Yarn diet until the end of January + UFO week from January 24–31 + Show off your January projects

Dear users, dear authors,
it’s January, the Christmas hustle and bustle is over, and we can get going again with the popular forum projects. I’m hoping for lively participation, lots of posts, and many finished projects.

Here we go:

The yarn diet starts today for everyone who wants to join in and ends on January 31.
Anyone who convincingly assures me on January 31, maybe even with before-and-after pictures (not required ), that he/she
- during January
- has not bought any yarn
and instead
- has used up lots of yarn,
will be crowned Yarn Empress or Yarn Emperor by me and will of course receive lots of recognition from all the readers here. I can imagine that partners/family, etc. will also be happy when the yarn stash shrinks.
Mod tip: Do the yarn diet now so you can buy lots of yarn again for Easter decorations afterward. :- )

UFO week:
To go with the yarn diet, there will be a UFO week from January 24–31, during which you should/may/can finish as many unfinished projects as possible.
Please also include before-and-after pictures or a written description of the UFOs.
I’m telling you this now so you can sort through your UFO stash before UFO week; after all, there are UFOs that will remain UFOs forever.
I hope you’ll be able to make time for it at the end of January.
If you don’t have time from January 24–31, you can work on them beforehand if needed.
If so, please write down the details here in the thread.
At the end of UFO week, I’ll crown users and authors with many finished UFOs as UFO Queen/UFO King.

All January projects, even independent of the UFOs and the yarn diet:
This thread is also for all January projects. Here you can show off your projects, progress, and finished results.

Have fun.

Mod tip:
If you put this thread on the forum watchlist, you can conveniently find it anytime without having to search for it.
Here is a screenshot with notes so you can put threads on the watchlist and then find them again. The image gets larger when you click on it.


February preview:
- Best of Leftovers project: Anyone who uses up lots of leftover yarn will receive an award.
--> runs all month
- Fun with bunnies, chicks, egg cozies, and flowers: project thread for Easter decorations + spring decorations
--> If you like, we’ll crown users and authors with the most colorful Easter decoration models as Easter Bunny/Easter Chick/Easter Flower of the Year. :- ) You can then choose whether you’d rather be a bunny, chick, or flower.
- UFO week: Feb. 21–28
- Tunisian crochet: I’ll open a thread about this at the beginning of February. Depending on how it goes, we can then let it run for a week or the whole month.

March preview
- Easter projects + spring decorations and clothing for spring and summer + March projects with a project thread for everyone
- UFO week: 16–26/27, longer because of Easter

April preview
- Yarn Emperor/Empress
- UFO week at the end of the month

Well, actually, my partner and family are to blame for the fact that my yarn stash has grown massively again over the holidays. So they really have no right to complain when I have a lot of yarn. That’s why the diet is very easy for me right now, and I’m happy to join in.

That’s a piece of cake for me. I’ve long since adapted to the trend here and always buy yarn, even though I don’t need any. I also went on a major shopping spree over Christmas and ordered lots of yarn cakes. They’re just being delivered now in January. If that doesn’t count because I already bought them in December, then the yarn diet is super easy for me and you can call me the Yarn Empress. I hope so....

Deliveries ordered and purchased in December do not affect your participation in the “wool diet.”

I’m currently knitting a shawl with a zigzag edge—it’s so much fun!

I’d love to join in. I’m also totally stocked up on yarn. My shipment arrived a week before Christmas, so it should last a month.

I have a couple of UFO projects. Whether I’ll actually finish them is another question. I’ll take some pictures and post them. I’m supposed to make mobiles—fish and squid, to be exact. But I haven’t gotten very far yet.... Though I just noticed that it doesn’t start until January 24 anyway. So I can keep working on the blanket for my little one until then. But that’s a real long-term project.

I’m definitely taking part in the yarn diet.
My New Year’s resolution is to use up the
yarn I already have first, because I don’t have any more room.

I’m curious to see how long I can stick to my resolution.

So—here’s hoping it goes well.

I’ll sign up, too. With my yarn stash, it should actually work out.

