I'm a huge fan of doing this periodically. I actually get anxious if I have too much yarn or too many wips. Giving away yarn to friends brings me so much joy. Last year I posted it on IG and did a fundraiser giving all the proceeds to a charity. I'm going to try and be very thoughtful with my purchases this year and focus on knitting what I have and not being distracted by shinny things :).
Yeah me too! Idk why but having lots of stuff makes me stressed. I know using it up won't get rid of it, but I've got a million-and-one projects I want to start & finish.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love that you are destashing and that makes you happy, I’d have to say that I’m the opposite! Whenever I’m feeling frustrated with what I’m knitting I go into my stash and just pet everything till I get excited again lol
Such a fun episode! I love your approach to organization. With over 500 skeins myself, I am not just doing a no buy year, but forever until it is gone. I’m picturing my stash as my own personal yarn store. 🙂
"I want the sweater yarn" I'm a semi-minimalist and think what your doing is great. Gives you breathing room. I recently did a stash assessment but your method of destashing beats mine. Plan to adopt some of your ideas.
I have mostly acrylic and am trying to build my stash of natural fibers (especially superwash). “I want the sweater yarn.” This video has inspired me to figure out a way to de-stash the acrylic in 2022. Love your idea of queued projects instead of stashed yarn on Ravelry and can’t wait to see your monthly progress
“I want the sweater yarn” I love that you are doing this for yourself to show that having a small stash or no stash is okay. Also thank you for setting a good example of how supportive the knitting community can be.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Love that you are destashing and this motivates me to also destash with you. I have many yarn skeins piling up in the corner and am so ready to get rid/give them away!
I really like how you stress that you are not telling people to get rid of their stash. It really is a truly personal thing how big someone's stash is. I have a pretty big stash (600+ skeins) but you've inspired me to document what I have and truly get a feel for what I love. I'm already looking at items to pass along. I also like how your channel is knitting AND crocheting. So many are exclusively one or the other.
Thank you, Natalie! I live your tips. I still have WAY more yarn, but I don’t feel bad about it now. I plan to knit from my stash as much as possible this year and not spend as much money on yarn as I have been the last couple of years.
“I want that sweater yarn!” 😊 I have a large stash and last year I started really utilizing my Ravelry queue to allocate yarn to each future project, that way I can keep track of which yarns are already spoken for. I don’t love having random skeins that don’t have a plan. Trying to get more into scrap-busting designs (like the Seaglass Sweater) to help use up the bits and random skeins.
“I want the sweater yarn” Your plans for your stash are really inspiring and motivating. I really cut back on buying yarn that past few years but have taken to treating my self to small notions. That way my projects maybe with older yarn but the notions are new and make the project exciting.
"I want the sweater yarn" - of course I do, it's amazing!! I don't live in the US, but my son lives in Texas, and he has allowed me to have yarn shipped every time I fall in love with something ;)
‘I want your sweater yarn” this is the first time I have watched your channel and I’m impressed! Like many people I too have been organizing my yarn; I tend to get overwhelmed and am determined to use the beautiful yarn I have acquired and work on slower, more purposeful knitting. Thank you for your generous offer, Miss Babs Youza is the bomb!
"I want the sweater yarn". So inspiring! Right now my stash is bigger than yours but i'm in the middle of retiring from my full time job so I have big plans for my yarn. But definitely i need some destashing and you are inspiring me to do that sooner. Thanks for sharing your journey!!
I love watching you Natalie! The theme or goal for minimizing and simplifying for 2022 really resonated with me and I love it. I am a retired nurse and current quilter & knitter. I have a huge stash of yarn and fabric. I have moved twice in the past 2 years and downsized each time. I am at the point where getting rid things is very cathartic and feels so much better. So watching this episode was awesome! Thank you. PS. Knitting is winning over quilting these days.
“I want the sweater yarn!” This was such a great video. It’s given me some ideas on how to slowly be more ok with letting go of some yarn that I don’t feel happy about working with. Thanks for the video! ☺️
"I want the sweater yarn!" I loved this video! I feel like when I first starting knitting, I saw everyone with these gigantic stashes, and associated that with being a "real knitter." After realizing that misconception, I feel so much better about the size of my small stash - I like having it for test knitting, and so I can take advantage of sales!
