Let’s talk about you and me. Let’s talk about all the good things and the bad things that may be…..let’s talk about Stash.” Oh wait. It’s supposed to be sex right? I love that song.
Anyway, I’ve been meaning to ask all of you a question. I asked some of the Village Wools girls this the other day because it truly interests me. Are you a stash buyer or a project buyer? Let me explain. When you are in a yarn shop and/or see yarn online do you buy yarn with a specific project in mind or do you just think eventually come up with something to make with it and buy it because you fall in love with it? Or is there another type of yarnie out there I’m missing? I do not buy yarn just because it’s pretty. Honestly. It’s why I don’t have a very big stash at all. The yarn I have was either given to me or I bought to start a specific project. I don’t think I’ve ever bought yarn just because it was beautiful and eventually I would figure out what to do with it. I used to be a completely monogomous knitter but since working in the shop I’ve fallen off of that wagon. I will admit do I have quite a bit more than this
that mostly consists of Socks That Rock (with which I had better make the Sock Club socks or Tina will personally hunt me down and cause serious bodily harm) but really, I don’t have a very big stash. I think I just feel like when I’m ready to make something I’ll buy it. Otherwise it’s really hard for me to just buy yarn for the hell of it. Does that sound totally foreign to you? Or are you like me? I’ll give you another example. I saw this bag yesterday on clutteringmycouch’s blog. I didn’t just think, “Oh that yarn is cool I want it.” In my brain I thought, “Oh that could possibly be a really cool yarn for my Funky Scarf Swap.” So I bought some. In purple of course. (Shut up! My pal loves purple too!) I don’t care that it’s acrylic. I think it’s funky.
That’s pretty much the only way I will buy yarn. Even in the shop I get to see all of the most beautiful yarns out there in the World of Knitting and don’t just buy things to enhance my stash. I guess it’s just not in my personality to do that. I know we’ve all flashed our stash but I’m curious as to have you’ve aquired alla that. Am I alone in only project-buying yarn? Inquiring minds want to know. And…… GO!
