Starting Over At Zero

364 days left and 111 projects to go.  Oh my.

The new year has started, and I'm back on the sheep.  No new yarn or new fabric in 2011.  I've already done my gift list planning, so I can't imagine any scenario that would qualify as a legitimate exception, so this should be a good decreasing the stash year.  Speaking of which, yesterday I added the identifiable skeins of Red Heart to my Ravelry stash hoping to get the truest picture of the size of my stash that I could, and as it stands currently, I have:

148,704.1 yards of yarn
760.43 skeins of yarn

Ahem.

It may SOUND scary, but since I've started using Ravelry, I have reduced my stash by

30,939.4 yards
174.27 skeins

or about 18%, so there is progress being made.  This was certainly my best year on fabric stash used, but only my second-best on the yarn stash.  My best year was knitting up just over 19,000 yards, which I'm hoping to get close to in 2011.  If I could manage that pace, I would have about an 8 year yarn stash, though I think it's more realistic to see it as 10.  A couple people have suggested I double or triple strands of yarn to use them up faster, but that has always struck me as a big waste of yarn.  I only have yarn I WANT, and if I have lace weight, it stands to reason that I want to make lace with it.  So, 10 years it is.  

Unless, of course, I can start knitting MORE than 19,000 yards a year........Hey, it's January 1--everything is possible today.

Comments

bittenbyknittin said…
I am speechless. Wow. You could start your own yarn store. Wow. I did manage to get rid of all my Fun Fur and acrylic by donating it to a friend who knits prayer shawls, but I will never complain about my so-called stash again. Wow. Good luck with the cold sheeping in 2011!
January 1, 2011 at 7:10 PM
Melodye said…
Two words: Knitting machine
January 1, 2011 at 10:05 PM
Janet said…
Toni, you inspire me. Even seeing the daunting amount added up, you don't let it stop you. I think you can do anything you set your mind to do. Congratulations on the amounts that have been moved out of stash, especially fabrics, and keep on knitting!
January 1, 2011 at 10:40 PM
tinebeest said…
Ooh you've changed the bloggie background? Nice!

18% is not bad at all, on the contrary! It is a huge stash but you are seeing chinks in its armour by now, I guess. Good luck, I will keep on following your and Theo's adventures in knitting and crafting!
January 2, 2011 at 2:17 AM
Meredith said…
That is a lot of knitting!!!! I am counting projects this year but do not have a goal in mind, I think it will be fun just to keep track. Good luck and get knitting.
Meredith
January 2, 2011 at 7:52 AM
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