Melissa Sue’s Craft Corner

Let me just say that I am currently having a war with my camera. It will take photos, but it will not let me upload them to my computer. When I upload them they turn into blank files. My parents are gone until tonight so I haven’t been able to get help. Maybe they can figure out what is wrong tonight so I can upload some photos tomorrow.

The stash has grown by the Peppermint Mocha sock yarn I ordered from The Loopy Ewe and another purchase that I made at the LYS. They recently got a new shipment in of the Koigu and I broke down and bought 2 skeins of a color that I fell in love with. So I have already broken the yarn diet, but I am going back on that yarn diet. Because, remember those photos of my stash I posted? Well, I forgot to mention that almost all of that yarn has entered my home since December 2006. So, even though it may not be as much as some other stashes I have seen it represents a very large chunk of my money every payday as I am still only working part-time.

Now, for this yarn diet there are going to be the following rules:

1. Sock yarn does count - I cannot justify sock yarn as an exception until I have completed at least 1 pair (as I still have not finished a single pair of socks).
2. Gift yarn does not count and I am allowed to ask for yarn for gifts (since if I don’t the family would buy me things I really don’t want unless it is a gift card to a book store).
3. I am allowed to purchase yarn for others, but not if it is for a gift I am knitting unless either I run out of the yarn I am using or I don’t have anything in the stash that will work. I have to also have fully looked at other pattern options that would work with something in the stash with valid reasons why they will not work for the person I am gift knitting for.
4. I am allowed one slip off the yarn diet. This is right now planned for the purchase of a couple skeins of Panda Cotton in some of the new colors that I think my mom and sister will like.
5. I want to stay on the yarn diet until I have managed to get the WIPs down to a pair of socks (both socks of the pair can be on the needles) and one other item. This is the only way I will manage to get FOs. Or I find a full time job which will allow me to budget a certain amount each payday for yarn, but right now since they are cutting hours at work I am not making enough to buy gas, pay bills, contribute towards groceries and still spend the amounts I have been on yarn.

I am asking that ya’ll try to keep me honest to my yarn diet by reminding me of the diet if I mention wanting or thinking about buying a particular yarn and pointing out to me if it seems like I have slipped and not noticed.

Well, got to take the dog out so will chat with ya’ll later.

eta: I fixed some bad typos.