Tuesday night, my EGA chapter held its annual rummage sale. Some of us donate stuff, some of us buy stuff, some of us do both. The tables at this year's sale overflowed with items from the estate of one of our founding members. I've come to realize that stitchers need/want large amounts of supplies but my mind boggled by what I saw of Elaine's stash. Karen who is overseeing distribution of Elaine's possessions is an avid stitcher and told us that she kept thing that interested.
Here's a partial list: 4-5 laundry baskets full of crewel and needlepoint yarn;
20-30 stretcher bars and hoops; yards of needlepoint canvas, aida, and linen; what looked like hundreds of unopened crewel, candlewicking, and other embroidery kits; knitting patterns and yarn; rug hooking patterns, kits, tools, yarn; lots of books and leaflets; and what was for me the most astonishing items -- many, many, many designs that were mounted on stretcher bars with just a little bit of stitching on each piece.As someone relatively new to 'organized' stitching, I naturally just *had* to buy some (actually many) things. I may have to buy another couch or two to display all the pillows I might have someday. My family thinks I have a lot but when I see what my sister stitchers own, it's obvious to me that on a scale of
1-10, my stash would be a 2 or just barely a 3.How would you rate your stash?