"I want the sweater yarn!" I love gray. When I was in high school, my mom used to tease me (lovingly) because I'd only wear SOFT, GRAY garments. I've got more color in my wardrobe now, but I would love to make a sweater out of this gray yarn 😍
“I want the sweater yarn!” I could not do it. Nor would it be the thing that brings me joy. I love my large stash. Just looking at all the pretty yarns makes me happy. But good for you for finding what brings you joy.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I’m new to the knitting/yarn community and it’s so easy to want to buy all the yarns! Good for you for getting rid of your stash. Makes me want to try and control mine a lot more! 😊
I am completely obsessed with your organization videos! I am currently learning Knit Companion while working on a yarn cozy!! You have inspired me more than ever! I’m also organizing my office in general and organizing my wips with plans for them. Please continue with your progress…I’m learning so much 🥰
"I want the sweater yarn!" Your videos are inspiring and motivational. I've been trying to only purchase yarn if I have a specific project in mind, rather than buying random skeins with no specific purpose.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I tend to knit one thing at a time, so I don't have a big stash since I buy the yarn I need once I have a pattern picked out. I currently only have around 13 skein of yarn in my stash, and I really agree with your reasons on why you want to have less yarn
"I want that yarn" but do not need it. That's a problem I have. I tell my family that I am a yarn collector. I love having all of it to look at , touch, and dream about upcoming projects. I admire your grace and strength in getting rid of your stash. You will inspire many...maybe not me. I can't part with my stuff as " flippantly" as you. Kidding. I admire you. Thanks for the video. You are always fun to watch.
I did a stash down in 2019...then 2020 hit and I couldn't get yarn easily and money was tight! In a panic I built it back up to about 30 skeins but that's about as many as I would want at once. It taught me how to appreciate what I have.
“I want the sweater yarn” I love watching all your yarn organization videos. I like having a little bit of a stash but am trying to be more mindful of what I purchase and let go of the things I’ll probably never use. Your videos are always so inspiring.
Makes me happy that you're clearing out ... decluttering. I am of the mind that I figure out what I want to make; get everything together and make it. Usually one thing at a time, otherwise I flit around from thing to thing, and nothing gets done. I do like project bags so all my stuff isn't all over the house. Interesting to see how everyone else does it. I'm in a major clear out, so that might be coloring my way of thinking too... lol.
“I want the sweater yarn!” Thanks for the inspiration. I’ve been working through my stash making charity projects and not purchasing anymore yarn! Thanks for sharing!
“I want the sweater yarn!” I have severely reduced my stash recently . I had a ton of acrylic yarns that just aren’t doing it for me anymore. I’m going to donate most of it to Project Linus. It is such a weight off the shoulders! I plan to knit from stash this year and further reduce my stash. 😁
"I want the sweater yarn!" I really admire you for being so organized and knowing how best to use the yarn you do keep. Love your hints and ideas for knitting!
“I want the sweater yarn” please. I love how you showed us your thinking/methodology for sorting your stash. My little stash is spread out all over my house; my goal in this new year is to have it all organized in one place. Thank you for showing us the Ravelry queue feature-I never knew what that was for and now I’ll be using that for sure!
“ I want the sweater yarn” please. I’ve been organizing my stash and projects for about a year now. I niw have all of my stash in Ravelry, it makes it so much easier to queue up my projects & plan for the next one. Live what you’re doing. At one time I liked to decorate with my wall of yarn, but not so much anymore. I have evolved to wanting cleaner shelves, less clutter, and selecting what I know I’ll knit with. It’s a learning process!! I enjoy your channel, thank you!!
I loved watching this episode. Last fall I went through my fabric and yarn and took several 33 gallon trash liners full to the thrift store. It was so liberating. I still have alot to go through but I made a huge dent in things. You are so right about it being a process. You have to get mentally prepared.
“I want the sweater yarn!” 🙂 I have been working through stash obtained during my beginning knitting years - over the past few years I’ve gone down from 30 sweater-quantities to 4 sweater WIPs. All the sock make-a-longs last year helped me get through some of that stash, too. I feel like I’m in a good place with my yarn amounts at this time and am very welcoming of new yarn!
"I want the sweater yarn!" This is a great idea. I'm a new knitter but have yarn I bought for crochet blankets I need to work thru. I'm definitely going to start planning on patterns.
I know I'm almost a year late but my guess for the amount of skeins of yarn was 58. I'm a knitter myself & have a good yarn stash. My Dad just got me Alpaca, baby alpaca and angora yarn for Christmas. I am so excited! 😁 Most of my yarn is used to knit Prayer Shawls for others. 😁💜 I'm going to use the alpaca and angora yarn for projects for myself for once.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Also, I'm working through a similar project of destashing and/or assign projects to all of my random skeins of yarn. So much beautiful fiber but it takes so much mental space for me.