Right now, I’m knitting a sweater for my husband. It was supposed to be finished before Christmas, but somehow it didn’t work out.

Before I add another UFO to the list, I’m going to quickly get back to knitting it.

I’m joining in again—I really need to whittle down my stash!
I’ll save my UFOs until January 21!

I’m in, too. I’m currently working through my blue stash and crocheting a baby blanket—and then we’ll see.

Here’s a picture of the blanket and the yarn. 

This time I’m in!! :)
I might add a picture later :)

My goodness, Josefa, you’re really hitting the ground running this year and making sure there’s never a dull moment here. :-)

I’d love to join in—I’ve already put myself on a yarn diet anyway. This time, I’ll have no trouble sticking with it until January 31. I’m not sure yet how much of my yarn mountains I’ll be able to work through.

I don’t have any UFOs at the moment, because I’m currently finishing up two projects. Let’s see how things look by the 21st. I’m sure there’ll be something new on the needles by then. I’ve actually got some new ideas for small projects using leftover yarn. So this works out pretty well.

Photos will follow when I’m ready.

Warm regards to everyone from Monika

@mowi19,
well, that was the plan, after the Christmas yarn room we’d continue with UFO Week and the yarn diet. :-)

@everyone,
it’s great that so many of you are joining in.
This is going to be wonderful.

Unfortunately, it’s too late—I’ve already bought yarn (again) this year :-)
But it’s no wonder, with sooo many beautiful things I see here. Just finishing the sweaters and socks I’ve started would mean staying away from Crazypatterns—and that’s just not an option!
Good luck sticking with it!

Your shawl is turning out beautifully, Michaela :-)
And Arni, so is your blanket!

Hooray, my first project of the new year is finished.

It turned out to be a sweater for my husband. I started it before Christmas, and now it’s finally done.
Yarn used—from my stash—500g.

Let’s see what’s next.

I’ve done a radical purge and given away all the yarn I didn’t like and all my leftover yarn. It filled two big bags! Now I only have one box of cotton yarn and one bag of matching yarns left, which I can still use for a few planned projects. From now on, I’ll only buy yarn for specific projects! But first, I’ll keep reducing my stash...

@ Wollefaden
Wow! That looks great! Congratulations on this stylish piece for your husband!

@mowi19

Thank you so much, dear Monika. He likes it, too.

Great sweater! My guy would like one like that too.

@iglinz
Hi Ida,
thank you. It’s actually not that hard to knit—the patterns are simple.
Actually, it was supposed to be a scarf, but then I realized the yarn wasn’t quite as soft.
That’s when I got the idea for the sweater.

You really turned that into something great. Yeah, itchy wool around the neck—that’s something people often don’t like very much.

I’ve finally decided what I want to knit next. I found something among my UFOs.
Let’s see how far I get—it’s going to be a sweater with a slip-stitch pattern.
Here’s the picture.



Left: yarn awakened from a deep sleep; right: this yarn also comes from my stash.

@ Wollefaden
Wow, you really are busy. After that great sweater, now the next piece. The color combination looks fantastic, by the way, and so does what you've already knitted. I also really love working with slipped stitches.

@ Christiana

What you've started there looks great too. Are those going to be gloves?

I'm still working on my two projects, but I don't have much time for them right now. Since I'm writing patterns for them and don't have the right light in the evenings for the detail photos, it's taking longer than usual. But it'll get there... ;-)

Have a lovely weekend, everyone!

Best, Monika

Hello Josefa, 
Thank you very much for the challenge. If this challenge didn’t exist, the blanket would probably already be lying in the corner :-)

By now it’s getting boring. But I do want to become Yarn Empress. So I have to hang in there. 

I’m still reducing my stash too...

@Nadeleule, that looks really interesting, what you’re making there... Will you tell us what it’s going to be?

A mouse made of fluffy yarn??? Looks cute 

It’s a little sheep

maybe you can see it better from the side?

