Thank goodness the yarn I ordered for Agata didn’t arrive because who knew that to get to Texas from California, the post office would send it to Puerto Rico, but that seems to be where my box of yarn is vacationing! I guess it doesn’t matter .. this week . . next week . . what’s the difference? It will get here some time . . I hope!
There were a few additions. This is exactly how it was with fabric 10 years or so ago. I just can’t stop clicking on those yarn shop buttons. I am thinking about it .. thinking that whatever I add goes onto the yarn report, and I’d like to hope that has slowed the buying but this past week was a total failure in the stashbusting efforts.
Added:
1. Monday’s Delivery – These were from The Loopy Ewe.
Yarn
- Fabled Fibers/Novel – the color is Oxidize. This is a new yarn for The Loopy Ewe and the Novel comes 600 yards per skein. I like that for some of the shawl projects.
- Dream in Color/Classy – the color is Chocolate Night. These three are for my Fourth Quarter Challenge.
- The Loopy Ewe/Solid Series – the two on the right are for my rabbits that I already mentioned.
2. Thursday’s Delivery – The bottom 8 from Eat, Sleep Knit and the top two from The Loopy Ewe.
Yarn Added
- At the top, the pink, gold and green skein is Lorna’s Laces Solemate and that’s my prize from Camp Loopy. The blue one is Fable Fibers in Pacific.
- At the bottom, those are all Bugga. The colors, left to right, are 17 Year Cicada (2), Frog Legged Beetle (2), Flamboyant Cuttlefish (1), Box Jellyfish (2) and Blue Tuxedo Urchin.
Used this Week: 0 skeins
Used since mid-August: 6.25 skeins
Added this Week: 16 skeins
Added since mid-August: 46 skeins
Net Used since mid-August : 39.75 skeins
I am definitely going the wrong direction and fear I am digging a hole so deeply that I cannot get back to positive numbers by the end of this year.
Jane @ Handiworking says
And when you finally open the box, Agata will say Hola! and smell like margaritas!
Carole says
Do I hear the phrase “more (—-) than a sane person should be allowed to have”? At least you use it! I’m still buying fabric and I haven’t sewn commercially in 20 years. But, gee, everything is soooo pretty. LOL
JudyL says
Exactly! If they would stop making such pretty yarn and fabric, I could stop buying it!
Rebecca in SoCal says
Judy, do you notice a pattern here? Before you quilted, it was clothes and shoes(?) Then came the long-arm and all those pretty fabrics. Now it’s yarn. You just like to have an excuse to buy, doncha think?
Rebecca in SoCal says
Okay, I just read your “saving for the future” post, and realized that you are Investing! That’s different.
JudyL says
I think I’m done though. Yarn is the last big obsession! I do seem to have a hard time setting spending limits and sticking with them.
Sharon Downey says
Don’t those colors look yummy. I love Thursday’s delivery.
Krista says
I’m sure your yarn went on a detour specifically so that it could arrive at your house on Saturday, while Vince is home 🙂
JudyL says
That’s kinda what I’m thinking. It’s a sweater quantity of hand dyed yarn and it’s going to be interesting if he asks to see it and asks how much I spent. 🙁
Michelle says
I had a package of goodies arrive last week and I remember ordering two skeins of yarn for a specific pattern. Do you think I remember what the pattern is? Nope..gonna drive me crazy until I figure it out…then again I may never do it.
JudyL says
That’s why I’ve been adding things to my queue on Ravelry as soon as I order the yarn.
Linda in TX says
Keep it up – I love looking at all the yarn and it makes me feel better about my own buying habits (well, maybe only sometimes feeling better). I doubt there’s any way to resist this stuff – I can’t.
JudyL says
I don’t know, Linda. I’ve done great for several years not buying fabric. If I could just muster some will power when it comes to buying yarn.
Amy (Waunaknit) says
It’s so sweet of you to join me in the “hole”. I hope your yarn arrives soon….and not when Vince is home to witness more yarn arriving.
I’m ignoring the fact that the Fabled Fibers yarn comes in a 600 yard skein. I love not having to weave in ends!
JudyL says
Amy, I’ll be surprised if anyone ever tops those numbers that you added that one week . . wasn’t it over 50 skeins in one week?
AngieG9 says
Maybe you should sneak off to Puerto Rico and pick it up. Have a drink or two, take a swim, when you get back tell Vince you just had to go to the Post Office to pick up a package and took the scenic route home.:)
Sherrill says
Uhhh, you’ve added 46 skeins in a month?!!! WHOA, I think there’s some serious yard intervention warranted here!!! LOL YIKES!
JudyL says
I agree! Someone needs serious help! It’s really good that one box is having a hard time finding my house.
Susan says
You said something to me a while back about not needing to buy fabric, not feeling the urge to buy it. I think you just transferred all the fabric urge to yarn!
Inka from Germany says
I think you should just look at buying yarn as another form of being prepared: if there should be a time when you can´t buy more you won´t run out of things to do and you won´t have cold feet 😉
JudyL says
You’re right! That’s exactly how I look at it.
pdudgeon says
I’m thinking like Inka above. don’t worry Judy. When the packages come in, you can tell Vince that all that yarn really does have a unique “preparedness” and energy-saving purpose, and it will also help to make your quilt designing and execution process much more time and energy efficient.
Yarn is a very good, long lasting insulation fabric when stacked in open bins and cubes against the walls of your studio. More insulation means even lower electric bills to heat and cool your quilting studio!
Also being able to readily see the blending of different colors in each skein can inspire your quilting efforts in new directions. Those yarn dyers have already done the job of selecting the perfect blending of colors for you! Just imagine the ease and efficiency of grabbing a skein of yarn and going to your quilting stash to match those colors that you already know you like. No more pulling half your stash out to come up with the perfect color scheme for the next quilt!
In the same way that the paint chips program recently helped you pull together your guest bedroom, the skeins of yarn can help you when pulling together the colors of a quilt that you will love.
all you need to add for this project is some free- standing cabinets with glass doors (Boots protection!) to store and organize your yarn stash.
p.s having a pre-determined and designated capacity for yarn storage can also help with the aquisition bug.
JudyL says
Good point, Pam. The only thing is . . even with the three small windows I have in the sewing room, anything with glass doors is going to fade over time, and we know it’s going to be a long time before all this yarn gets used. I store my yarn in bins that are as air tight as I can get and keep lavender sachets in with them in hopes the moths won’t find my wool.
pdudgeon says
Judy, check with your local home/hardware stores. There is a see-thru sun screen film that can be cut to size and applied to the outside of your windows to reduce the amount of UV rays that come inside.
Sounds like a project that has Vince’s name all over it! ((BIG GRIN!)
JudyL says
That would reduce some but we have a tremendous amount of sun. It’s just way better to keep yarn and anything dyed items out of the direct sunlight when possible. My windows are smaller and high up on the walls so they don’t let in as much as bigger ceiling to floor type windows but even a small amount can damage dyed items. No need to take that chance with an investment the size of my yarn/fabric stash.