YARN!

So from other blogs I have read and even in the books I have purchased they always talk about "the stash".  What are they referring to you ask... Well that would be YARN!  Thats right, our driving desire to go into every LYS we see and physically not being able to leave without some kind of yarn.  I have 2 shelves, a basket and a note tote tub full of yarn!  It all started when I went to this store in Ottawa called Knit Knackers (on bank st).  Well they have 3 or 4 huge bins of end of the run yarn.  This means 50% discount or more on perfectly amazing yarn that simply is the last few in its colour, or dye lot.  $80 later and multiple bag fulls of yarn I was in euphoria! The rush and excitement of all the projects I could create, was making my head spin. 

Many months later my boyfriend was flipping through the paper and saw this huge warehouse sale at a LYS called Wool-Tyme in Ottawa, and showed it to me.  Big mistake!  There was so much beautiful yarn and at amazing prices.  Like 4 balls for $7!  This is unbelievable!  So me being the eager knitter I am, and knowing I want to make sweaters and blankets, decided to buy lots and lots of yarn.  For all the knitters who have not looked into sweater making normally you need about 10 x 150g balls of yarn to make one sweater.  So the next thing I knew, we were carting 4 bag fulls of yarn to the bus stop.  Again the rush and excitement was like a kid in a candy store. FANTASTIC!  I have toned down my purchasing and now do not to into LYS unless I have a specific project and my boyfriend comes with me to help monitor my spending's.  This is for the good of everybody because the next thing I realized I have a huge collection of yarn and not enough time to make all the projects I had dreamed of.  Here is a preview of some of my collection.... still missing is my note tote tub.

Yes this basket is full!

This is 1 of 2 shelves.