@Nadeleule
OMG, that is so cute! :-)

Thank you :0)

It’s especially a great idea to get rid of the fluffy yarn leftovers.
I think it’s really cute, too 

@Arni
Thank you. Luckily, it was the last ball of fluffy yarn! I never know what to do with it because it’s so hard to work with... The little sheep was requested. I gave my mom a similar one, and her friend wanted one too....

Last night, I was looking for yarn colors for my new project with my little one. I didn’t find any (I still need to check the big stash in the attic), but I actually came across a blanket that’s missing only the border.
That’ll be my UFO project for the end of the month.
My daughter was thrilled—it’s one of the blankets I’d almost finished last summer but then put away because of the heat. Crocheting thick winter blankets in the summer isn’t exactly fun.

Nadeleule: My leftover fluffy yarn has also ended up at the very back of the closet for now, but I’ll keep a sheep like that in mind

@Nadeleule and Arni
Yes, it’s true, fluffy yarn is tricky to work with, but the result is always worth it! You don’t notice small mistakes, and you can only make such cuddly little animals with fluffy yarn!
By the way, have you ever tried Estivo II by Lana Grossa? It’s fluffy, but you can still see the stitches just fine.

No chance of my becoming the Wool Empress — I unfortunately bought yarn yesterday ;-). Only a little bit, but still not exactly dieting. Oh well... my empress title will have to wait.

I’ve been really good so far and haven’t bought any new yarn, even though the temptation was huge. Because my favorite online shop was having a sale... *sniff* and *pat on the back*.

Now I’ve taken photos of my leftover yarn, which I’m going to use up now, at least some of it. I’ve already started. But I won’t reveal what it’ll be until it’s finished.

I’m going to make something beautiful out of these leftover bits of yarn (or at least parts of them):



I’ll use up my stash little by little, since that’ll surely take months. I’ll keep sticking to my “diet” — let’s see how long I can hold out. ;-)

@mifas,
after Easter would be the next opportunity for the “Wool Diet” / “Wool Empress” title.
I’m sure you’ll manage it then.

Hello dear all,

I’m also diligently doing the yarn diet, although there have already been one or two
times when I could have been tempted. But then I reminded myself of my resolutions
and didn’t buy anything.

I’m still diligently working down my stash.

But it’s really hard not to buy anything, I have to say.

Best wishes, Heike

Yes, Heike, I agree with you. It’s just the most beautiful and harmless addiction in the world. :-)
We’ll stick with it—at least until the end of January. It’s only three more weeks... 

@ruthk
I actually took a look at the estivo ii from Lana Grossa yesterday. I think it can also be brushed up nicely to achieve an even fluffier effect. I’ll definitely keep that in mind...

Yarn-What??? Never again! I did that last year. And what did that lead to?? ?? Well??? To new UFOs! You rummage around and find and find and start… then one more and one more… I now have 32 UFOs! 32!!!!!!
And tomorrow is my birthday. What am I going to do? Go to my favorite yarn shop and BUY MYSELF A GIFT!!! No way! I’ll just become the Anti-Empress :-)

I finally took a picture, too. This is going to be a fringed shawl made from Christmas yarn. Some of you might notice that I’m using those awful bent needles, too :-) I just didn’t have any others available at the moment...

Hi everyone!
You all have some beautiful projects in the works.
@iglinz

Is your shawl almost finished? It certainly looks that way.
Let me show you what needles I’m using. I have even better ones, but I still use these quite often.

That makes my right pinky hurt again, just like that! ;-)

The shawl is already pretty far along, but the fringes are taking forever.
Michaela, that can only be psychosomatic :-)

You’ve made some beautiful and impressive pieces so far.
My compliments to all of you.

A quick mid-month update:
 - How are your January projects coming along? You can show them here in the thread at any time.
- How’s it going with the yarn? Are you staying strong despite tempting special offers?
- Have you already gathered up your UFOs?

Anyone who doesn’t want to follow through with becoming Yarn Emperor/Empress can still score points during UFO Week starting on the 24th. Next month we’ll be using up all the leftover yarn you have. Then you’ll have the chance to become the Best of Leftovers.
Tell me about it.

I wish you all a wonderful week with lots of sunshine in the sky and in your hearts too.

