How old would you have to get to use up all your yarn/fabric stash?

Dear community,

Let’s assume you stopped buying yarn and fabric. How long would your stash last, or how old would you have to get before it’s all gone?

Mod tip: You can find beautiful patterns for using up your stash here. 

Wow, if nothing new were added, I wouldn’t have much time left—maybe two years at most—because I don’t actually have that much in stock. That’s why I’m already looking forward to the Advent calendar again, so the supply never runs out.

If I wanted to make everything I’d ever planned to make and had all the materials on hand, I’d have to live to be 679 years old—because I never actually run out of materials. If I didn’t have any new fabrics lying around, I’d just help myself to my closet and only leave hanging the bare essentials that I could actually wear ;-) :-)))

As far as wool goes, I could definitely make it last about 2–3 years. With fabrics, it’s a different story—they could last me about 4 more years

Love, Inge

About 3 years ;)

I can only guess. 

During the first year of the pandemic, I knitted and crocheted over 9 kg. 

Over two years, I used up over 6 kg. 

In the last three years, I haven’t managed to use up even one kg. 

Take away my garden and my books, and I might still have two years’ worth of supplies in the house. 

As for fabric, I’d do what Inge does. You can sew wonderful things from old clothes, table linens, and bedding. 

Unfortunately, I can’t upload any pictures right now—are you having trouble with that too? 

I’m eagerly awaiting the day I can retire (in 6.5 years) and work through my stash of yarn and fabric. Then I’ll have plenty to keep me busy for another 5–6 years. But that will only work if I don’t buy any more yarn. I inherited the fabric from my mother—she was a seamstress.

Hihi...good question.

I’d conservatively estimate that if I stopped buying anything from now on, I could easily live to be 123—crocheting or knitting something every day—and still wouldn’t have to buy anything. 

I sorted through my stash and spent yesterday crocheting in the cool room. 

I crocheted up some cotton yarn with 80 m per 50 g. 

They turned out to be strawberry appliqués

For my strawberry decorations