Yesterday I set about to clear some room in my sewing/craft room in the basement. That sentence alone gives a hint of things to come. The reason I needed to do this was a I have a big sewing project to do for my day job and wanted room by my machine. I did actually get there. I did not get the job done to my satisfaction but that is for another time.
I'm convinced that yarn balls, skeins, hanks, even fleece multiplies while left alone in a darkened room. Silly you say? Hear me out. I found yarn that I do remember buying, yarn I have never seen before, yarn I have seen but don't know where it came from nor what I used it for.
Yarn I do remember buying I accept. It was close out cottons for dish cloths and such. It might have been part of a leftover ball from a Christmas present or worse whole skeins. I try to keep fibers together and weights in those broad categories, kind of like yarn departments. I'm not lucky enough to have the nice bins. But then I also don't have to worry about my pets nesting in them or having yarn get dusty before it gets used.
Yarns I have never seen before or don't remember where it came from or where I used it but do know I have are more perplexing. I found the bit of sweater that needs frogging still that had been son #2's. He has his finished sweater so all is fine. I have found things that completely bewilder me. Why would I buy that???? Where did I buy it? What did I use it for? What was I planning for this yarn?
I also clustered together the UFOs found. I have all in their own bags, a shawl, a pair of worsted weight socks for a son, a baptism shawl that is no longer needed, 5 skeins of worsted alpaca for a Miss Lambert's scarf started on a guild retreat, 3 pairs of vanilla socks for me, cotton yarn and tulle kitted up for dish cloth and scrubby creation, pumpkin hats for a guild fundraiser started but not finished, mittens also for the guild but in mismatched sizes, a feather and fan prayer shawl, granny squares for an afghan, 3 unfinished quilts of varying sizes, a kit of yarn and pattern for pocket pals also for a guild fundraiser, lavender alpaca for a scarf for my soon to be daughter in law before discovering she hates lavender, an adult surprise jacket for me, 1/4 of a hippo (?????), and an unfinished dog sweater.
Some of these things are for classes. Most are clearly guild related and should be finished. Other things should just be finished so they are done and can be utilized. The quilts are going to take time and lots of it.
Once all the yarn is away. Once all the Christmas decorations are also in their appropriate spaces. Once I sort the summer clothes and get them where they need to go and the winter stuff has a place to go. Once all this is done, I might actually be able to work in that room as I intended and get Christmas done early.
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