#stashdown2020

I take no responsibility for the amount of yarn currently in my possession.

Between the ridiculous sales at JoAnn’s, the treasure trove that is my LYS (local yarn shop for my non-knitter friends), and the absolute fan-girling induced by every craft festival…I can’t be held accountable for my accumulation of all things beautiful.

I mean some of of these just aren’t fair:

• 

• 

• 

Check out the color, the gradient, the absolute squish factor…sigh.

I am well familiar with that internal twinge every time I purchase a new skein that maybe, just maybe, the responsible thing to do is not purchase new yarn unless I have a specific project planned for it.

And then this happens:

• 

• 

• 

This last year, however, as I finally managed to KonMari all the things, I was faced with turning this –

Into this –

And I realized that,despite every good intention, my rate of acquisition greatly exceeds my rate of production and distribution.

So, when I came across the #stashdown2020 challenge on Instagram, I thought this was the perfect kick in the pants inspiration to set some intentions around my relationship with yarn.

I’m using Amanda Scott’s (@browngyrlknits) guideline as my starting point.

View this post on Instagram

We’ve got 31 days until the new year. For those who were interested in our stash-down plan, here’re the details.

A post shared by Amanda Scott (@browngyrlknits) on Nov 30, 2019 at 6:55am PST

I have made one adjustment for myself to point #4 – since I really need to reign in the yarn spending overall. I’m committing to only buying new yarn if it is specifically needed to complete a project.

Coming late to the game, I started inventorying my yarn on Jan 1 and, because I’m me, I thought it only made sense to go full tilt measuring, photographing and getting all of my yarn uploaded into my Ravelry stash.

Being the nerd that I am, I’m pretty stoked about being able to track all of my yarn digitally in Ravelry. I particularly am excited by the fact that Ravelry syncs patterns with your stash to give you ideas on whether or not you have enough yarn, or which would be best to use.

I’ll be chronicling my yarn-busting adventures here with y’all. Welcome to my adventure!

Here are our starting numbers:

• Individual yarns: 81
  • Wool/Animal Fiber yarns: 22
  • Cotton Yarns: 24
  • Acrylic (& Blends) Yarns: 35
• Total Yardage: 34439
• Total Skeins: 124

I didn’t add up all my tiny scrappy bits. I’m crazy, but I’m not that crazy, y’know?