WIPW: Stash Order
I tend to decide on new knitting projects and then grab the supplies as I’m running out the door. So I wind nearly all the yarn in my stash before I put it away. I wind the yarn loosely, and haven’t had any issues. The one skein I ever had be an issue, was wound for me and was so tightly wound, the cake actually felt hard and it refused to be a center pull.
So after winding the yarn, I decided I to a picture of each skein and actually add it to my Raverly Stash. Other than fiber, finished handspun, and the occasional destash I haven’t added to my stash in years. Part of that was because I was keeping the yarn spreadsheet, but I drifted away from that when I gave away a ton of yarn.
I had plenty of reasons, but I would have to take so many pictures, and have the yarn on hand so I could record the details, it would take all day, its not a big deal. It’s not important. Etc…Etc…
I lose yarn bands often enough that for that reason alone it should be something I do regularly. It would help me answer questions like ‘did I frog the tardis cowl and repurpose the yarn or was that another skein in a similar color.
Also I keep thinking my stash is getting smaller, and I think its more the older yarn is getting used and recent splurge aside I have been getting better at buying yarn for specific projects, and starting the project. But some new pretty skeins are falling into the abyss. I found a skein of Mardi Gras inspired yarn I completely forgot I own. Heck where is that green skein at the top?
The plan now is to make this a steady work in progress. A few skeins here, a few there. Until all the stash is accounted for. And then I will actually see if I am using more than I bring in or if I just have different storage corners and the main stash is the only one being depleted.