My friend had just left, the boys had headed off to their respective parties, my sister AJ and partner Dags (who are visiting from Von Trap land) were out to dinner, I had filled the wine glass (again) and eagerly sat down to watch the The Rocky Horror Show on tv. Working on my current (shawl) project seemed a little adventurous with all the singing and dancing so obviously the thing to do was get a jump on my first New Year resolution - sorting the stash. Right?
What was I thinking??? By midnight all I had managed to do was make a mess, so it was up bright and early the next morning to get stuck in.
My 2013 stash "reconciliation" is quite involved. I downloaded a spreadsheet of my Ravelry stash. I've checked each yarn against the list, looked for Flickr photos and sorted those to be photographed and/or added to Rav. (How did this yarn get so out of control and where did all these WIPs come from?)
So here we are just over 24 hours later and I have almost managed to sort the first(!) of six rather large plastic tubs where the stash lives - while it waits until I find the perfect huge glass-door cabinet to take pride of place in the knitting room.
I have almost finished the sock yarn bin - only about 12 skeins to go (which I found strategically hidden around the house). The worst part about the stash taming exercise is that it will take me a week to get it all done and another week to update my Rav queue with all the projects that I've planned while rediscovering all this gorgeous yarn!! But I guess that's what holidays are for.....
HAPPY NEW YEAR
