Knittin' and Lovin' It

Knitting From the Stash

I've been thinking and thinking about this.  Sometimes I just think to much.  :~) 
I've decided that I'm going on my own Knit From Your Stash kinda yarn diet thing.  Mine is going to be completely backwards from everyone else's yarn diets because I'm going to be knitting from my Sock Yarn stash.   Which is going to be tough because I love sock yarn and I know Sheri's suppose to get some Yarntini in....that's going to be the tough one since I really wanted some Yarntini....Must -- Stay -- Strong!.....hence the knit from your sock yarn stash thing.   :~)
So from this point until we are moved and settled in I will not be buying anymore Sock Yarn.  I've got plenty to keep me busy.  This is all that my yarn diet will cover.  I can still buy other types of yarn as long as I have a specific project in mind....which is the only time I seem to buy other types of yarn.  New needles, books, and other knitting accessories will not count either.   I gotta have some wiggle room...lol....Plus there are a lot of books on my wish list still to get.....must have knitting books.  :~)
This yarn diet will be starting now but I do have an order coming in from The Loopy Ewe.  It shipped out on Wed so I should see it tomorrow, if not then Sat.  I'll post pics of that and then from here on out you shouldn't see any new sock yarn photo's from me unless it was something I won in a contest or was gifted to me...**hint, hint** to family reading my blog....gotta birthday coming up next month....lol.
I think I'll put together a little list of what my sock yarn diet does or does not cover and post it in my sidebar.  I need to figure out how to make my own buttons.....I need a goofy Trish is Knitting from her Sock Yarn stash button!  I believe that there may be some who will think I've lost my poor mind and have gone off the deep end!  Guess I now have something to go research after I'm done posting this. 

Thursday

Crappy title, yeah I know.  My creativeness is shot.  Not to mention I think I lost my want to knit....hope that comes back soon.  I'll go into that more in a minute.
I didn't knit on anything last night, I was just to tired.  So I crawled into bed around 9:30 pm.  That's the earliest I've went to bed in a long time.  :~)
Lookie what the mailman brought me:





My winnings from Colleen's Spare A Square.  She has monthly drawings.  For each square you send you get your name dropped into the jar for the drawing at the end of the month. The other is one of the Yarn Harlots books.....as if I have to explain this to you all....lol.  My mom picked this up for me the other day.  I don't have any of them so this was a great little addition.  These wonderful things helped soften the blow of what I'm going to have to do this afternoon.
I also got in my order from Astrid, Yarn Pirate, and BMFA but I didn't take pictures of them.  I can't keep them so I don't want to get attached to them.

I'm not looking for pity, I just want to share what I'm going through with those who will understand the pain and trust me when I say pain because there was definitely some pain when I opened the BMFA package today.  Oh boy do I like STR, but I'm sure it will find a good home.  :~)    But my pain is no where close to what Sue and her family are feeling right now.  What I'm going through is so trivial compared to losing a beloved pet.
I'm not going to go into a lot of detail but money we though we were going to be able to get for the move is now not going to happen.  So needing to put on a trailer hitch on our car and Kaity needing summer clothes brings me to the need for money and a lot of it.  This is where my sock yarn stash comes in.  You all have seen some of the stuff I've bought.  I'd say that over 98 % of sock yarn stash will be sold out on ebay.  I know for a fact it will sell, shoot just about anything will sell on ebay.  I'll be keeping a few lone skeins that aren't enough for an adult pair of socks and my balls of yarn from Opal, Regia, Knit Picks...etc, stuff I've won in contests, been given to from friends. and the like but the rest will be sold off.  I'm definitely keeping my Loopy Ewe sock club package, there's no way I'm parting with that.
So this afternoon I'll be photoing a whole lotta sock yarn so that I can get it listed on ebay here in the next few hours.
I don't think I need to explain to you all how tough this afternoon is going to be.  But you do what you have to do. 
I can say one thing truthfully, from here on out I will not buy something unless I'm going to knit it up right way.  I will never have a stash again because I never want to have to do this again.  :~(