{"id":275,"date":"2010-02-09T09:40:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2010-02-09T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T17:46:09","slug":"ka-do-i-need-a-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"KA &#8211; do I need a meeting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_276\" style=\"width: 178px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_0247.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-276\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-276\" title=\"IMG_0247\" src=\"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_0247-168x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_0247-168x300.jpg 168w, https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_0247-600x1067.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_0247-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/ittakesballstoknit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/IMG_0247-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 168px) 100vw, 168px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new display ... you don&#39;t want to see the before pic!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been following this blog for a while now you&#8217;ll know that yesterday I took on the daunting task of organizing my stash. I have to admit that I didn&#8217;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&#8217;t really be mine. I have often joked with people saying that I could open a small store &#8211; I guess it wasn&#8217;t really a joke. I have started cataloging it in my profile on Ravelry (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/people\/mrhugzzz\">MrHugzzz<\/a>). If you&#8217;re looking for anything you can see if I have it and we can work something out. It should take a couple more days to get it updated so please be patient. The other thing is that it&#8217;s not just about the yarn. When you add the magazines, books, needles, accessories, and everything else knitting related, I start to think I need a bigger room!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So all this brings me to question whether or not I need help. Is there a Knitterholic Anonymous? I know there are other knitters out there in my position (or worse) but the problem is that it&#8217;s widely accepted as &#8220;normal&#8221; in the knitting community &#8211; isn&#8217;t it? I have heard countless slogans to the like of &#8220;he\/she who dies with the biggest stash wins&#8221; and &#8220;you can tell a lot about a knitter from their stash&#8221; and others. To make this all even worse, the Olympics are about to start so I can&#8217;t get rid of the stash until they&#8217;re over and Canada wins the gold in hockey (men &amp; women) and curling (men &amp; women) and other events. Does anybody want to start a group with monthly meetings? We could start like the regular AA meetings and bring something we need to get rid of. Or maybe enforce a rule like you can&#8217;t add to the stash until you get rid of something else. If that were the case, I have lots I can donate if anybody wants it &#8211; hehe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So again, do I need help? Personally, I don&#8217;t thin so &#8211; especially now that it is so neatly organized (thanks Helen)! And I have the 52 in 52 to do so I will be using up some of it. The funny thing I have noticed about stashes is that you never have the yarn you need! Hence, I am going to finish updating on Ravelry and then sign up to a few stash exchanges (Naughty Knitterz) and see what I can do. I will do an exact ball count to see the extent of my addiction and let you know. Wish me luck &#8230; and if you have anything to get rid of or need anything, make me an offer!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hugzzz \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve been following this blog for a while now you&#8217;ll know that yesterday I took on the daunting task of organizing my stash. I have to admit that I didn&#8217;t realize how much yarn I had. I mean, I knew I had a lot, but seriously? 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