Clearly it's going to take more than two days to get the back half of the Lucky Penny household in order. One of the problems is malaise, which I seemed to experience around this time last year. The other problem is just the sheer enormity of the problem, which is daunting. I would like to be able to walk in my little studio, and even open the closet door without difficulty. I want my studio to be fun and inspiring. I want easy access to my yarn, books, and accessories. I want to see my happy little Steiff collection. Right now, it's a real drag with all this debris. It's a miracle I got anything done last year. A few things discovered today:
1. For someone who promotes bright colors for dog sweaters, I sure have a lot of drab and neutral colors in the Lucky Penny stash.
2. I have a lovely selection of sock yarn, and I'm super excited to tear into it. I forgot how much Cherry Tree Hill Superglitz and Mountain Colors Weavers Wool Quarters (my favorite for socks!) I actually had.
3. I am still in love with most of my yarn. There's only two projects worth that come to mind that could find new homes, and one could probably be absorbed into the Lucky Penny stash.
4. There's more than a few forgotten projects, that could be frogged. One from last year, an unfinished garter stitch pullover, could be a lovely Ariann.
5. I still want to make that felted Touch Me pullover in Sally Melville's The Purl Stitch, and I have Silk City's version of Touch Me on cones, that I purchased over two years ago.
6. I found some missing Lucky Penny inventory, and some lovely yarn for Lucky Penny sweaters, that had been forgotten.
Should I impose a yarn diet on myself? Perhaps a short one, so I can get my stash under control. Don't hold me to it, though.
So, the goal for tonight is to clear out a corner that I can shove a filing cabinet into.
Piccolo's wearing a Penny sweater (vest), knit in 2003 using Lorna's Laces Angel, in shade Tuscany, one of my favorite colorways.
Chili's on for dinner tonight.
2 comments:
Sounds like you will have it under control in no time. Chili sounds great - it's rainy here today.
Hurray for finding lost inventory and stash! I have been packing up my stash (and giving some away so I don't have to pack it) and it has been like shopping in my own attic! I forgot most of the yarns I had, so it's exciting and inspirational all over again. Good luck!
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