I’m being so strong and haven’t bought any yarn yet. Josefa: my husband loves your challenges, because I stick to them strictly, don’t buy anything, and am diligently working through my blue yarn :-)
The blanket is finished, and now I just need to make matching accessories. But there won’t be a photo until 31 January. Or when the blue yarn is gone.  

My husband is already looking forward to the leftover-yarn challenge too :-) then it’ll be the cotton leftovers’ turn.

I wish you all a lovely day too, the sun is shining beautifully here

Oh wow, thanks :-)
Good to know, and of course, best regards to your husband.

I’ve been sticking to it faithfully and keeping up my yarn diet. It’s actually kind of fun to see the yarn (scraps) dwindle. In the meantime, I’ve used up quite a bit and gathered even more yarn that I want to use.

Here’s a new photo of the yarn. However, I’ve already used up quite a bit from the last photo—that should really be in this one too.



I’ll post a photo of the finished items tomorrow. Things are definitely moving forward. And I’ll probably keep up the yarn diet in February as well.

The next Wool Emperor/Empress event will take place in April.
Anyone who sticks with the yarn diet from January through the end of April will make it to the final round for world domination. :-)
Of course, you’ll need a very large stash of yarn for that. :-)

Oh wow! That sounds interesting. Maybe I’ll actually manage it. I certainly don’t lack a supply of yarn. But I’d better not go to Waltraud’s before then. Her store is just too tempting...

So, I’m out and have to leave world domination to someone else ;0)

I still needed some gray yarn for my sweater, which is currently on the needles.
The very nice lady (privately) had such beautiful Noro yarns, and since my husband was standing right next to me with his wallet open, the sun was shining, and well... I gave in. I also picked up the gray merino wool by Debbie Bliss and got some cotton yarn for free on top of that. So, now it’s out in the open, and I’m not ashamed in the least ^^

@Nadeleule,
the main thing is that you’re happy — that’s all that matters.
I don’t know yet how long I’ll be able to stick to the yarn diet either. We’ll just have to wait and see...

@mowi
yes, I’m very happy today ;)

@Nadeleule
I'm glad to hear that! :-)

I’m still holding strong. Well, I stocked up twice in December, and then I found a bit in the attic that’s just right for the cowl I’m currently making for my cousin.
But I’m already looking. I’m allowed to do that, after all, so that once the “diet” is over, I won’t have to think too long about what I really want.
But I’ve now started a completely different project so I can finally use up all the tiny leftover bits of yarn.
So working through my UFOs isn’t going to happen for me at all. I started three new ones last week....

Well, I guess I can forget about world domination too… I desperately need yarn next month for a baby blanket, since the baby is due in March! Plus, even though I have tons of cotton yarn, I unfortunately only have single skeins—mostly half-used ones—so I can’t make anything decent out of them (that is, a Japanese knot bag for the crochet projects I take with me)… Other than that, though, I really don’t want to buy anything and will dutifully keep working through my stash!

@ ChristinaE
So, if you make the knot bag really colorful, with a new color every few rows....

Ruth, that would be one option, but I’m not sure if I like it—my color palette is pretty broad, and I’m more into tone-on-tone or two-tone combinations, but I’ll definitely think it over. I just need to buy the yarn for the baby blanket, since I don’t have anything suitable in my stash (soft and cozy, in a specific color, and easy to care for, too!). Can anyone maybe recommend something? 

I think world domination isn’t all that important to me after all.

I’ve been on a yarn diet since December because I have so much that I could open my own yarn shop. And I have way too many UFOs, too. Right now, I’m working on a star blanket and a jacket. I’ve also donated a lot of yarn to organizations that crochet and knit for charitable causes. So I’m happy to join in to help reduce my stash.

Welcome, Caro. :-)

Thank you very much. I wish everyone a lovely evening and good luck staying strong. It’s hard, but not impossible

Caro, that’s going to be a beautiful blanket!

So, here’s what I’ve made so far this month from my leftover yarn. It’s 9 small tissue packet holders, all made from leftovers, and a cowl (shoulder warmer) from one leftover ball of yarn.


