Where are we going?

Imagining your ideal yarn stash

As we now have 150 subscribers to this newsletter I thought it was time to introduce myself and my mission to those of you who have recently joined us and get to know you a bit better too.

So whether you just got here or you’ve been reading a while, draw up a chair, have the brew of your choice and let’s get to know each other and our yarn stashes.

I’m Linda Hartley and this is me, wearing my new favourite sweater. Dreyma from Jennifer Steingass in New Lanark Donegal Tweed.

Imagining Your Future Stash

My mission here is to take you along with me as I navigate the twists and turns of curating and working with our yarn stashes . I’m all about facilitating you to find your own stash solutions. I will share my experiences and experiments with my stash and I hope you will share yours too. Knitters and crochet folk are a creative bunch so let your imagination run wild!

Let’s try a little experiment. Just stop and think for a minute.

If you could envision your stash, ignoring all limits of time, money, or skill, what would you create?

Describe the colors, textures, and feelings behind this fantasy wool stash vision.

What would it represent or express?

Now, how might you start to make this vision a reality?

Can you think of one small step that will take you nearer to your vision?

Leave a comment with your answers.

I'm excited to hear where your creativity takes you!

Where it started:

I first learned to knit from my grandmother when I was 4 years old. It’s so long ago that I don’t remember not being able to knit! All the women of my large Scottish extended family knitted. It was just ‘normal’. I learned to make doll’s clothes, how to follow a pattern and fairly soon after I made myself sweaters. Throughout high school and my first attempts at attending college, knitting was my stress reliever. Then family life took over and knitting was a practical necessity as well as a solace. Working in an education environment gradually took me back to college. This time I  made it through and eventually I graduated as a mature student with a First Class BA(Hons) in Learning, Technology and Research. Along the way I became a firm believer in sharing my learning online and blogging about it became a way of life. I worked in a portfolio career, running websites, blogging, designing and running online courses, writing for education magazines. For several years I also worked as an adult education lecturer. During that time, knitting took a backseat as my range of jobs kept me very busy. I’d let go of my yarn stash along the way, though I couldn’t quite bring myself to get rid of my needles.

Where we are now:

When I came to live on an island  a few years ago I reignited my passion for knitting. I frequently browsed knitting sites and came across intriguing techniques and ideas. My needles started to twitch! 😉Online wool shops and independent pattern designers caught my eye and my imagination. Soon my old friend came back into my life as though it had never been away. New yarns caught my attention and slowly I went from stash zero to, well…er, somewhat more than that !

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Come with me for the ride as we navigate our way through to find the joy of a well loved yarn stash.

Please leave a comment to hit reply if you have any thoughts or ideas to share. I can't wait to get to know you!

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