Yarny Days

I have been talking about cleaning out my stash for quite some time, years actually! Some knitters are extremely organized and monogamous in the projects that they knit. They pick out a project, buy the yarn, knit the project, repeat. I, however, am not one of those knitters. At any given time I could have as many as 10 projects in progress and am constantly dreaming of the next thing that I will knit. Cue in the out of control yarn buying and stashing!

If you have been reading my blog at all for any amount of time, you know that I am currently working to get out of debt using Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover. One of the first things that he mentions in the book is that when you get angry at your debt, you need to start selling everything so fast the kids are scared they are next. Over the summer, I did go through my closets and drawers and did a complete overhaul. I haven’t worn this shirt in 2 months, you’re out! This dress still has tags on it and doesn’t fit, you’re out too! Everything is out!!! But, I kept looking at my stash and kept deciding to move on to the next project.

I have definitely developed an extreme emotional connection to my yarn. For my it signifies the hopes and dreams that I had for each skein or hank of yarn. And more so, the hopes and dreams that I had for myself when I bought the yarn, so it has been very hard to get rid of.

Finally after weeks of looking at the yarn, I decided to dive in and start an eBay shop. So far the sales are creeping in and I have already cleared up a lot of room. Don't get me wrong, I still have A LOT of yarn that I can't seem to part with at the current moment, but I have made a promise to myself that I will not buy new yarn until I have knit my stash down considerably. I will also be looking through my current projects and re-blocking and selling them off if they are no longer in use.

My girlfriend Andrea, the recipient of my destashing,

It's time to not only clean up my money, but clean up the excess baggage weighing me down as I go into this next chapter in my life, and I couldn't be happier.