I’m already making the tissue covers as gifts for Valentine’s Day and Easter. They’re finished in no time. 

More leftovers will be used up too. Today I found these:


They’ll be next in the next few days. 

I already have the next yarn for the next project here as well. I’ll post the photo tomorrow. Only now do I know for sure what it’s going to be.

I’ll get through February easily; I’ll be using up quite a bit then. That’s when the cotton sweater and the cotton jacket for summer will be next. I’ve had the yarn stored away for months. I’m using this now for spring cleaning in my cupboards, so there’ll be room for new yarn again.

I’m not aiming for world domination either. We’ll see what happens. In any case, it feels great to already have the yarn on hand for some pretty projects. :-)

Josefa, I also have to say your activities are great. I don’t know whether I’d otherwise keep going so bravely.

Oops, I miscounted, there are only 8 tissue pouches.

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Josefa, I have to say too, your activities are great. I don’t know if I would otherwise manage to stick it out so bravely.
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Thank you. I’m happy to return this compliment to you and everyone here in the thread, because without your participation I could organize projects here all by myself until the cows come home. :-)
It’s simply more fun together, and more successful too.

Yes, Josefa, you’ve got a point there. :-) It’s just more fun when we do it together. Thanks anyway for your motivation. :-)

Hi Josefa and Monika

You’re absolutely right. Thanks to this initiative, it’s a ton of fun to work through my yarn stash.

Yes, Marion, I’m enjoying it even more now. And I’d be happy to tell you why.

This morning I went through my yarn stash and took photos of most of it (not all of it). Josefa always needs before-and-after photos, after all. And I’d like to share the “before” photos here. Because I actually plan to stay strong and brave all the way through April. After all, I already have the yarn for all the projects I’m planning in the near future. Of course, that makes me really happy, and I’m going to get started on them right away.

This post will be a bit longer and includes some photos. I have to say, I’m just as excited right now as if I’d received a package of yarn as a gift. I hadn’t even realized just how much it actually is.

Here’s the yarn for my upcoming projects:

This will be one of my projects (I’m not revealing it just yet):

And these will be wrist warmers for my husband—he asked for them:



This will be a sweater for my granddaughter—maybe for her 2nd birthday in March



This will be a summer cardigan for my granddaughter:


I don’t know what this will be yet:



And I actually found another UFO—the only one. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to finish it this month, but I’ll definitely get to it in February.

Here it is… but I’m not revealing what it’s supposed to be just yet:


I’ll post some more photos of my stash in a moment. This is the one I’ll work on first.

To help you better understand why I really want to stick to my yarn diet for months now to make more space, here’s a look at my yarn stash. The yarn from the last post isn’t included here!


Continue here:




That thick, fluffy yarn was also one of those typical impulse buys, but to this day I still don’t know what it should become. In any case, it’s easier to knit with than to crochet. If I can’t think of anything else, it’ll probably become a blanket.

And I have absolutely no idea what to do with this—maybe one of you has an idea?

@Marion
it’s great that you’re joining us.

@Mowi
wow.
Yarn everywhere.
Do you want to open your own yarn shop? :-)
Progress is simply more impressive with photos.

Yes, Josefa, I asked myself the same thing this morning. I actually feel almost like I’m in a yarn store. And that’s a really nice feeling for a yarn junkie like me.

That’s why it’s now twice as much fun for me to turn some of it into pretty projects. I already had some of those in mind when I bought the yarn.

The projects will take some time, which is why I want to stick with it until April. As soon as the first piece is finished, I’ll post photos of it—I promise. ;-)

so mine doesn’t look like a shop, it looks like a yarn hoarder lives here...
That’s why no photos.
@Mowi: I made this out of sock yarn over the weekend: uhhh... how do you make a photo smaller???? 

@Anja,
if you upload a photo here in the forum, the system will automatically resize it.

Anja, I’m looking forward to your photo. :-) I’ve stashed away the sock yarn for next winter. I don’t think I’ll get around to it in the next few weeks. The spring projects are already waiting, and I’m really looking forward to them.