“I want the sweater yarn!” Thank you for sharing your process! I am based in NY and mainly store yarn in a 9 cube ikea unit. So, only one more cube than you! My cubes are organized as follows! Books and printed patterns, scraps with projects intended and dishcloth yarn, hanks, fiber, wips, commercial skeins and cross stitch, acrylic, bags and needles, and scraps!!
I’ve been stash busting for 2 years now. I’ve done sweaters, hats , Afghans and blankets. I still have a lot more stash. I’ve been buying yarn for several years so that when I retired I’d have plenty to work with. While I was employed I wasn’t sure what my yarn budget would be. Ha ha. I’m glad I have the stash and a small budget for yarn in case I need a particular color.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I love watching your videos and how organized you are and that you give all the tips and tricks. As a mom of 3 wild boys yarn is my calming place and to see your so creative and love organizing adds so much to this tired moms peaceful moments. ❤️
I admire your willpower. I want to knit from stash, and I do,but I love looking at it, touching it, planning for it. I guess you could say that my stash waxes and wanes - kind of like the moon, although never completely gone. Love your podcasts.
“I want the sweater yarn!” This motivated me so much to make changes to my stash. While I am not ready to get rid of it all yet, my knitting habits have changed a lot and I am ready to use all of my non fingering weight yarn. Thank you for your video!
"I want the sweater yarn!" I would love to adopt your sweater yarn and make something cozy. Thank you for sharing your yarn journey with us. Your videos always make me so happy
“I want the sweater yarn!” My LYS did a Miss Babs trunk show but I never got any! We appreciate you giving away such a gorgeous array of yarn. Happy stashbusting 💗
As a beginner, I actually like the idea of not having a ginormous stash. Some of it is practical, because I don't have a lot of space, and can't afford to buy a lot of yarn that I will genuinely enjoy using (mostly acrylic and cotton for now as it's what I can afford and is available). But some of it is also because my yarn tastes are constantly changing as I grow as a crocheter and eventual knitter. When I had only been crocheting for a month, I picked yarn entirely based off of whether or not I thought it was pretty, with no thought to quality, weight/size, what I would do with it, how enjoyable it was to use, etc. I don't regret this as I was able to learn a LOT about my tastes, but it has resulted in me having a lot of yarn that I don't enjoy crocheting with (that i'm currently using up because I want to get it OUT of the way!). This yarn is smaller or bigger than I like, it's uncomfortable to work with, isn't my taste anymore, doesn't make sense for the projects I prefer (making garments with worsted or bulky acrylic yarn makes no sense where I live because it's always hot here!), etc. I still like having a stash because i'm very flexible with my projects and like knowing I can start something without needing to meticulously plan it, or go to a store first. Yarn is kind of hard to get where I am, so having a stash is essential. But using the yarn when I buy it is also important so that I can learn what yarn I actually like, not just crocheting with, but wearing, washing, and caring for in the long term. I don't want to buy 10 skeins of a yarn I end up realizing I don't like after a couple of weeks of using and washing it. Slowing down my consumption allows me to be smarter in how I buy yarn, which is important not only because it's less wasteful, but because where I live yarn is very expensive, even when it's synthetic fibres.
“ I want the sweater yarn” - Thank you for supporting other creators. - I just started stashing and not yet acquired enough to even fit in a cube. 😜you’d probably like mine.
I want the sweater yarn! I don't keep a stash at all because I love the process of shopping for a project just as much as creating it. I usually have 2-3 projects going, one large and one smaller and 2 on deck ready to go, so after one is completed I'm ready to cast on. And I tend to donate leftovers so there's no pressure or guilt to use them up. After 30 years of knit and crochet this is what works for me.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Thanks for the opportunity! Enjoyed seeing you get organized and planned! I've been enjoying growing my stash quite a bit since I retired - lately I'm focused on sweater quantities generally. I have 100% of my stash documented in Ravelry. Since about 4 years ago each January I export a spreadsheet of my yarn and use random numbers to choose yarns to work with. I do this with most of my projects with a few exceptions usually revolving around gift knitting. It's been great, it helped me use stash I had been carrying around for years and feels like a fun puzzle every time I pull a new random yarn out to figure out what to do with it.
My grandmother used to crochet a lot, but has moved to quilting thanks to arthritis. Which means that I, the only knitter in my family, inherited a life time of yarn. I have two giant bins in the attic because I don’t have the space in my room. I’ll get through it eventually. Hopefully.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love that you’re de-stashing. I’m trying to de-stash as well. It’s time to use the yarn I’ve been collecting and make it into MAGIC!! 🪄 Yay!! 💕💕💕
“I want the sweater yarn!” I have been knitting for about a year now and I finally feel ready to tackle a sweater and have been thinking about getting some yarn for a beginners pattern.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I love hearing about your process and goals for your stash. I'm in a very different place with mine at the moment. I feel like my stash is similar to a painter having lots of paint. I love having things on hand when I feel inspired to try something new or add color or texture to a project!
