As I previously mentioned, I won Shepherd Susie’s 2-year stash of yarn. I had started thinking of all of the ways I could pay it forward: sell handmade items, teach another knitting class, have some kind of a mystery Knit Along, all of the money going to charity of course. And this was before I even had any clue what would even be in this stash. Well, I’ve got it now and the ideas keep flowing.
I came home one night and the box was there on the porch, just waiting to be opened. The box was deceivingly heavy, but I managed to get it in the house. Minnie loves boxes. Usually she couldn’t care less about what is inside. But she was definitely curious.
I never really thought about how much yarn I have by volume, but here’s what someone else’s stash looks like.
It was like some weird magic yarn hat. I started unloading the box and it seemed to be never ending. It just kept coming and coming. I starting piling it on the bed, and it grew into a mountain. Super bulky, wool, cotton, alpaca, mohair, reds, blues, greens, pinks. You name it, it was there. At first the cats were amused. Then they were scared.
Minnie: “That’s a lot of yarn. Do you think she’ll remember us?”
Mickey: “Remember us?!? Heck, she’ll never find us again.”
Minnie: “Good point. We’d better get out of here before she vacuum packs us up with the black super bulky wool.”
By the time I was done, the entire bed was covered in yarn (and for those of you wondering, the cats made it out safe and sound).
Now, I’m not suggesting you run out to your yarn stash (under your bed, in the closet, in the attic, completely encompassing your entire garage, or the extra storage unit you had to rent in order to fit it all in), and lay it out in a pile. But if you do, but all means take a picture for me.
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