Don't worry, this post will actually be about yarn. I have been thinking about what to write about for my first entry of the new year (on JANUARY 23, no less :rolls eyes: oh let's not even get started about my blog neglect), and upon reflection, the most meaningful event of my new year thus far has been the cleaning of my yarn room.Everyone knows that the new year is the time for cleaning, gutting, disinfecting, and purging -- oh, and organizing. I know this because all the stores have their cleaning and organizational items (plastic tubs etc.) on sale. That proves it. Even before I realized this fact, I was already compelled to do some new years cleaning. I cleaned out all my kitchen cupboards, reorganized them, moved the shelves so I could reach things better, and even put down new shelf liner paper! I also cleaned out my closet (somewhat, anyway) and made Mackenzie clean out her closet (somewhat, anyway), whereupon we made umpteen trips to the Goodwill drop-off center, which, by the way, was OVERFLOWING with the stuff of dozens of other people who were also doing some new years purging. Hmmmm, maybe there's something innate to this? Is it like when women live together their cycles start to coincide? So when you live in a society where everyone celebrates the new year, we are all drawn to cleaning house at the same time? But, I digress...
Anyhow, I set out to clean my yarn room. I am extremely fortunate to be able to devote an entire room in my house to my yarn stash and knitting paraphernalia. However, if you have read my earlier blog posts (e.g., visiting eight yarn shops in eight days), you know how bad my addiction is. Over the summer my yarn room had become an unsightly, unorganized mass of bags of yarn.
Yes...the mess at right is my yarn room at its worst -- unsightly and disrespectful to the yarn! Ugh!
So I set about to clean and organize my stash. At first it was fun going through all the bags of yarn and reminding myself of what I had. But then it got a little scary and I was feeling guilty for having SO MUCH YARN. John even came and stood in the doorway and commented, "Wow, you have a lot of yarn." Uh, yeah... Luckily I have the most wonderful husband in the world (who is equally addicted to fishing) so he is not judgmental about my predicament at all.
It took THREE DAYS to get everything organized and put away. And in the process I frogged numerous projects that I knew I would never finish. The best thing is that frogging produced more yarn for my stash, ha! Remember the project my dog tried to eat? Here is what it looked like:
Oh what a giant mess. The good news is that I succeeded in untangling all the yarn and wound it into cute little yarn muffins that will now be put to use! Yay, happy ending!
Well, to make a long story short, my yarn room is finally looking like the private yarn shop it was meant to be. I love spending time there, looking at and petting the yarn, and making plans for ambitious new projects for 2011. Here is the lovely result of my hard work and dedication:
