Then, FedEx came and brought me this. . .
I have had an absolutely amazing day. (I have used that word a lot in this post!) I discovered that I can actually let go of yarn AND a new process for approaching knitting. I am a very happy girl.
It's amazing! Just when you least expect it, inspiration and epiphany strike. Today started like any other day nothing special. I decided to go to the Stash Studio and begin planning my big reorganization. How many new tubs will I need? What sizes? How will I convince Dick that the storage room by the Stash Studio is really part of the Stash Studio so it's really mine?!?!?! If I can't do that, WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THIS NEW YARN?!?!?! You've seen it. There is no more wall space for more shelves. But there is much yarn to incorporate. It's every where! I started going through tubs to see how I can reorganized to consolidate projects and create more room. I opened a tub of yarn I'd purchased when a yarn shop in Toledo went out of business (that's always a very sad day) and thought, "I probably will never use this. I really don't like it that much." WHAM! Like a bolt out of the blue I thought, "I don't have to keep it!" OMG! I am not sure if that has ever been a consideration. It always seemed like a parent giving away a child. I always thought I loved every skein of yarn and it was all special. Well, I don't and it's not! I am going to get rid of some of my yarn. I have a whole new approach to organizing the Stash Studio. Believe me, I am not going crazy. But there really is yarn I do not want to use, and that is history. WOW! I had to sit down I was so over come when that thought entered my mind. Then, FedEx came and brought me this. . . It is amazing! I immediately read it all and was speechless. What a concept. I can't wait to try it. It gives many projects which are absolutely not cookie cutter patterns. One of my favorites is "Knit the Sky." You get several (she says 7 is a good number) colors of lace weight yarn in blues, grays, whites. You knit with 2 (or 3 I think) strands of yarn at a time for a scarf. Here is the awesome part, you knit a few rows every day for a year that are the color of the sky on each day. When you are done at the end of the year, you have a weather history of your year. With 7 colors, knitting 2 or 3 strands together just think of all of the colors you can make! She also describes a project that traces your moods for a month using color. I just think this is one of the most creative books I've ever read. Lea believes like I do, knitting is more about the process than the product. Just think, I could be working on a sky project and a mood project and still knit other things because you only knit a few rows at a time.
I have had an absolutely amazing day. (I have used that word a lot in this post!) I discovered that I can actually let go of yarn AND a new process for approaching knitting. I am a very happy girl.
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Mary Bajcz
8/9/2015 07:49:53 pm
:)
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Jan R
8/24/2015 02:46:46 pm
I came to the conclusion some years ago with my fabric that I can get rid of something I know I'll never use. It is very freeing!
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