Lessons in Stash Diving
#1: Don't Let the Winter Weather Fool You. Just because it's prematurely cold and snowy here doesn't mean that there is any more time between now and the holidays (or the cousin's wedding), or that the days are any longer. Thinking about adding more projects into the (currently bulging and excessive) queue (even the non-serious, non-urgent one) is asking for trouble.
#2: When disregarding Lesson #1, Bring a Bag. Lest you risk leaving spare balls of yarn throughout the house.
#3: Be Flexible. That untouched child's sweater kit from at least five years ago can easily become a few hats. (Right - what if the Hat A Month people keep going after December??)
#4: Be Brave. That partially-knit shawl or sweater can be repurposed for something that will actually get completed some day (see Lesson #3).
#5: When All Else Fails. Tell yourself that you're just reminding yourself of what you have in there, for better and more cost-efficient future planning.
No pics today, although I am tempted to take one of our deck that has all but disappeared under the snow. As a reminder, in Upstate New York we have two distinct types of snowfall: Synoptic, and Lake Effect. The former is the kind we get along with the rest of you; a weather front sweeps across the country and drops a bunch of snow on us. The latter is the price we pay for the abundance of fresh water we have in this region; a cold wind blows across the big lakes, freezes their evaporation, and drops it on us in the form of snow (or, if the layers of air are striped with hot and cold, graupel).
There is always a bonus when there is synoptic snow followed by lake snow, which is what is going on today. It's also super cold. The wind is supposed to change direction later today, starting to warm the temperatures and blowing some of this northward for once. This is typically February weather for us; I'm not sure what's going on, it being November and all, but I'll bet that climate change has something to do with it!
#2: When disregarding Lesson #1, Bring a Bag. Lest you risk leaving spare balls of yarn throughout the house.
#3: Be Flexible. That untouched child's sweater kit from at least five years ago can easily become a few hats. (Right - what if the Hat A Month people keep going after December??)
#4: Be Brave. That partially-knit shawl or sweater can be repurposed for something that will actually get completed some day (see Lesson #3).
#5: When All Else Fails. Tell yourself that you're just reminding yourself of what you have in there, for better and more cost-efficient future planning.
No pics today, although I am tempted to take one of our deck that has all but disappeared under the snow. As a reminder, in Upstate New York we have two distinct types of snowfall: Synoptic, and Lake Effect. The former is the kind we get along with the rest of you; a weather front sweeps across the country and drops a bunch of snow on us. The latter is the price we pay for the abundance of fresh water we have in this region; a cold wind blows across the big lakes, freezes their evaporation, and drops it on us in the form of snow (or, if the layers of air are striped with hot and cold, graupel).
There is always a bonus when there is synoptic snow followed by lake snow, which is what is going on today. It's also super cold. The wind is supposed to change direction later today, starting to warm the temperatures and blowing some of this northward for once. This is typically February weather for us; I'm not sure what's going on, it being November and all, but I'll bet that climate change has something to do with it!
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