Yarn-Buying Excuses: Did You Stay Strong? Active UFO Avoidance Through Buying More Yarn

Dear community,
did you start the new year by buying yarn, or did you stay strong? Do you have any good yarn-buying excuses?

Mod tip: You’ll find a great selection of lovely patterns for using up your yarn here. 

 

Well, yeah… actually… Okay, I ordered 3 more balls so I’d have enough yarn to finish a sweater—that doesn’t really count, does it? 🤣

That’s what I call active UFO avoidance—and it’s commendable. 

Yesterday, a ball of yarn was determined to come home with me.
I just couldn’t say no.

Well, I’ll report active UFO avoidance too—I had to reorder some yarn as well 🤗 I’ve put myself on a yarn diet for this year; I actually stuck to it back in 2024, but then in 2025 I snagged sooo much fun, bouncy yarn that my yarn mountain hasn’t gotten any smaller...😁

I didn’t buy any yarn, BUT I did buy some knit fabric for a sweater for myself :-)))

Love, Inge

Yesterday I was forced to buy some yarn. 😂
With these cold temperatures, my grandson wants a new scarf and asked me to knit one out of cozy chenille yarn.
So I started knitting it yesterday. Two skeins, and the scarf will be finished today.
So no yarn pile building up, since everything gets used up right away. 😊

Compelled to buy yarn—things are getting more and more drastic around here. :-)
Of course, this doesn’t count as adding to your yarn stash, whether you use it right away or not.

I had resolved to always finish two projects (UFOs or projects using existing yarn) before allowing myself to buy new yarn. But after I cleaned out my yarn stash over the holidays, I changed that resolution to THREE projects before buying anything new—I’ve “rediscovered” so much that I have to (and want to) tackle it all first!