It’s official. My yarn stash has out-grown its assigned container.
And here is the yarn I have stuffed into my knitting basket: 
I know many of you super-stashers out there are saying “you call that a stash?” In my defense, I offer the following:
1. That yarn is packed–I mean packed–into that 18 gal container as tightly as possible. There is a lot of yarn in there and the lid is has to be smushed down in order to get it to lock (but it doesn’t).
2. Up until recently, I have mostly been a project driven knitter–that is, I buy yarn for a specific project, knit the project and throw out any remaining useless lengths. This aspect of my knitting self has evolved a bit. I have a single pet skein of Inca Print that lives in my stash only to make me happy.
3. Finally, I have not been knitting that long–only since the Fall of 2003. Building up a respectable yarn stash takes time.
Now, we live in a small condo with limited storage space. The container for my yarn stash lives in the PAX wardrobe workstation where I have my 2 computers and all their accouterments–you know: keyboard, mouse, usb hub, switch-box, cd burner, speakers, printer, scanner, software cd storage, computer books, paper, cables, cables, cables, etc. etc. Thank goodness I have the PAX workstation. I can close up the door when people come over and hide this disaster. But I digress. I am talking about stashing.
There is room in the workstation only for a single 18 gallon storage bin, so if I want to add to my yarn stash (and you know I do–there is a Fiber Festival coming up), I will need to do one of two things. Either ditch my computer and his companion, along with all their coincident slag, or I will need to find somewhere else in my house to stash my yarn.
What about here?
This is my fabric stash and I am letting it go. That’s right–I’ve decided to give up sewing. At least for the time being. It takes too much concentration to sew properly and with two little ones, I just don’t have it in me. This is also why I don’t knit lace. I will keep my sewing machine, of course, and maybe in a few years, when the children are older, I will come back to sewing. But for now, all that cut fabric is taking up premium space that can be utilized for yarn and I am going to be ruthless. Once those bins are empty I will have 4 (!) bins for yarn and a place to store them. I’m going to go get my timer and Flylady the heck out of them.
Stash enhancing excursion, anyone?
Knitting Interrupted 
WHEEEE!!! You go girl! What kind of fabric you got in there? care to mail me any? My yarn is mostly project oriented. I only have a few things that I bought that are not earmarked for a project. Other than the bunch of yarn I inherited from my Grandmother. Mostly acryllic, but makes good waste yarn for holding stitches, or teaching the kids to knit with. Any more thoughts on the Master’s Program?
Me! Me! I will go stash enhancing shopping wiht you!