2022 Stashbusting CAL (CLOSED)

[greyhoundgrandma]

I got in a little bit of crochet time this week but that skein of baby yarn seems to be never ending.

WTD -6

Edited April 17, 2022 by greyhoundgrandma

[Ellie 13]

Mom and I went to Walmart and they had Red Heart Metallic in white, so I bought 2 (- 4). I made fudge for tonight then 2 more baby hats this afternoon and used a ball (+ 1). So with this mornings score I have 3 - 4 + 1 = 0. Win some, lose some .

WTD: 0  YTD: + 35

  HAPPY EASTER  

Ellie 13

[PBLKNP]

I’m making progress with the corner-to-corner afghan—I’m almost halfway through!  I managed to use up another skein, so:

WTD = +2

[greyhoundgrandma]

WTD scores for the week ending 4/16/22:

Gold Medal Winner: tie-- PBLKNP +2

                                            Jayashiangel +2

Holding steady:

pineknott 0

Ellie 13 0

Shoot the Moon Winner: greyhoundgrandma -6

 

 

[PBLKNP]

Very exciting! Thanks! 

[PBLKNP]

Holding off on the totals, as I may use up one more skein before then.

[pineknott]

another week has gone by with ziltch,nada 

0

Edited April 23, 2022 by pineknott

[Jayashiangel]

Been a little bit longer week for me I had an extra day off due to a doctor's appointment that I had to take off so I had more time to crochet.. was also able to dig around in my yarn closet for some of the older yarn that I don't really care for which is perfect for dog blankets....

Whipped up another pile of doggie blankets...

Hope everyone's week went well now I'm off to work the next 4 days....😭 You tend to get lazy when you've been off for a few days.....

WTD

12 balls = +12

2 skeins= + 4

 

[greyhoundgrandma]

No much crochet time this week.

WTD 0

[Ellie 13]

This week I made 8 baby hats and 7 pocket prayer shawls. I used 3 balls and rolled a skein down (+ 4)  . Then friend asked me if I would make a toddler size afghan (for a 3 yo). I asked her what colors and showed her my stash. She saw 1/2 skein Monet and asked if it was possible to get more, so I got 2 more at Michael's (- 4). I'm going to sort out and get rid of all the useless little balls I have. So most of us seem to be coming up 0  .

WTD: 0   YTD: + 35

Ellie 13

[Jayashiangel]

6 hours ago, Ellie 13 said:

This week I made 8 baby hats and 7 pocket prayer shawls. I used 3 balls and rolled a skein down (+ 4)  . Then friend asked me if I would make a toddler size afghan (for a 3 yo). I asked her what colors and showed her my stash. She saw 1/2 skein Monet and asked if it was possible to get more, so I got 2 more at Michael's (- 4). I'm going to sort out and get rid of all the useless little balls I have. So most of us seem to be coming up 0  .

WTD: 0   YTD: + 35

Ellie 13

Hey Ellie

I was curious at what you mean by useless little balls? Because sometimes the little balls are good for various small projects also depending on how much they are you can make smaller crafts... When all else fails you can chop them up and find an area in your yard to put them in something and birds can access and they will take them and use them for their nests... Or if you're looking to donate those to other people they may be interested in those small balls as well I was just considering what you considered useless?

Edited April 24, 2022 by Jayashiangel

[PBLKNP]

Oh, good, I’m not too late!  I managed to use up one skein this week, so:

WTD = +2

😇

[greyhoundgrandma]

4 hours ago, Jayashiangel said:

Hey Ellie

I was curious at what you mean by useless little balls? Because sometimes the little balls are good for various small projects also depending on how much they are you can make smaller crafts... When all else fails you can chop them up and find an area in your yard to put them in something and birds can access and they will take them and use them for their nests... Or if you're looking to donate those to other people they may be interested in those small balls as well I was just considering what you considered useless?

Have you actually put yarn scraps out for the birds? I did one year, in a suet basket, but ended up throwing them away at the end of the season when they weren't used. Any suggestions on placement or container? We often have a lot of spring rain, so maybe they were wet at the wrong time.

