Fourth First (although I guess we’ve now established it’s my Sixth First): Ravelry Competition
Unrelated to all of the buying of yarn at festivals and receiving of
yarn from swaps, I’ve decided that I need to do my part to decrease the
amount of yarn I have. Now, compared to many people I don’t actually
have that much yarn, but I also don’t have that much yarn space in my
flat and it’s already become incredibly cluttered. Aside from the Kauni,
everything I brought into my house from the festival was already DFA
(designated for assignment) to a project in my queue, so I felt
comfortable with it. I’ve spent a fair amount of time in Ravelry trying
to match up the oldest yarns in my stash with projects so that when I
finish the epic deadline knitting of summer (it’s getting wild around
here) I will have clear directions for the older yarns in my stash.
Problem was that because of the plan (knit the oldest first) conflicting
with reality (knit all these things by these dates and also you need to
buy yarn for them) I felt like I wasn’t getting anywhere. Enter the Knit Girllls podcast (which I don’ t listen to yet, but was mentioned on another podcast) and their StashDash 2014.
The objective is between May 26 and August 2 (I think) to knit 5km
worth of yarn. Which sounds impossible. The catch is … things already on
the needles no matter how far they were in progress at the start of the
competition, could count their full yardage. So here I was with a sport
weight vest, a pair of knee high socks, and an 800yd sweater project
already in the works and scheduled to be completed by July 9. So I’m
doing it. I don’t think I actually get anything for completing it other
than the satisfaction of having FOs and getting yarn used up, but that’s
good enough for me. I haven’t really been participating in all the
chatter etc. because while I know other people feed off the social
energy of these sorts of things I find it draining. I’d rather compete
against my personal goals and not constantly compare my progress to that
of everyone else who seems to either have all day long to knit or are
the fastest knitters on the planet. I’m making progress, I finished one
thing, I’ve established a rhythm for finishing the others, I have plans
for the future, and I’m going to make it as far as I can and do my best
to not buy yarn in the interim.
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