I don't think it's meant to be understood. :-) It also develops a life of its own after a while - when you feel you have a "collection" it's much harder to make rational decisions about disposal. Choosing to get rid of singular items is some how easier.
VP
I think you must be right. Perhaps like Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin it just "growed and growed" :-)
I can understand the pleasure of collecting things that appeal to you but, perhaps because we've moved house so often (this is my ninth home in 40 years), I've always sent unnecessary items to the charity shops when we've moved.
I have kept Mom's darning "mushroom" and crochet hooks, Da's gold watch (which was presented to him after 40 years work for the Rover car company) together with all the family photos I could find when I cleared her little house after her funeral. Maybe I'm just one of those people who travels light!
Bernadette
I thought the same thing. She must be single-handedly keeping a local yarn shop in business!
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No, you're not the only one who wonders why but then I'm lacking the genes that drive a person to acquire or collect things. To me, it appears she is a compulsive shopper with a husband who enables her.
No. I sent the link to my sister, and she was just wondering if this person had a "problem". My stash is not anywhere near that, and as my sister said "at least you work from yours". Yes I do, and when I buy yarn, I usually have a project in mind for it. The only problem is, I don't always know when I'll get to it, because sometimes something comes up that I want to work on more. (laugh). I usually put the pattern with the item, in case I forget what it was I wanted to make.
I guess the thing that got to me was how messy the room was. If I had storage space like that, it would be tidier. I also noticed some "room" in a couple of the cabinets where more yarn could have been stored, rather than on the floor.(grin)
It would be interesting to go through it just to see what yarns are there.
Shelagh
Ooooooh yes! Just think of the fun day we could have checking it all out! :-)
Bernadette
I could not get onto the pages thus i read all your descriptions with a smile ,,, mirjam
Look at the yarn in the photos. Is it yarn that YOU really want? Or, is it just a lot of yarn?
Just having a lot of yarn does not make it a good stash.
Aaron
As Aaron said, "Just having a lot of yarn does not make it a good stash", and I'll add, It makes trash!!!!
Thanks for reposting the link ... Wow! I'm so ... Seriously, havnig that much yarn would make me feel terribly guilty. All I'd be able to think about was that I hadn't done anything with it yet. ;-)
Murielle
On Jul 26, 4:29 pm, "DA" > It really does look like a yarn shop rather than one woman's personal
Da I don`t know where you live [ i mean in the climatic ear], but some places have a bad influence on yarn that just lies there ,,, unused ,,,, i do a twice a year check on my Aggeration of yarns . and mine are `mostly` , ends or leftovers of projects + those strange sacks people bring me with their leftovers !!! But i also have to admit that i have a ball or 2 that are very old ,,, ps i also weave ,,,, which luckily `eats` up quite a lot of materials,,,, mirjam
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