"I want the sweater yarn!" I have been slowly reducing my fiber stash after having taken a few years off from knitting. I'm now knitting daily and have a few projects under my belt since last summer. Thank you for going over your process! I am more haphazard right now, which makes things a bit more....interesting. Yeah, let's go with interesting.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I love gray & wear my gray sweaters a lot. Enjoyed hearing your reason for wanting to stash. For me I like having some stash so I can cast on right away if I want. That being said, I've grown my sock yarn stash too much so am trying to both knit from stash & not buy new sock yarn.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I've also been buying less and trying to work from stash, and watching your incredible progress over the last couple years has been so motivating!
“I want the sweater yarn 🥺” I have a couple of single skeins that I bought be cause they’re pretty but now it has been hard to find a way to use it. This has inspired me to find smaller projects to work on and refresh my stash more intentionally
"I want the sweater yarn!" :) I love your approach to having a stash. When I first started knitting, I was really into the idea of having a large stash, but honestly having too much yarn stresses me out.
"I want the sweater yarn! " 🙏 i personally love my stash and got worried that its getting too low... lol. When i told my sister (who looms yarn too!) She sent me about 20 of her ginormous stash! I am at knitter at heart and just recently pushed myself into crochet, ao now it seems projects have endless possibilities!!
"I want the sweater yarn!" Can you ever have too many Gray sweaters? Love Gray yarn. Thanks for great tips on organization and your resolve to destash. My plans are to stash down.
I want the sweater yarn! It's really refreshing to see this destashing video. I am so tired of watching people pile on more and more yarn. Totally inspires me to continue this path and complete the projects I already have the yarn for.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love watching you make a plan for your yarn. I need to do the same. I have plans for most of my yarn but then there are KALs that come up.
" I want the sweater yarn " this would be my first sweater that I would ever knit , I wanted to try knitting a sweater but i never found yarn i liked for it and this yarn would be perfect for my sweater I want to knite .have a good day
“I want the sweater yarn!” I really struggle with having a larger stash because I know I can only knit with so much of it in period of time, and I find I go through many cycles with colors and types of yarn. I do like having a couple of skeins that don’t have projects in mind in case I need something quickly for a KAL, but I find that if I buy for a specific project I am overall more satisfied with it than if I guilt myself into using stash first. I just recently went through a similar stash reorganization to help me try to get an idea of projects I want to cast on in 2022 and it felt really good purposing that yarn. I’m definitely trying to make more intentionally this year!
I'm a huge fan of doing this periodically. I actually get anxious if I have too much yarn or too many wips. Giving away yarn to friends brings me so much joy. Last year I posted it on IG and did a fundraiser giving all the proceeds to a charity. I'm going to try and be very thoughtful with my purchases this year and focus on knitting what I have and not being distracted by shinny things :).
Yeah me too! Idk why but having lots of stuff makes me stressed. I know using it up won't get rid of it, but I've got a million-and-one projects I want to start & finish.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love that you are destashing and that makes you happy, I’d have to say that I’m the opposite! Whenever I’m feeling frustrated with what I’m knitting I go into my stash and just pet everything till I get excited again lol
Such a fun episode! I love your approach to organization. With over 500 skeins myself, I am not just doing a no buy year, but forever until it is gone. I’m picturing my stash as my own personal yarn store. 🙂
"I want the sweater yarn" I'm a semi-minimalist and think what your doing is great. Gives you breathing room. I recently did a stash assessment but your method of destashing beats mine. Plan to adopt some of your ideas.
I have mostly acrylic and am trying to build my stash of natural fibers (especially superwash). “I want the sweater yarn.”
This video has inspired me to figure out a way to de-stash the acrylic in 2022. Love your idea of queued projects instead of stashed yarn on Ravelry and can’t wait to see your monthly progress
“I want the sweater yarn”
I love that you are doing this for yourself to show that having a small stash or no stash is okay. Also thank you for setting a good example of how supportive the knitting community can be.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Love that you are destashing and this motivates me to also destash with you. I have many yarn skeins piling up in the corner and am so ready to get rid/give them away!
I really like how you stress that you are not telling people to get rid of their stash. It really is a truly personal thing how big someone's stash is. I have a pretty big stash (600+ skeins) but you've inspired me to document what I have and truly get a feel for what I love. I'm already looking at items to pass along.
