A birthday is an excuse for many things. Calories consumed on the day don't actually count - but then nor do they on the days around the birthday, and any wool purchased on the special day, and the days around that day don't really count towards the stash. The reasoning being that any new yarns are a treat (as are the calories) or they must be for a specific project. So the extension of my stash over the past few days has included:
4 balls Debbie Bliss baby cashmerino in green - fall into category of treat
3 balls of the same in a pale green - same category
2 balls Adriafil Azzura - green - had to buy something in a new wool shop I found so justified
A considerable number of balls of browns and creams and reds to make a log cabin square blanket - specific project - and balls left over can be used for something!
Perhaps it is not so bad as it looks. Having just written down the truth, the whole truth it was not such an extravagant week after all. The fact that the bag containing the "considerable number of balls" is so huge just makes it seems like an inordinate growth of the stash.
I can feel quite smug that I did not buy any patterns and the two new books in my knitting library were presents. The only small problem is that I really need patterns now to go with the new wool and there are a couple of patterns in the new books that need wool specifically for them and, naturally, nothing in the stash matches. Perhaps I can finish the existing projects? It will be 12 months before I can use the same excuse again.
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