Shredded Dignity

by guest blogger Jana

Think of me surrounded by piles of yarn as I tried to gather together the tattered remains of my dignity and come to grips with the damage I did to my budget at the 5th anniversary sale last Friday. That's how I spent my weekend. How about you?

There was some hope that, since I couldn't get to the sale until 7:30 am, most of the stuff I was interested in would have been snapped up already, saving me from myself. I reckoned without Annie and Amy, who managed in the midst of shopping for themselves to set aside "a few" skeins they thought I might like. "A few" as in "all the MaggieKnits linen in the colors we haven't already grabbed." That came to about 27 skeins. Plus the two or three Amy rooted out from under some other things. Then there was the Sublime merino boucle in -- surprise! -- just enough skeins to make a sweater. I fell over a bag of the Malabrigo worsted in the "Frank Ochre" color I adore. And some Yummy sock yarn because, you know, sock yarn doesn't count as stash.. And while I was grabbing at the Hempathy, a bag and a half of Ripple leaped off the shelf and hit me on the head. Ripple in, I might add, a color I already had enough of at home from a previous sale accident to make a sweater. I guess now I'll make two sweaters. The universe demands it.

On Sunday I had to try to wrestle it all into the yarn room. Turns out I don't have enough of those wire mesh cubes. Turns out I also can't find any more in town. But wait! The six cubes holding my knitting books don't really need the mesh back -- I can remove the backs and have enough to build three more cubes to hold yarn! And it won't cost me anything!

Here's a helpful tip for anyone who might ever use the wire mesh cube storage system. Turns out the back is there for a reason. IT HOLDS THE WHOLE THING TOGETHER SO IT DOESN'T COLLAPSE.

So thanks to Sheila and Kay for providing me with such entertainment and a learning experience all at once. Let's do it again sometime.