I also like how your channel is knitting AND crocheting. So many are exclusively one or the other.
Thank you, Natalie! I live your tips. I still have WAY more yarn, but I don’t feel bad about it now. I plan to knit from my stash as much as possible this year and not spend as much money on yarn as I have been the last couple of years.
“I want that sweater yarn!” 😊 I have a large stash and last year I started really utilizing my Ravelry queue to allocate yarn to each future project, that way I can keep track of which yarns are already spoken for. I don’t love having random skeins that don’t have a plan. Trying to get more into scrap-busting designs (like the Seaglass Sweater) to help use up the bits and random skeins.
“I want the sweater yarn”
Your plans for your stash are really inspiring and motivating. I really cut back on buying yarn that past few years but have taken to treating my self to small notions. That way my projects maybe with older yarn but the notions are new and make the project exciting.
"I want the sweater yarn" - of course I do, it's amazing!! I don't live in the US, but my son lives in Texas, and he has allowed me to have yarn shipped every time I fall in love with something ;)
“I want the sweater yarn” and after watching you eliminate your stash I intend to tackle my own. Thank you!
‘I want your sweater yarn” this is the first time I have watched your channel and I’m impressed! Like many people I too have been organizing my yarn; I tend to get overwhelmed and am determined to use the beautiful yarn I have acquired and work on slower, more purposeful knitting. Thank you for your generous offer, Miss Babs Youza is the bomb!
"I want the sweater yarn". So inspiring! Right now my stash is bigger than yours but i'm in the middle of retiring from my full time job so I have big plans for my yarn. But definitely i need some destashing and you are inspiring me to do that sooner. Thanks for sharing your journey!!
I love watching you Natalie! The theme or goal for minimizing and simplifying for 2022 really resonated with me and I love it. I am a retired nurse and current quilter & knitter. I have a huge stash of yarn and fabric. I have moved twice in the past 2 years and downsized each time. I am at the point where getting rid things is very cathartic and feels so much better. So watching this episode was awesome! Thank you. PS. Knitting is winning over quilting these days.
“I want the sweater yarn!”
This was such a great video. It’s given me some ideas on how to slowly be more ok with letting go of some yarn that I don’t feel happy about working with. Thanks for the video! ☺️
"I want the sweater yarn!" I just destashed 3 boxes of yarn and gave it to family members. Good for you!
“I want the sweater yarn”! Great episode Natalie, so inspiring!
"I want the sweater yarn!" I loved this video! I feel like when I first starting knitting, I saw everyone with these gigantic stashes, and associated that with being a "real knitter." After realizing that misconception, I feel so much better about the size of my small stash - I like having it for test knitting, and so I can take advantage of sales!
"I want the sweater yarn!" It was really motivating to see you organize everything. Can't wait to plan out some stash projects. 💜
"I want the sweater yarn!"
I love gray. When I was in high school, my mom used to tease me (lovingly) because I'd only wear SOFT, GRAY garments. I've got more color in my wardrobe now, but I would love to make a sweater out of this gray yarn 😍
“I want the sweater yarn!”
I could not do it. Nor would it be the thing that brings me joy. I love my large stash. Just looking at all the pretty yarns makes me happy. But good for you for finding what brings you joy.
“I want the sweater yarn!” Grey is my jam! Been binging and enjoying your videos.
“I want the sweater yarn!”
I’m new to the knitting/yarn community and it’s so easy to want to buy all the yarns! Good for you for getting rid of your stash. Makes me want to try and control mine a lot more! 😊
I am completely obsessed with your organization videos! I am currently learning Knit Companion while working on a yarn cozy!! You have inspired me more than ever! I’m also organizing my office in general and organizing my wips with plans for them. Please continue with your progress…I’m learning so much 🥰
"I want the sweater yarn!" Your videos are inspiring and motivational. I've been trying to only purchase yarn if I have a specific project in mind, rather than buying random skeins with no specific purpose.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I tend to knit one thing at a time, so I don't have a big stash since I buy the yarn I need once I have a pattern picked out. I currently only have around 13 skein of yarn in my stash, and I really agree with your reasons on why you want to have less yarn
"I want that yarn" but do not need it. That's a problem I have. I tell my family that I am a yarn collector. I love having all of it to look at , touch, and dream about upcoming projects. I admire your grace and strength in getting rid of your stash. You will inspire many...maybe not me. I can't part with my stuff as " flippantly" as you. Kidding. I admire you. Thanks for the video. You are always fun to watch.
“I want the sweater yarn!”