Personally I can't bear to throw out small balls. I'm sure with some it depends on how small the ball is, what color, and what kind of projects they usually do.

[greyhoundgrandma]

11 hours ago, Ellie 13 said:

This week I made 8 baby hats and 7 pocket prayer shawls. I used 3 balls and rolled a skein down (+ 4)  . Then friend asked me if I would make a toddler size afghan (for a 3 yo). I asked her what colors and showed her my stash. She saw 1/2 skein Monet and asked if it was possible to get more, so I got 2 more at Michael's (- 4). I'm going to sort out and get rid of all the useless little balls I have. So most of us seem to be coming up 0  .

WTD: 0   YTD: + 35

Ellie 13

I always enjoy hearing what you've made each week. Your hooks are very busy.

[greyhoundgrandma]

WTD scores for the week ending 4/23/22:

Gold Medal Winner: Jayashiangel +16

Silver Medal Winner: PBLKNP +2

Holding steady:

Ellie 13 0

pineknott 0

greyhoundgrandma 0

No Shoot the Moon winner this week!

[Jayashiangel]

On 4/24/2022 at 7:15 AM, greyhoundgrandma said:

Have you actually put yarn scraps out for the birds? I did one year, in a suet basket, but ended up throwing them away at the end of the season when they weren't used. Any suggestions on placement or container? We often have a lot of spring rain, so maybe they were wet at the wrong time.

Personally I can't bear to throw out small balls. I'm sure with some it depends on how small the ball is, what color, and what kind of projects they usually do.

I have not personally but I've heard that other people have placed scraps out for birds...

However another idea is using the scraps to sew buttons on projects as well as if they're small strands you could always gather them and donate them to a local daycare they could use it for craft projects we used to do that all the time for craft projects

[greyhoundgrandma]

I finally used up the first skein of the baby blanket....+2.

WTD +2      YTD -74

Edited April 30, 2022 by greyhoundgrandma

[pineknott]

Need to get my crochet mo jo back, so here I sit with

  wtd     0     ytd +  92

[PBLKNP]

I confess there was a yarn purchase. I did use up one skein, but went to our LYS for Local Yarn Store day today and picked up 3 skeins of Universal Yarn Uptown Worsted. I’m going to make another small hoodie for our great-granddaughter—the first one has been a big hit! ❤️😎

So:

Stashbuster Total: WTD  -4  YTD  -10

 

[Jayashiangel]

This week I did use up two scrap balls ended up buying six small balls of yarn...+2 used -6 bought =-4?

I never thought I'd have to use math lol you know all the negatives and the positives and all that fun stuff when I when I grew up....

 

[greyhoundgrandma]

WTD scores for the week ending 4/30/22:

Gold Medal Winner: greyhoundgrandma +2

Holding steady:

pineknott 0

A tie for Shoot the Moon winner at -4: PBLKNP & Jayashiangel

[greyhoundgrandma]

YTD scores for the end of April:

Gold Medal winner: pineknott +92

Silver Medal winner: Jashiangel +16

PBLKNP -10

April's Shoot the Moon winner: greyhoundgrandma -74

[PBLKNP]

If it’s a tie for Shoot the Moon, then who does the totals next week? 😎

[greyhoundgrandma]

I can just do it again, no problem. Y'all have been doing such a great job stashbusting, we'll just let YTD trump WTD this time. LOL

[Ellie 13]

Sorry I haven't been here in a while. My little balls are mostly 2 - 3 yards of odd colors. All together they were about a skein (5 oz. +/-). I live in an apartment building, so no leaving it for the birds. In the last couple of weeks, I've been working on a toddler size afghan that needs to be done by the end of Nov. at the latest (got about 1/3 of the squares done). A co-worker wanted a hat and afghan for a baby girl due in Sept. I got the hat done, but I'll need to get more pink and white  for the afghan. I threw out the scraps (+2), used 2 balls (+2) and rolled a skein down (+1).   I finally got some points.

WTD:  + 5  YTD:  + 40

Ellie 13