It IS Flash Your Stash day, so here’s mine.

Really. It (mostly) all fits into these three bins at the top of my closet.

There are a few skeins which hang from hangers from the closet rod, but basically this is it.

You’re not going to make me pull it all out to show you, are you? I did that just a couple months ago. Remember?

Here (to the right) is the next layer down in the closet. You can see the hanging skeins (Manos and some yarn from Rhinebeck) on the left. The basket just below them is some spinning fiber. And of course, part of my knitting library.

Oh, the bag lurking at the top right of the picture? A canvas bag filled with tote bags, ready to leap into action as knitting bags at a moment’s notice.

And, that bag is sitting on top of a milk crate filled with my knitting magazines–Vogue Knitting, Interweave Knits, and so on

The bottom “layer” of my closet. The rest of the craft-book library, my sewing basket, a basket filled with all my circular needles, and the bag full of merino/silk roving I got in Rhinebeck.

The box the bag is sitting on is filled with pattern leaflets. The binders next to it are filled with patterns and downloads from the internet.

It’s not perfectly neat, but I love that I’ve got everything in one place. The only knitting things not right here in the closet are my blocking board and my swift/ballwinder.

Here’s the complete, all-at-once look.

Really, it doesn’t look all that different from the picture I posted last year. That’s a good thing, right? It means I’m about holding my own against stash growth, right? (Right?)

But, oh, Wendy posted possibly the very best Flash Your Stash picture ever. Really. The very best. Ever. You absolutely must go take a look.

Really. I’ll wait.

Isn’t that fabulous??

Now, it’s been a nice Saturday, but I slept through about three hours of it. I don’t know why I’m still so tired. Darn it, I should be healthy again by now! Mom and I went out for coffee at Starbucks this morning, stopped at Ann Taylor Loft (I had a coupon), and were home within an hour and a quarter. We then took Chappy for a short walk . . . although we sped up for the last little bit because it had started to rain . . . but that was all I did today, and . . . exhausted. Sheesh!

I am just about done with my socks, though. All I have to do is cast-off the tops and they’re finished. I’m pretty happy with them, though they don’t have the same, built-in thrill that my handspun cardi yesterday had. Thanks for all the compliments, by the way. I’m touched.

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