I have recently found out that Jamaica – my birth country – has a freestyle skier competing in the games. So I intend to design and knit a Jamaican Pride sweater for the Knitting Olympics to commemorate this fact.
Yarn, like drugs … is highly addictive and if its use is not monitored can quickly get out of control leading to a large surplus, otherwise known as a “stash”.
If you’ve been following this blog for a while now you’ll know that yesterday I took on the daunting task of organizing my stash. I have to admit that I didn’t realize how much yarn I had. I mean, I knew I had a lot, but seriously? I think the only way I could have more is if I had my own store, but at that point it wouldn’t really be mine. I have often joked with people saying that I could open a small store – I guess it wasn’t really a joke. I have started cataloging it […]
Wow! I’m speechless. From 9 – 5 today, a regular working day, my Area 51 (stash) was transformed from the organized chaos that it was to a neat orderly stash where not only do I know what I have, I can find it (and so can anybody else) in a matter of seconds! How did this happen you ask? Well, remember the lady I mentioned in the post this morning? Well, she may be short (5’11/2″ – the half is important ) but she has a huge whip! She’s a house guest for the week and suggested we organize […]
Well, I never thought this day would come this soon but apparently Helen had other plans. Helen is a house guest that is staying for the week as her daughter is enjoying the sun in St. Lucia. Helen is also a bit of an addict when it comes to organizing. I am a bit of an addict when it comes to organized chaos. So this is where the unstoppable force meets the immovable object. Guess who won? Yeah, you saw that coming, didn’t you? So Helen has convinced me that we should organize my stash. After I finished laughing, […]
