Life is in an uproar right now. Once the seas stop roiling, I'll be able to share more with you.
Knitting has been happening, but only in the late, late (or early, early) hours of the night during periods of insomnia - not a prime time for photos. I've done a bit on the Celtic Dream aran sweater, finished a scarf and made progress on several other scarves.
If any of you have been on Ravelry lately, you'll see what I've been up to - cataloging the stash. This was quite a job and is 99% finished. Enchanting Juno had a wonderful post about her stash. I can only echo what she wrote.
While I love, love, love fiber and love collecting it (obviously!), organizing the stash gave me a hard knock of perspective upside the head. I want to use the yarn not store it in the stash forever. It was worth taking the time to photograph the skeins. Rather than having a catalog written on pages of notepaper and having to sort through bins when I can't remember what the particular yarn looked like, now I can see exactly what I've got right there on Ravelry. I was concerned about exposing this to the world - my embarrassment of riches - the WHOLE stash - what was stored in a closet and the extent of which only I had knowledge. But then I realized who is on Ravelry. Other knitters. (Duh!) Some of whom are the best enablers. People who, of all people in the world, would understand the stash and not condemn me for it. There are those who will shake their head and "tch, tch, tch" a bit but most will understand the fiber obsession.
I'm seeing benefits to cataloging the stash already. I was a much more controlled shopper on our recent safari and, even more important, I've passed up several major sales at different yarn shops. This would not have occurred in the past. Another benefit is that a number of neglected items have been frogged and others have been put aside to be worked on and finished. It's a fiber spring cleaning that's been long overdue.
Warning: obligatory cute cat photo to divert reader from lack of knitting photos.
2 comments:
I guess I better get my stash online if that helps...
While insomnia is hellish, if you can get some knitting done, it helps. I have not catalogued my stash, but you and Jean are inspiring me to do so. Now that I could do it in daylight, maybe I will. P.S. I love opera,too.
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