Retrospect
It's amazing how much importance we give to the magic date that is the first of the year and the mystical event of trading a calendar with one number on it for a calendar with a number one greater... In the year 2013, I knit 6822.6 yards. This is more than any previous year by over 900 yards. Having knit 6822.6 yards is also significant because I bought 6530 yards, which means I just about broke even on the amount of yarn I knit vs. the amount of yarn I bought, even managing to stash down just a smidge. I have been working this past year on decreasing the size of my yarn stash. Presently my stash is just over 40,000 yards. At my current rate of knitting, this means I have a stash that could last me a couple of years... My goal in 2014 is to actually stash DOWN and buy less yarn than I knit, rather than just breaking even. Don't get me wrong. I love yarn. But I have finite space and finite yarn budget, plus I have all sorts ...