Hmm… well, I’ll give it a try: 

It worked, but the wrong way around :-0

Inspired by Mowi’s photos and Anja’s words—she called herself a “yarn hoarder”—I took photos of all my UFOs and my entire yarn stash. And I realized I have an addiction problem. Here are the photos

Anja, that looks great! What a fantastic idea!

Caro, don’t worry about it. You definitely share this addiction with everyone here. And it’s the most beautiful and harmless addiction in the world—one that’s also fun, so it’s actually healthy. :-)

I’m looking forward to your photos. Would you mind posting them again?

Anja, it looks good even the wrong way round.
And Caro, that’s quite the UFO collection :-)

Here’s more

Well, it doesn’t look that bad at all, Caro.
It seems like you have quite a few UFOs, so you’re in a great position to become the UFO Queen. I can’t wait to see your finished projects. :-)

Maybe we should start a support group :-)
Hi, my name is Anja, and I’m a yarn addict with advanced UFO-osis.

I almost overlooked Monika’s stash. It’s quite impressive, too!

Oh wow! How wonderful, Caro!! That makes a yarn junkie’s heart sing.
I’d bet there are quite a few people here who are in a similar situation—or who have even more. It’s great that you posted this here. Now your UFOs have come to light and get to be finished. I hope you have fun doing it. 

Haha, UFO-cide-osis sounds good! By the way, my UFO is finished. Now I just have to weave in the ends and block it. Knowing me, that will be the most exhausting part.

And my name is Monika, and I love being a yarn addict—and I plan to stay that way. :-)
Needles ready, get set, go. :-)

I’m not done yet????


So that’s it. If there really is someone out there with that many UFOs and that much yarn, I’ll be relieved.
Hi everyone, I’m Caro, and I’m also a yarn addict with a severe case of UFO-itis.
Wow. Photographing all that just now was pretty intense. But now we have an overview and a strong incentive.  

Wow, it’s such a great feeling to have so much stash. You’re definitely not alone in this. You’re so well-equipped for just about any project.

Will you join me in working through some of it by April? Then we can motivate each other and maybe even reach the finish line together. In any case, my motivation has skyrocketed.

Yeah, it’s true—taking the photos really made me realize it, too. I still have two drawers full of leftover yarn, but it’s not worth mentioning. I’m starting on the wrist warmers for my husband tonight. He always gets cold hands at the computer and is already looking forward to benefiting a little from my knitting. ;-)

I’d love to join in. I really need to finish a few things myself. But I also love starting new projects. However, this year I’d like to declutter the apartment a bit, and if I can finish up some projects in the evenings, it puts me in a good mood. Plus, I’ll finally have all my needles back together again. ????
I could really use the motivation.

Oh. The smiley faces are being replaced by question marks. That’s kind of weird

It’s great that you’re joining us, Caro! Smilies must be posted here as images. Otherwise, only letters and numbers are possible, no special characters. Just do them like this: :-)

Let’s keep our spirits up. From now on, photos are only for finished projects.

We’re not all playing with a full deck either — we don’t have all our needles together! Hehe

With so many UFOs, all those knitting and crochet needles get expensive too... I bought myself 12 boxes and put little notes in them with the needle size.
But that only works for crochet. Knitting projects stay on the needles, after all.

I think I’d have to take a day off just to photograph all my UFOs.

But I’m really happy about my knitted sock heart. I used to have a pattern for it that I adapted back then because I hate a set of double-pointed needles and knit everything on two circular needles (hats, wrist warmers, etc.), but I couldn’t find it anymore, so I had to improvise — and it turned out even prettier than my original!

Yesterday I received the 2.3 kg of leftover yarn I won on eBay. It’s always so exciting to see what you get! In this case, it was great yarn, but unfortunately it smelled of nicotine. And I’m a non-smoker... I’ve shut it away with some coffee grounds now — that at least removes the smell from old books...

