Sheep On My Stuff

As you might remember, but likely not!, I have two goals in terms of stashbusting for the year:

• Complete, frog, or throw out 1.5 projects for every 1 project I start.
• Work two stash projects for every new-yarn project I start.

As of right now, I have completed/frogged/tossed 38 projects this year, and started 26 new projects, putting my ratio at a solid 1.5:1. Hooray!

I have ten projects currently on needles, and at this stage, I have also tossed or frogged every ancient WIP in the house, as far as I know. On one hand, this helped my organization immensely; on the other hand, it means no more easy ratio-bumping. But that's a good thing! It means I have more incentive to work on projects until they're done.

The only unfortunate thing is that I'm kind of stuck on larger projects for a while. I don't have anything I could polish off in a weekend -- I suppose maybe a pair of socks. But it's kept me going on that Powers of Two blanket even when I'd have much preferred to cast on something new (like a felted sheep or somesuch).

As for stash-to-new, my ratio is currently a very solid 3.7 -- I've worked 37 projects from the stash and only 10 projects with new yarn.

However...

In terms of new yarn purchases, things I have not yet knit up, I can think of at least five that I've made this year (although, now that I think about it, five is not so very many -- those purchases just involve a LOT of yarn). Two of those purchases have definite uses in mind; three of them don't. It might be a good idea to start adding new yarn purchases to the ratio just so I have a better idea of how my stash is growing or shrinking. However, I've gotten a bunch of new storage containers this year to help store the yarn (yay!), and if I would just gather up my yarn and PUT it in the storage containers, the sofa in the guest room would not be covered in yarn. Alas, I have not done this yet (and anyway, piles of yarn seem like happiness-producing objects to me and not clutter, and it's not like we have pets). But perhaps someday soon!