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Collecting, stashing, hoarding ...

The other day, I was LOL at Yarn Harlot's saga .. on her washer / dryer / kitchen ...

"Stashing is just a clever financial insurance policy, and it's simply fiscally responsible to engage in it. "

These days, with our current financial situation, this topic is front of mind. I am feeling the satisfaction from FOs made with stash. I repeated her comment to DH, "Knitting is one of the few hobbies that people hoards materials". After a bit of brain storming, we came up with sewing as well. I couldn't think of any other ones. On the way home today, I used 'pet yarn' (vs 'working yarn') in conversation with GD. (I previously made a joke about that with J, ya know, I have Siberian Huskies working dog and she has Boris Pug pet dog and Ginger Boxer working dog). All this got me thinking, is there a line between collecting, stashing, and hoarding. And when, if ever, will I feel really fiscally responsible and enjoy my hobby at the same time :)

Posted by E on January 6, 2009 3:41 PM |

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there is a definite difference between collecting, stashing, hoarding.

Did you see Clara's (from Knitter's Review) Slow Stash article? Worth a read, it's related too.

Posted by: jess | January 6, 2009 4:52 PM

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