A question of stash.
It's a question I have been pondering for awhile now. How do you accumulate a stash? I mean, I go into the LYS and it's like sensory overload, so I have learned to make a list. The list is of those things I need for specific projects. I go with my list. Once or twice I have come out with just the things on my list. But I almost always find yarn that I just can't stop touching, or looking at, or dreaming about. And so I buy. But here is where my stash building system breaks down.
How do you know how much yarn to buy? I mean, I know that this or that particular yarn would make a wonderful sweater, or shawl, or scarf (yes, I still make scarfs, and I know I'm not alone in this! Just ask Kate. I love them! They are warm, they add color, they are that so important quick and satisfying knit which provides momentum for those big projects {more on this later}). But how do you know which it will end up being? Thus, how much yarn to buy?
