Crafting through the Stash

So, I’m a week behind with all my blogging duties. I apologize. It’s
been a long crazy ride. And let me tell you why. On my personal blog,
I’m doing a sort of ‘count down’ to Deathly Hallows, by posting every
other week, about each movie that has come out so far. Last Monday I
was supposed to write about Goblet of Fire. And I didn’t. Not because
I forgot. It has actually been pretty up front on my mind, along with
this blog post. But because I have been listening to the audio book,
and realizing that I needed to finish listening to the audio book
before I could really write my true feelings about the film. I haven’t
finished the audio book. And I won’t write about it here. This post
is about crafts.

The other things that have taken up my time, is that my company, a big
fashion retailer who shall remain nameless, does a fund raiser every
year for a big cause. They ask all of us employees to donate a certain
amount from our paycheck each week. It could be as little as a dollar
a week. Which is a reasonable donation for anyone at the end of the
year. This year, however, the company added a component of a silent
auction and a live auction. The live auction covered services. Things
like holiday gift wrapping, or auto detailing. The silent auction
covered donated items. I donated neckwear. I used luscious Baby
Alpaca Chunky from Cascade Yarns. I made the moebius cowl for a
woman’s item, and if you look on that big knitting social networking
site, you can look for the professor’s scarf. The auction goes on
through the end of the month, so I don’t really know what they will
raise from my donation. I hope a decent amount. I hope at least the
amount I spent on the yarn.

But what does this really mean to a crafter? Well, let me tell you. I
pulled the yarn from my stash. Yes, you heard correctly. I started
using up yarn from my stash. And when I finished those, I pulled out a
crochet project I started last year. The Clapochet. I only had to
pull a few rows to remember where I was at. I am now determined to
finish it. And I have my sights set on new projects for other balls of
yarn in my stash. This is a good thing right?

I was in Maine this weekend for a wedding, and I passed a yarn shop. I
am sure I will be stoned for this, but I let my husband just drive
right past it. I said, “Oh, a yarn shop!” a bit wistfully. And then
before he asked if I really wanted to go, I said, “no, just keep going.
I have plenty of yarn.” I couldn’t believe it myself. But, since the
Stonewall Kitchen Company Store is up there, I figured, I could find
some other foodies and crafters and make a day of it in the future,
where I wouldn’t feel rushed. And could buy yarn to my hearts content
with no one to answer to. Is that so wrong?

Crafty Witch Jo Anne (a.k.a. JavaStix)