Otherwise known as the post of shame. According to what I have *catalogued* on Ravelry, I have 9.281875 miles of yarn. Since I’m not anal about my stash there, none of my current projects are accounted for in that yardage, nor do I have most of my leftovers up, and there’s a bit of yarn I just never even entered.

I can currently knit the following out of my stash:

4 shawls (3 lace weight, one worsted weight that can only be a wrap)

12 pairs of socks, not including the Kool Aid ones, and the naughty Anastasia ones

5 adult sweaters, 2 of which are currently in progress

3 scarves

I currently have these projects on the go: KoolAid dyed socks, Clapotis, mohair sweater, grey cardigan, Manon, Revontuli

Now, there will be a good deal of knitters and crocheters that could read this post and laugh shallowly at how much of an amateur I am. The thing is, I don’t aspire to be someone with more yarn than they can knit in a lifetime. But I thought I was being good! I won’t kid myself into thinking that I can (or SHOULD) stop buying yarn, but I’d like to knit down quite a bit of this stash over the next year. Actually, about 95% of the above yarn is allotted to a project already. I’m still yearning for my Clemetine’s Cardi (not surprisingly, at the exact same time of year last year when I had the idea and bought the yarn), I’ve been wanting Bayerische Socks for even longer, I’d like to knit SOMEthing with my handspun (of which the only likely looking thing is the One Row Handspun Scarf.

Yikes, let’s not even mention spinning. I have three projects on the go there – two laceweight, one heavier. The spindles are all in different parts of the house where I’m likely to spin so I can pick them up when the mood strikes. I’d like to come up with a more regimented way of doing it just so they don’t get neglected. The project I usually work on before bed has been getting guilty looks from me each night since it’s been a while. I’m really eager to finish some projects because I’d love to start on some of the alpaca I got at Rhinebeck, and I treated myself to this chunk of GORGEOUSNESS for no reason other than I was feeling sad that day. All of this makes me want a spinning wheel just because I’m convinced that I could make more progress and have my interest held for longer periods of time if I did have one.

This isn’t a post intended to sound like some kind of New Year’s resolution, but it’s definitely a checkpoint for me. I *want* the things I bought this yarn for. There are always going to be pretty yarns and irresistible projects – sometimes, inspiration strikes hard (like it did with the Manon) and I don’t want to punish myself into thinking that I “can’t have ____ till ____ is finished”. But I possess reason and self control to not let this get any further out of hand.

P.S. While we’re talking about checkpoints, maybe I can *finally* do something about this blog layout? Maybe? Soon?

P.P.S. I finally finished reknitting the peplum on the Manon, and have started on the back. Praise be.