2010 Stashbusting CAL - NOW CLOSED!!!

[basjordan]

This CAL is now closed. Please join the 2011 Stashbusting CAL! See you there!

[jessicagil]

I'll join again this year!

[dilyca2006]

oh man!!!! i'm in!!!!lol

[LegalWoman17]

I'll give this a try again this year.

[quietheart]

I'd like to do this for this year. I need to know how to do a signature and what shoot the moon winner means though! lol

 

Hugs

Kath

[fc1123]

I'll give it a try though I won't start posting in this thread until the beginning of January just too much going on to start now.

[daysleeper]

I'd like to try this...

[basjordan]

At the top of the screen in the blue bars, one of the tabs is "User CP." Click on this, and you'll get a screen with a bunch of options down the left. The third block, second choice is "Edit signature." This will change what appears at the bottom of your posts. Most of us put "Stashbusting WTD - ##, YTD - ##" and update this every time we use or buy yarn. WTD is week to date. YTD is year to date.

 

The shoot the moon winner is the stashbuster who has the largest negative score for the week, in other words, the one who does the worst job of stashbusting that particular week. That person gets to do our scorekeeping for the next week.

 

I hope this answers your questions! Let us know if you need any more information!

Beth aka basjordan

 

Participants - edited 05/29/10

1wani

annmcc1976

anu-monty

aphelia

basjordan

BigPinkPolkaDot

Bizzyboppers

Braxxi

CLLinda

Crafty Witch

crocheting4mygirls

crochetmouse

DesertCrocheter

dilyca2006

dragonpuck

Ellie 13

fc1123

gshall

ldyer 1

LegalWoman17

lhapsaapsolady

makinofastar

marzee

Mollyanna

MouseCLP

NeedleArts

PAndrus

PBLKNP

pineknott

quietheart

raelynn

sdeepthinker

SKBBamagrl

walker 1021

yarn geek

[PBLKNP]

Okay, I'm a masochist, so I'm going to give this another whirl...unfortunately, I succumbed to the yarn sirens this week and ordered a boatload of Moda Dea Washable Wool from Herrschners, so my total at the start of 2010 is going to be not as great as I had hoped! At least not unless I manage to knit and crochet VERY FAST by Dec. 31! :crocheting:crocheting

[walker1021]

Count me in for the 3rd year in a row!

[miss scarlet]

Iam in for another year.

[CLLinda]

Count me in for my third year, too. I really like this thread.

 

[lhasaapsolady]

Count me in for another year.

[Darciroo]

I'm in for next year. I have soooo much yarn (sigh). Today I organized my projects, it will be fun conquering mount-stash!

[hseger]

I'll be here. It'll be my 4th year busting and my score got better every year. I hope 2010's is a positive end to the year.

[kraftynkrazy]

I will try this for 2010. I have never played before so we will see how it goes.

[Mandii]

Count me in, I need to make my small stash even smaller.

[clocke]

I'm in, but won't start posting until January proper. Just so I won't confuse myself. Lol!

[usarmychick]

I think I will give this a try! I don't have a huge stash but it will surley get me in the habit of using what I have before getting more.... OR so I hope.... LOL

[Needle Arts]

I'll be back also. My first year I joined late and gave up in frustration when I felt too much pressure. Then decided to laugh at myself and just have fun with projects I might not have otherwise tackled and got a lot more done for charity. I've made good progress this year but still have a large "inherited stash" from my mom that needs to be worked up.

[MouseCLP]

I'm still kinda new here, and I've been reading some of the 2009 Stashbusting CAL posts. I'm thinking I might join the 2010, but I have a pressing question.

 

I have tons of yarn that is on huge cones. I'm talking about those ~12" high x ~12" diameter cones. How would that figure in to the count? Maybe weigh the finished project and if it's at least 4 oz, count it as a ball, at least 8 oz could count as a full skein?

 

Or should I just avoid using those cones for another year?!?

[fc1123]

Nope don't worry about measuring the yarn you have on the cones. All you have to do is worry about buying more yarn and factor that in. You can still use the cones you have and when you use them up they will count as +2 hopefully I'm explaining this right if not somebody will come along after me to explain it better.

[MouseCLP]

Nope don't worry about measuring the yarn you have on the cones. All you have to do is worry about buying more yarn and factor that in. You can still use the cones you have and when you use them up they will count as +2 hopefully I'm explaining this right if not somebody will come along after me to explain it better.

:whewThank goodness! I guess I overlooked the part that said you don't have to count what's already in your stash. So as long as I don't buy any more of those cones, I should be OK. There's no way I'd use one up, even in a year.

 

Thanks, now I'm gonna really consider joining (although I'm notoriously bad about forgetting to update.)

[Abby51107]

Okay, this is my first ever post so I hope I'm doing it right! I'm in, too!

[basjordan]

Okay, this is my first ever post so I hope I'm doing it right! I'm in, too!

Congrats on your first post! It looks good to me! And welcome to Stashbusters!