The reason for my return

Well, it's been a while since I deleted my last (paltry) blog, and if you know me, you probably wonder why it is that I've set up another. The truth of the mater is that I feel that I need to manage down my stash and by writing about it, I might find that I achieve it. Then again, I might not and then delete the blog in disgust. The stash doesn't look huge on Ravelry, but it's now got to the point where I'm starting to fret about all these odd balls of yarn and what to do with them (you know me!).

After hiding more than half of it all in the attic, I pushed the matter from my mind and started to collect more to fill the basket in the living room, but now that's full again, and there's a small overflow under the stairs from the Woolfest purchases. The trouble is, I love it all, and want to be working with it all, but I only have one pair of hands!

I think job one is to establish a temporary ban on yarn purchases, with the proviso that if I see a ridiculous bargain (like the famous Rowan at 99p bargain) I can still buy, but unless it's absolutely necessary to finish a project, I won't be buying more until what I have will fit in the basket. (Excluding the 99p Rowan of course - that's far too bulky to go near the basket!)

Job two is to complete a few of my projects that are in progress - dad's socks, Francie socks and my Evening star bolero. Then I can crack open the Woolfest stash! Isn't it pretty?