Yarn stash: use it all up in this lifetime, or add an extra lifetime to it?

Dear community,
Can you use up your yarn stash in this lifetime, or will you need to add more lifetime / an extra life? Your own photos of your yarn stash are always a good idea. 

You can find beautiful patterns for using up your yarn here. With store credit discount / prepaid discount and leftover yarn, it always gets more affordable. You can also save patterns for later on your wishlist. 

Oh well, I could actually manage it if I didn’t keep getting too many gifts in between or buying new yarn myself—and if I live a few more years. I’ll take a look at the pictures tomorrow to see if it’ll work out.

Well, a few extra years wouldn’t be bad...

Definitely not in this lifetime. I have way too much of everything.... 

• bought too much
  
• been given too much
  
• inherited too much
  

But I’m doing my best not to leave too much behind for future generations. 

Good morning!

I’ve been “wool-shopping-abstinent” since January 1, 25—and I haven’t had a relapse yet 😂
I crochet and knit every day, and the kids do crafts and make things with yarn...but the stash just won’t get any smaller 🫣😂
So: I’ll need at least 150 more years of life to ever use up my stash. Or my kids will inherit a very large fortune 😁

It really works for me—here are the pictures:

The sock yarn drawer; there’s another layer underneath, but only 4 skeins.



 

I also have some glow-in-the-dark yarn:

And here’s the cotton stash:



And that’s it—see, it’s easy!

Well, I’d actually be afraid of my yarn stash running out 😅

then I’d have to give up crocheting for the foreseeable future.... ohhh no. My yarn stash will most likely never really run out 😜😍

I gave in again too…

We had a garage sale on Sunday. I found a gorgeous little piece of fabric for fall and just couldn’t walk past it. 

If I had a total ban on buying yarn, I might actually be able to do it.

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But I always find something I absolutely have to knit 😂😂

😬 I think it’ll last a long time yet... And since there are always house clearouts here and there, it doesn’t really get any smaller even though I’m already trying to hold back... 😬

There’s a big blue trash bag in the attic full of wool I was given, and here in the apartment there are two boxes... I’ll probably have to sort through it and give some away...

Yes, I do think about sorting through my stash and giving things away every now and then. But then a new idea pops up, and I wonder if there’s something in my stash that would work. And time and again, I end up having just the right yarn or fabric on hand, and I’m glad I have my stash. 

I’m in the process of using up at least some of it.

I, too, will have to live to be 108 years old before I use up all my yarn. I have 12 large boxes full of it.
This year, I’ve really cut back on buying yarn. At the end of the year, I plan to donate the purchase price of the yarn to the animal shelter.
Andrea
 

My husband told me today that I’d definitely have to live to be at least 90 so I can use up all my stash, and outlive him, because he doesn’t want to be stuck with all that stuff 😄.

I keep telling myself not to buy any more yarn, but just imagine standing in a yarn shop and something small, round, and cozy calls out “Mommy” to you.

I’m still holding strong! I haven’t bought a single scrap of yarn this year 😄
And I can still stock at least three stores to the brim 🫣—even though I’m working on using it up every day...
Well, 115 is a nice age, I think—at least for bequeathing the “leftovers” 😂