Being a consummate accountant and OCD organizer, I dearly love spread sheets and logging things. And thanks to the help of Ravelry and MS Excel I did a pretty good job of tracking my 2013 stashbustin’ efforts!
I didn’t set any goals or benchmarks. I simply knit what I needed to and wanted to. Then logged my activity. When it comes to knitting I have a hard time working on things that don’t speak to me or suit my mood. I don’t stick to deadlines or project lists very well when it comes to knitting. Hence my many cases of “start-itis” during the year. Here is what I accomplished.
- Attempted 59 Stashbustin’ projects total.
- Completed 50 projects, frogged 3 projects, and sent 6 projects into hibernation/time out
- Knit 20,287 yards, 60,860 feet, or 11.57 miles of yarn
- Used up 148.63 skeins of yarn
Now on the flip side, I did add a little yarn to my stash…okay maybe a lot.
- Purchased 19,992 yards, 59,976 feet, or 11.36 miles of yarn
- Added 142 skeins of yarn
So I netted out 295 yards, 884 feet, or .21 miles down in “stash”. Roughly 6.63 skeins, lol! In my defense I really feel that over the past couple of years that as my skills have expanded, my taste in yarn has changed. I liken it to the drying of ones palette when you are a wine drinker. So even though I added back to my stash, I did so with better quality and finer yarns. I am getting rid of the “cheap” stuff and replacing it with “good” yarn.
How will I do in 2014? I don’t really know. And I don’t care, lol! I simply like to knit and just see what happens!!
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Overall there was a reduction in your stash so it’s a WIN!! Congrats!
Hee hee, my strategy is to gradually replace my cheap yarn with “good yarn” too. I can’t imagine using 148 skeins in a year! You rock!
I will admit….I rarely knit with anything smaller than worsted weight. That helps…
Wow, that’s an amazing amount of knitting in a single year!
Thank you and thanks for reading!
That’s a LOT of yarn moving back and forth! Amazing progress though, and hey, at least you’re a few skeins down!
Love it! I need to track my projects like that.
Having a bit of an OCD side really helps
How did I do? I think I’m glad I didn’t do the yarns in/out measurement. My spinning puts we waaaaaay over. I don’t even need a calculator to tell me that.
Wow…I don’t know if I’m more impressed that you knit that much or that you kept track of it all!!! What is your favorite new yarn?
Knit picks brava (for economic reasons) and berroco vintage (for wooly reasons) ❤
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Hope you don’t mind me linking to your post. Your destashing impressed me so much I was inspired to try it on my bookshelves!
Feel free! Congrats on the destashing!!
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