarn instead of just donating it to my church’s thrift store. Until that time comes I will just have to do my best and not buy anymore yarn.