Lovemyhusband’s Weblog

    You may have noticed in some of my project titles I have (OSK) in there.  This stands for operation stash killer.  That’s my new goal.  Like many other ravelry folks I have a much too large stash of knitting stuff, especially yarn.  But unlike many of them, mine is pretty well all crap.  Its inherited fibers that probably would have been better off put into my gas tank rather than made into a yarn.  But I cant throw anything away.  I don’t know why.  It seems I’d rather have a box full of finished projects that I don’t know what to do with rather than throw away the yarn.  Give it away, you say, well I don’t want to put someone else in my same boat.  I am not the first owner of the vast majority of my yarn, and some how i seriously doubt that I am even the second or third owner of some of it.  But instead of letting it sit there i have a new goal, make stuff that it wont matter if it gets dirty or ruined. 
     For example there is my Pup rug, that you will see Corporal proudly displaying, It is made of all little scrap balls that i would be embarrassed to use in anything else, but who cares its going to get covered in pup fur and stink anyway.
     Well really i guess its not all crap, so I have a few things that I’ve made that are pretty good quality.  Well not good but fair.  Something I will use my self.  Or to give to my mom, she is probably tired of crapo pot holders, but if she ‘accidently’ sets one on fire while cooking it wont matter, she can throw it away and I’ll have a couple more ready to replace it at the next  gift giving holiday.
     Its a good thing i have a mom, cause I don’t know what else I’d do with all the junk I make and am too embarrassed to give to anyone else