Thank you for all your podcasts, you are so talented and kind. Thanks for making the world a better place!💕
I did a stash down in 2019...then 2020 hit and I couldn't get yarn easily and money was tight! In a panic I built it back up to about 30 skeins but that's about as many as I would want at once. It taught me how to appreciate what I have.
“I want the sweater yarn”
I love watching all your yarn organization videos. I like having a little bit of a stash but am trying to be more mindful of what I purchase and let go of the things I’ll probably never use. Your videos are always so inspiring.
“ I want the sweater yarn” Inspirational video....I have about four times that much , but am lucky as it really doesn’t bother me at all ! X
Makes me happy that you're clearing out ... decluttering. I am of the mind that I figure out what I want to make; get everything together and make it. Usually one thing at a time, otherwise I flit around from thing to thing, and nothing gets done. I do like project bags so all my stuff isn't all over the house. Interesting to see how everyone else does it. I'm in a major clear out, so that might be coloring my way of thinking too... lol.
"I want the sweater yarn" I love Miss Babs yarn. I'm working my stash down till whenever I go to Rhinebeck again.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I think it’s great that you are minimizing your stash if that makes you happy! Your craft should make you happy!
“I want the sweater yarn!” Thanks for the inspiration. I’ve been working through my stash making charity projects and not purchasing anymore yarn! Thanks for sharing!
I want the sweater yarn! Oh my, that would make a beautiful short sleeved mini-cardi! You are inspiring me to organize my stash.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I have severely reduced my stash recently . I had a ton of acrylic yarns that just aren’t doing it for me anymore. I’m going to donate most of it to Project Linus. It is such a weight off the shoulders! I plan to knit from stash this year and further reduce my stash. 😁
“I want the sweater yarn.” That gray yarn is beautiful and would make a beautiful sweater combined with another color.
“I want the sweater yarn!” ❤️ I love watching your stash organization videos!
“I want the sweater yarn”. How awesome, so many different sweater patterns already on my mind! So generous, good luck viewers!
"I want the sweater yarn!" I really admire you for being so organized and knowing how best to use the yarn you do keep. Love your hints and ideas for knitting!
“I want the sweater yarn” please. I love how you showed us your thinking/methodology for sorting your stash. My little stash is spread out all over my house; my goal in this new year is to have it all organized in one place. Thank you for showing us the Ravelry queue feature-I never knew what that was for and now I’ll be using that for sure!
“I want the sweater yarn!”
Watching you plan everything out is so satisfying. I believe you’ll reach your goal of working through your stash!
I would like the sweater yarn! Organization is so satisfying to watch.
"I want the sweater yarn" I'm looking for a yarn to put with my single ball of Noro. So thank you for showing that. Gray would work well.
“ I want the sweater yarn” please. I’ve been organizing my stash and projects for about a year now. I niw have all of my stash in Ravelry, it makes it so much easier to queue up my projects & plan for the next one. Live what you’re doing. At one time I liked to decorate with my wall of yarn, but not so much anymore. I have evolved to wanting cleaner shelves, less clutter, and selecting what I know I’ll knit with. It’s a learning process!! I enjoy your channel, thank you!!
I loved watching this episode. Last fall I went through my fabric and yarn and took several 33 gallon trash liners full to the thrift store. It was so liberating. I still have alot to go through but I made a huge dent in things. You are so right about it being a process. You have to get mentally prepared.
“I want the sweater yarn!” 🙂 I have been working through stash obtained during my beginning knitting years - over the past few years I’ve gone down from 30 sweater-quantities to 4 sweater WIPs. All the sock make-a-longs last year helped me get through some of that stash, too. I feel like I’m in a good place with my yarn amounts at this time and am very welcoming of new yarn!
"I want the sweater yarn!"
Thank you Natalie for this opportunity...So very generous of you 🥰
"I want the sweater yarn!" This is a great idea. I'm a new knitter but have yarn I bought for crochet blankets I need to work thru. I'm definitely going to start planning on patterns.
I know I'm almost a year late but my guess for the amount of skeins of yarn was 58. I'm a knitter myself & have a good yarn stash. My Dad just got me Alpaca, baby alpaca and angora yarn for Christmas. I am so excited! 😁 Most of my yarn is used to knit Prayer Shawls for others. 😁💜 I'm going to use the alpaca and angora yarn for projects for myself for once.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Also, I'm working through a similar project of destashing and/or assign projects to all of my random skeins of yarn. So much beautiful fiber but it takes so much mental space for me.
“I want the sweater yarn”. Thank you for being so generous.
“I want that sweater yarn!”
So generous!! Thank you!