That’s good. Otherwise I’ll never get through. *laughs*

Anja, I also really don’t like knitting on a set of double-pointed needles, only when there’s no other way.
Funny enough, today I had the idea to knit the wrist warmers for my husband on 2 needles. Then they’ll be sewn together with Kitchener stitch. You only notice it if you know it’s there.

Your tip with the coffee grounds comes at just the right time for me. I got some books that also stink of “smoke.” And until now I didn’t know how to air them out. As a non-smoker, that’s really unpleasant.

How do you do it with the coffee? Do tell.

@Libelle11
You can get rid of the smell really well with an open bowl filled with laundry detergent. Or with these Le.or Unstoppables beads.
I put them in a paper bread bag and packed it into a travel bag, and the bag smells super fresh :0)

You can put textiles and wool on the radiator overnight. Then the smoke smell will be gone.

Ahhhh, great idea with those scented things, I have them! 

Coffee beans or grounds in a plastic container, put a book on top, seal the container airtight; after 2–3 days it smells like coffee, after 1 day in the open air it’s almost neutral. THROW THE COFFEE AWAY AFTERWARDS!  

Thanks, Anja! I’ll give it a try. Maybe it’ll work with laundry detergent, too?

Well, with coffee, I know it absorbs odors. I’m not sure whether laundry detergent just masks it???
Here’s another great tip for laundry detergent: pour it into the toilet overnight—it removes urine deposits.

Funny how we went from wool to urine... lol

Hihi, yeah, really interesting and funny. :-)
Thanks for the great tips. I haven’t tried that yet. Vinegar has a similar effect—maybe on wool, too?

It’s really impressive to see everything that’s accumulated! I could easily double the collection, I guess… Tomorrow I’ll try to take pictures of the UFOs; I’d rather keep my yarn and thread stash under wraps for now, otherwise I’d give myself quite a shock… But now I really want to try to reduce it, it’s just that it doesn’t happen that quickly for me. Despite everything, I’m optimistic—I’ve seen soooo many great patterns on CP that absolutely have to go on my needles. And all of you keep motivating me over and over again—thank you, thank you!
And one more question, Josefa: Wasn’t there once talk of a Tunisian crochet class? That would also be a great idea for using up leftover yarn.

Christina, how nice that you’re joining in too! Welcome to the club, you’re in very good company. 

It’s not that quick for me either, so I’ve now decided to keep going until April. Then I can reward myself with new yarn afterwards. :-)

Together we’ll manage it, because it’s more fun that way.

I hereby apply for membership in your club.

My yarn stash is about 75 kg - is that enough to be admitted? If I can find all my UFOs again, I’ll try to photograph them.  

I really should go on a longer yarn diet - but it has definitely been working since mid-December.

Marion, you’re in. Great, we’re happy about every new addition!
Caro will be especially happy that you can keep up with her yarn-wise. 
Of course, you’re also welcome to show us your treasures. ;-)

Yes, it’s been working for me too since December. By April, we’ll have knitted up a lot. I’m already looking forward to it. And maybe others will be happy about gifts, sweaters, and whatever else comes out of it.

This evening I’ve already almost finished knitting a wrist warmer for my husband - with 2 needles. But it almost looks as if it’s for me. It turned out a bit too small for him... grin. Oh well, I’ll just make some for both of us in a matching look and use up even more leftover yarn in the process.

Have a good night, everyone - see you tomorrow!

Best wishes from Monika

So here are my UFOs (there are even bigger ones, but a week is never, ever enough for those…) and a curtain that just needs a few edge stitches before blocking.

Best wishes

Christina

Here’s a small selection of my stash: Creative Bubbles; Bobbels; No. 10 crochet yarn (alongside a box of No. 5 and plenty of Catania…) and Kid Silk and similar yarns:



Sorry about the presentation! I would have liked to show the pictures the way Carl did, but unfortunately my lack of skill prevented that… Could someone tell me how to do that sometime? Thanks!

Christina

@Christina: If you have a picture in the text, you can click “Upload Image” on the left a second time, and so on.

Oh yes, I’m happy for any proof that I haven’t completely lost my mind. My supplies are spread out across five rooms. I’d love to have everything in one place again someday