On Stashing and Stashalonging.

Margene left a comment on my last post that got me thinking. I don't think that anyone joined the Stashalong out of guilt, or at least not anyone I know. If I know these women, they did it for the challenge. Let me clarify what my thought process was. I used to believe that I had way too much yarn until I met my favorite Stitch'n'Bitchers. My mindset changed a lot through that in a lot of different ways; my attitude about stashing was one of them. At some point I lost a lot of restraint when it came to buying yarn. I don't have an outrageous amount of wool, but I have enough that I have wished a few times that I joined the Stashalong when I had the chance. I didn't want to have to deny myself any instant gratification at the time, but I see now how my creative process could have been changed and forced to grow through it. I would have been forced to begin projects that I've been meaning to get around to for a long time, and I also think that my designing and exploring of knitting forms would have been developed in new ways. In my head I see a Bonsai tree when I think about this. I'm not the most self-disciplined person I know so I don't know if I could impose a stash-fast on myself, but it would probably be good for me. Plus, there would be room for so much more yarn at the end of it. Just thinking. Don't hold me to anything now.