Apple of my Eye Candy
Whoo! It’s Friday again! I just LOVE these 4-day weeks, don’t you? I think we should have them more often.
So there’s a bandwagon I’m jumping on right at the start of Double-Oh-Seven:
Well, since I’ve been kind of doing that for the last half of Two-thousand-sucks, I figured, why the hell not? I’ve got an entire credenza the length of my dining room crammed to overflowing with yarn, not to mention various baskets and boxes and cubbies all over the house. Now, to any respectable yarn ho, my “collection” would be meh, merely average, uninspiring; par for the course, but to the straights, it’s frightening, out of control, an obsession of epic proportion. And besides, Wendy does good Alongs.
So, to later avoid back-pedaling with statements like “I never said that”, “But what I meant was…” “They’re more guidelines than rules…”, I’m outting my rules for this Along for the entire population of Blogistan to see. Oh, and you enablers who pass themselves off as my friends? Yes, you know who you are. Yes I mean you and you and especially you…I challenge you to do the same.
Knit From Your Stash 2007: Guidelines RULES for La
1. The Knit-From-Your-Stash-a-Thon will start January 1, 2007 and run through June 30, 2007 — a period of six months.
2. I will not buy any yarn during that period, with the following exceptions:
2.a. Sock yarn does not count. Don’t believe me?
2.b. Yarn for Dyeing: Since the yarn I dye is sock yarn, it’s doubly indemnified.
2.c. If someone asks for a specific knitted gift that I really and truly do not have the yarn, or an adequate substitute for, I may buy only enough yarn to knit that gift.
2.d. If I am knitting something and run out of yarn, I may purchase only enough to complete the project.
2.e. Yarn purchased out of state while traveling does not count. What if I were to come across any yarn stores (and by come across I mean, asking for LYS recommendations from fellow bloggers in the area and actively go out searching for said yarn stores) while we are in Colorado this summer? That’s souvenir yarn, that’s what it is, and it’s safe.
2.f. I am allowed to buy yarn if I join a Knit Along with a specific time goal for project completion, especially if said knit-along is hosted by a friend who extended a personal invitation.
2g. Since I signed up for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Stash 2007, I am allowed to continue with my participation. Since one of the main rules of that exchange is that you put in as much as you take out, it all balances anyway.
2.h. I get one “Get Out of Jail Free” card — I am allowed to fall off the wagon one time. If I don’t use it, at the end of the six-month period, I’m allowed to treat myself to something extra special, to be determined later.
3. I am allowed to receive gifts of yarn, as well as gift certificates to yarn stores, for the specific purpose of forcing me to buy yarn.
Do you think I can do it? Better yet, do you think you can do it? To me, it’s not so much as an exercise in restraint as it is in creativity. I’m looking forward to seeing the various projects that I come up with to help reduce the volume of my stash. And why would I want to reduce the volume of my stash? Well, to make room for new stash, duh!
And in the complaint department, my throat is on fire, my tongue has sprouted fur, I’m a snot factory with a side venture in throat mucus manufacturing, and Aunt Flo is announcing her imminent arrival by gracing me with cramps from hell. And if that’s not enough, the DH has turn a small birthday get-together with my brother tomorrow (it’s his birthday too) into a 3-ring circus, and a house full of people. Lovely!
Oh! I almost forgot:
Ah em Muttin-hood. Ah rob from zhee chats, and geeve to zhee dogs. And waahy ah’m speeking wiz zhe cheezy French accent, ah don’t know. Ah zhust lahk eet.
ETA: No dogs were harmed during this photo shoot, only having to wear the hat for less than 2 minutes. So you can put your PETA minds at ease!
