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knitdamsel
Chatty Knitter
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 Posted - 12/31/2005 : 9:29:10 PM
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ONE WHOLE YEAR on a yarn diet??
The Yarn Non-Buying Agreement sounded like a good idea to me last January. Knit down your stash, make room for more yarn, right? So, during 2005, I made....drumroll, please...4 sweaters, 2 hats, 4 scarves, 2 shawls, 1 handbag, and half an afghan.
Guess where that half-finished afghan is going? Back into the stash!
Enough of the yarn diet. I'm going shopping! 
http://www.knitdamsel.blogspot.com
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griffsmom
Gabber Extraordinaire
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Posted - 12/31/2005 : 10:37:02 PM
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Wow, that must have been one doozy of a stash!! Congrats on your FOs and starting the new year with a fairly clean slate!
*~*Lori*~*
My finished projects: http://community.webshots.com/album/308469463umpbHG
"Measure wealth, not by the things you have, but by the things you have for which you would not take money." ~ Unknown
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saashka
Chatty Knitter
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Ditzy Girl
Permanent Resident
USA
4712 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2006 : 09:23:40 AM
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BUT, how is your stash? Is the afghan going back into the stash or are you just tired of it? Inquiring minds want to know!
Zola, Seattle, Wash.
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firymist
Chatty Knitter
USA
220 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2006 : 11:25:59 AM
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Amazing! I'm in awe! I really don't think I could have made it a whole year not buying any yarn. I bow to you and the knitting gods should smile and give you luscious yarn!
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Boogie
Permanent Resident
USA
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lauriec
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
424 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2006 : 2:41:37 PM
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You know, I've *heard* about people doing stuff like this & surviving but I thought it was merely an urban legend!
Go shop woman! You earned it!!! |
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knitdamsel
Chatty Knitter
223 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2006 : 6:04:32 PM
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Urban legend, that is so funny!!
The yarn diet really started last January because I couldn't shut my closet door anymore. I had bags of yarn on the top shelves, boxes stacked on the closet floor, more boxes under the bed -- you get the idea. The stash was getting out of control.
And the funny thing is that I rediscovered yarn I had forgotten that I had bought! It was almost like going shopping, to get surprises like that. I still have enough yarn for about a dozen sweaters or shawls. Now I'm going to rotate WIP's (something new from Knitpicks, something from the stash, etc.).
Zola, the half-way-done afghan is going back into the stash because I can't figure out how to finish it. It's one of those super easy patterns: three strands of Red Heart, size 15 needles, knit four rows garter stitch, then four rows of knit four/purl four. By the time it was three feet long, it weighed so much, I couldn't flip it over in my lap anymore as I was working on it. Anybody have any suggestions?
http://www.knitdamsel.blogspot.com
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2006 : 8:07:16 PM
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There's no way I could go a whole year without buying yarn. However, I could knit steadily for several years without buying yarn. I could make several sweaters and shawls a year for at least 3 to 4 years, easy.
Geez, this is scary.
Anita
My completed projects
and here
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
5986 Posts |
Posted - 01/01/2006 : 8:09:00 PM
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Zola, the half-way-done afghan is going back into the stash because I can't figure out how to finish it. It's one of those super easy patterns: three strands of Red Heart, size 15 needles, knit four rows garter stitch, then four rows of knit four/purl four. By the time it was three feet long, it weighed so much, I couldn't flip it over in my lap anymore as I was working on it. Anybody have any suggestions?
Learn to knit backwards! It's easy! Then you don't have to turn the thing, just go back and forth!
Anita
My completed projects
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Knitrageous
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 01/01/2006 : 9:35:26 PM
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Okay Anita...my curiosity is up. How do you knit backwards?
~~~~Jamye
I don't have a problem with authority, I just have a problem with people telling me what to do. |
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achrisvet
Permanent Resident
USA
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Knitrageous
Permanent Resident
USA
1445 Posts |
Posted - 01/02/2006 : 1:57:46 PM
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Looks interesting. I'll have to see if I can do it sometime.
~~~~Jamye
I don't have a problem with authority, I just have a problem with people telling me what to do. |
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