Even more of a yarn problem

I last totaled up my yarn stash at the end of 2012. I had 47,932 yards at that time and was going to try to reduce it...

Comic from Wool and Chocolate

Yeah, it went about that well. I now have 50,876 yards (28.91 miles). Insanity. I *really* need to make this total go down, so I am trying very hard to reduce the amount of yarn I have.

I'm working on knitting from my stash, including *only* knitting from stash for the first term (January - March) of the HPKCHC.

Hopefully this time goes better...

Hello. My name is Jen, and I have a yarn problem.

It started off innocently enough.  I'd buy yarn for a specific pattern, but wouldn't be able to get to it as quickly as I expected.  Then, it progressed to buying a skein just because it was pretty.  Next thing I knew, I was signing up for yarn clubs and setting up reminders on my phone for independent dyers' online updates.

All of this has resulted in a yarn stash that is out of control.  I currently have 47,932 yards of yarn or about 27.3 miles worth of yarn.  That's a bit insane.  My goal for 2013 is to knit from my stash and stop buying yarn.  We'll see how I do!

Dyeing my Yarn

Remember my first handknit yarn?  I dyed it using coffee following the instructions here.  Here's the finished product:

Behold! I have made yarn!

It's not very good, but I made some!

Inspiring a Yarn Color

Dani at Sunshine Yarns ran a contest to submit photos of favorite summer vacations to become inspiration for new yarn colors.  I submitted some photos of our honeymoon in Tahiti and it was selected to become one of the new yarn colors!

It will be available to purchase - along with the other Summer Inspirations - on Tuesday July 27th at 11:00 AM MDT.  All of the yarns are gorgeous, but I'm especially excited to see mine in person!!!

Update: here is my yarn in person!  It's gorgeous!!  Can't wait to make a pair of socks with this.