“I want the sweater yarn!” What a beautiful shade of gray. So kind of you to do a giveaway. 🧶
"I want the sweater yarn!!" I've been moving my stash a lot, I'm never satisfied where it is 😆
"I want the sweater yarn!"
I love that you're doing what makes you happy! I look forward to seeing what you do with your stash!
“I want the sweater yarn!” Thank you for sharing your process! I am based in NY and mainly store yarn in a 9 cube ikea unit. So, only one more cube than you! My cubes are organized as follows! Books and printed patterns, scraps with projects intended and dishcloth yarn, hanks, fiber, wips, commercial skeins and cross stitch, acrylic, bags and needles, and scraps!!
I’ve been stash busting for 2 years now. I’ve done sweaters, hats , Afghans and blankets. I still have a lot more stash. I’ve been buying yarn for several years so that when I retired I’d have plenty to work with. While I was employed I wasn’t sure what my yarn budget would be. Ha ha. I’m glad I have the stash and a small budget for yarn in case I need a particular color.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I love watching your videos and how organized you are and that you give all the tips and tricks. As a mom of 3 wild boys yarn is my calming place and to see your so creative and love organizing adds so much to this tired moms peaceful moments. ❤️
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love the color. So kind of you to gift such lovely yarn. I so appreciate your ideas on handling your stash. Blessings!
I admire your willpower. I want to knit from stash, and I do,but I love looking at it, touching it, planning for it. I guess you could say that my stash waxes and wanes - kind of like the moon, although never completely gone. Love your podcasts.
“I want the sweater yarn!” This motivated me so much to make changes to my stash. While I am not ready to get rid of it all yet, my knitting habits have changed a lot and I am ready to use all of my non fingering weight yarn. Thank you for your video!
"I want the sweater yarn!" I would love to adopt your sweater yarn and make something cozy. Thank you for sharing your yarn journey with us. Your videos always make me so happy
“I want the sweater yarn!” My LYS did a Miss Babs trunk show but I never got any! We appreciate you giving away such a gorgeous array of yarn. Happy stashbusting 💗
As a beginner, I actually like the idea of not having a ginormous stash. Some of it is practical, because I don't have a lot of space, and can't afford to buy a lot of yarn that I will genuinely enjoy using (mostly acrylic and cotton for now as it's what I can afford and is available). But some of it is also because my yarn tastes are constantly changing as I grow as a crocheter and eventual knitter.
When I had only been crocheting for a month, I picked yarn entirely based off of whether or not I thought it was pretty, with no thought to quality, weight/size, what I would do with it, how enjoyable it was to use, etc. I don't regret this as I was able to learn a LOT about my tastes, but it has resulted in me having a lot of yarn that I don't enjoy crocheting with (that i'm currently using up because I want to get it OUT of the way!). This yarn is smaller or bigger than I like, it's uncomfortable to work with, isn't my taste anymore, doesn't make sense for the projects I prefer (making garments with worsted or bulky acrylic yarn makes no sense where I live because it's always hot here!), etc.
I still like having a stash because i'm very flexible with my projects and like knowing I can start something without needing to meticulously plan it, or go to a store first. Yarn is kind of hard to get where I am, so having a stash is essential. But using the yarn when I buy it is also important so that I can learn what yarn I actually like, not just crocheting with, but wearing, washing, and caring for in the long term. I don't want to buy 10 skeins of a yarn I end up realizing I don't like after a couple of weeks of using and washing it. Slowing down my consumption allows me to be smarter in how I buy yarn, which is important not only because it's less wasteful, but because where I live yarn is very expensive, even when it's synthetic fibres.
"I want the sweater yarn!!" I truly admire your organizational skills!!!
“I want the sweater yarn!” So much beautiful yarn!
“ I want the sweater yarn” - Thank you for supporting other creators. - I just started stashing and not yet acquired enough to even fit in a cube. 😜you’d probably like mine.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Guilt free downsizing the stash is an impressive undertaking! Love watching your method!
I want the sweater yarn! I don't keep a stash at all because I love the process of shopping for a project just as much as creating it. I usually have 2-3 projects going, one large and one smaller and 2 on deck ready to go, so after one is completed I'm ready to cast on. And I tend to donate leftovers so there's no pressure or guilt to use them up. After 30 years of knit and crochet this is what works for me.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Thanks for the opportunity! Enjoyed seeing you get organized and planned! I've been enjoying growing my stash quite a bit since I retired - lately I'm focused on sweater quantities generally. I have 100% of my stash documented in Ravelry. Since about 4 years ago each January I export a spreadsheet of my yarn and use random numbers to choose yarns to work with. I do this with most of my projects with a few exceptions usually revolving around gift knitting. It's been great, it helped me use stash I had been carrying around for years and feels like a fun puzzle every time I pull a new random yarn out to figure out what to do with it.
My grandmother used to crochet a lot, but has moved to quilting thanks to arthritis. Which means that I, the only knitter in my family, inherited a life time of yarn. I have two giant bins in the attic because I don’t have the space in my room. I’ll get through it eventually. Hopefully.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I would love the sweater yarn!!! I love grey and would love to give this yarn a new home💗💗💗
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love that you’re de-stashing. I’m trying to de-stash as well. It’s time to use the yarn I’ve been collecting and make it into MAGIC!! 🪄 Yay!! 💕💕💕
“I want the sweater yarn!” I have been knitting for about a year now and I finally feel ready to tackle a sweater and have been thinking about getting some yarn for a beginners pattern.
Sweater quantity of yarn....YES! That gray looks beautiful, I would be happy to take if off your hands.
“I want the sweater yarn!” That’s such a lovely grey color!
"I want the sweater yarn!"
I love hearing about your process and goals for your stash. I'm in a very different place with mine at the moment. I feel like my stash is similar to a painter having lots of paint. I love having things on hand when I feel inspired to try something new or add color or texture to a project!
"I want the sweater yarn!" I have been slowly reducing my fiber stash after having taken a few years off from knitting. I'm now knitting daily and have a few projects under my belt since last summer. Thank you for going over your process! I am more haphazard right now, which makes things a bit more....interesting. Yeah, let's go with interesting.
"I want the sweater yarn!" Watching your video was the motivation I needed to clean out a project bag that had been sitting on the table. Thanks!
Count me in. "I want that sweater yarn" I'd love that yarn and already have a project in mind.🥰
"I want the sweater yarn!" Thank you so much Natalie for the chance to win. You're such a kind and generous person!
"I want the sweater yarn!" Happy knitting in '22.
"I want the sweater yarn!" I love gray & wear my gray sweaters a lot. Enjoyed hearing your reason for wanting to stash. For me I like having some stash so I can cast on right away if I want. That being said, I've grown my sock yarn stash too much so am trying to both knit from stash & not buy new sock yarn.
"I want the sweater yarn!"
I've also been buying less and trying to work from stash, and watching your incredible progress over the last couple years has been so motivating!
“I want the sweater yarn 🥺” I have a couple of single skeins that I bought be cause they’re pretty but now it has been hard to find a way to use it. This has inspired me to find smaller projects to work on and refresh my stash more intentionally
"I want the sweater yarn!" :) I love your approach to having a stash. When I first started knitting, I was really into the idea of having a large stash, but honestly having too much yarn stresses me out.
“I want the sweater yarn”. Your destashing amazes me as I couldn’t do it.
"I want the sweater yarn! " 🙏 i personally love my stash and got worried that its getting too low... lol. When i told my sister (who looms yarn too!) She sent me about 20 of her ginormous stash! I am at knitter at heart and just recently pushed myself into crochet, ao now it seems projects have endless possibilities!!
“I want the sweater yarn!”🤞🏽
This video was very motivating to use up my stash as well! Thanks Natalie
"I want the sweater yarn!" Can you ever have too many Gray sweaters? Love Gray yarn. Thanks for great tips on organization and your resolve to destash. My plans are to stash down.
I want the sweater yarn! It's really refreshing to see this destashing video. I am so tired of watching people pile on more and more yarn. Totally inspires me to continue this path and complete the projects I already have the yarn for.
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love watching you make a plan for your yarn. I need to do the same. I have plans for most of my yarn but then there are KALs that come up.
" I want the sweater yarn " this would be my first sweater that I would ever knit , I wanted to try knitting a sweater but i never found yarn i liked for it and this yarn would be perfect for my sweater I want to knite .have a good day
“I want the sweater yarn!”
I’m learning how to knit and I think I’m ready to attempt a tshirt and this yarn would be perfect for it!!
“I want the sweater yarn!”
I really struggle with having a larger stash because I know I can only knit with so much of it in period of time, and I find I go through many cycles with colors and types of yarn. I do like having a couple of skeins that don’t have projects in mind in case I need something quickly for a KAL, but I find that if I buy for a specific project I am overall more satisfied with it than if I guilt myself into using stash first. I just recently went through a similar stash reorganization to help me try to get an idea of projects I want to cast on in 2022 and it felt really good purposing that yarn. I’m definitely trying to make more intentionally this year!
“I want the sweater yarn!” I love all of your organizational/ decluttering tips!
"I want the sweater yarn". I knitted my first sweater this past year and love it!! I am looking forward to making another one!