Destashing Should be THis year`s subject line

In message , snipped-for-privacy@actcom.co.il writes

I know what you mean. When I was working, knowing I would only get a small pension when I retired, I bought many cones of yarn for my knitting machine whilst I was still in work. I got them at shows and other places. Thinking I would have a good stash to go at. They filled the shelves in my workroom, there were over 300 cones. Alas the day after I retired I was put on the waiting list for a heart bypass which I had 5 months later. After the bypass I found it was too painful to use my knitting machine. I got an excruciating pain in my back. I still get that pain in my back when ironing, similar arm action. Apparently something was trapped in my back when they spragged my ribs open. Those cones stood there mocking me. It was getting to the time when machine knitting took a dive and no one wanted to buy cones. One day I took the plunge and bagged them all up and gave them to a knitting group who made things for the under privilege children abroad. There was well over a thousand pounds worth of yarn. Still someone somewhere benefited by it. The shelves soon filled up with my current hobbies of greeting card making. Beadwork, even knitting with wire. I have just made my own jewellery for GD's wedding next week and I also made her wedding stationery. Pictures on my website under beadwork and wedding pictures. Shirley

Yes, Mirjam, I agree. In fact, this year, I am going to give away a lot of my stashed yarn. I just need to get rid of it, and pass it to some people who will use it.

Higs, Katherine

Katherine you are an ANGEL ,,,,, Like you i deliberately clean closets bags etc,,,,, I share give and exchange .. mirjam

I totally agree, guys. I am contemplating a move to be closer to my son and his wife (they live in Texas)---I call it my "Five-Year Plan"---So in line with that, I am having a big Yard Sale next weekend. I opened a closet door, and there was----MY STASH....Growing, ever growing....

I had picked up knitting again after a hiatus (my cats were so amused by the ends of my knitting needles when they were kittens that I could no longer knit!)...They're grown now, so I'm knitting again....

Anyway, lots of yarns from early days long, long ago when I bought lots of inexpensive acrylic that I no longer want to use...a MONSTER skein (must weight 2 lbs) of bright yellow, another of green....Even some recent yarns that I was attracted to that turned out to be monsters to work with (chenilles).

So I spent a couple of hours sifting through them, bagging them up in ziplock bags for sale at the yard sale...I kept more than my share of acrylics and ALL of my good wools, but I will breathe a sigh of relief when the stash is thinned out a bit. Too much is just too much. For me, at least, it becomes almost a burden to look at instead of a pleasure to enjoy.

Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT

Thank you so much for sharing the pictures of your work. I loved the beadwork and all your other crafts. Your garden is like a little piece of heaven.

I'm so glad you shared your website.

Murielle

Thank you Murielle. The garden is under renovation work at the moment. The very wet summer killed a lot of the plants and DH found that the woodwork supporting the shrubs and climbers had rotted. So for safety's sake he is having to take them down. Maybe since we are both in our 70's it is time to make it more manageable without having to climb to prune climbers.

The wedding went fine and I will post some pictures in a few days time Shirley

In message , Murielle writes

I've just completed a great wee baby shoe project that is ideal for using up odds and ends of yarn:

found the pattern through Ravelry (yes, my wait is over - I got myinvite a week or so ago) but it's freely available - the link isavailable on the above page. I'll definitely make these again and Iplan to do them in a different weight yarn and needle size to make alarger pair.

If you have a Ravelry login you can find my project details at:

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> VP

Hee VP , went to see you nice cute shoes , tried to post a comment but it refused my comment ,, thus here it is CUTE GREAT NICE mirjam

Sorry about that Mirjam, I wonder why my system was so rude as to refuse you?

VP

Vintage Purls wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@50g2000hsm.googlegroups.com:

thanks, lee

My son was classified as a preemie even though he was full term because he was so small (just 5 pounds the day I took him home). His feet were about 2 inches long, so I imagine a true preemie would have very tiny feet indeed. On the other hand, preemies that little don't leave the hospital, so you'd probably be safe with a shoe that would fit a 5 pound baby.

Betsy

I love em.....yours are different which I like better than the orig.

Donna

Betsy in NY wrote in news:46fe5c3b$0$24259$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:

thank you. that helps a lot. do you know if preemies in ICU wear booties? i'm thinking i'll have a chat with the nurses next time i'm there... i know that they need really tiny gowns for the preemies that don't survive sometimes. sad, but i suppose it's somewhat of a comfort that someone spent time making something special for those babies too. lee

Thanks Donna. The changes were really made out of necessity - I didn't have a yarn I thought would work well as a contrast so just went for one colour and I was using up buttons I had lying around, these wee hearts were they only thing I had that looked any good and were small enough - I only had three of each colour so hence the two different colours. It's a popular pattern and lots of people have made wee changes; I've seen the straps fastened Mary Jane style instead of crossed which looks darling too.

VP

This is a little OT for the Yarn group, but do you know about the ABC Quilt project? They make quilts for HIV babies and others that are very sick. Some of them never get to leave the hospital and the quilts are one non-hospital thing to comfort them. It sounds like your booties and gowns might serve the same purpose.

Betsy

Betsy in NY wrote in news:46fef7f7$0$32555$ snipped-for-privacy@roadrunner.com:

oddly, ABC Quilts is in my town! it's in the same building as the district school superintenant :) i'll have to drop by & ask if they take other things besides quilts, as i'm not really interested in quilting. i do some for personal use, but nothing fancy. mostly covers using up old jeans & stuff. lee

Gemini

So sweet!

Murielle

The quilt group my Mom belonged to not only made quilts for critically ill infants, but they also knit tiny little toques and booties.

In addition, my oldest son was in the Intensive Care Unit, and was in an incubator for 4 days, but he weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz. and there was another baby in an incubator at that time that weiged 10 lbs. I would ask you local hospital if they would like some larger size items as well. Those big babies are sometimes high risk too.

take care, Linda