Stash Knitting '07

One of the knit blogs I read regularly is Wendy Knits!. She and a friend have decided to seriously attack their yarn stashes by not buying more yarn for the first nine months of the year. I've decided to join them because I've acquired a bunch of yarn, and I've not managed to knit much of it. As such, here are the rules that I am following, adopted from Wendy's rules:

Knit From Your Stash 2007: Guidelines for Krista

1. The Knit-From-Your-Stash-a-Thon will start January 1, 2007 and run through September 30, 2007 -- a period of nine months (eep!).

2. I will not buy any yarn during that period, with the following exceptions:
a. Souvenir/vacation yarn does not count.
b. If I am knitting something and run out of yarn, I may purchase enough to complete the project.
c. I get one "Get Out of Jail Free" card -- I am allowed to fall off the wagon one time.

3. I am allowed to receive gifts of yarn.

I also plan on not knitting much for others. I said that this year would be my year of selfish knitting, and instead, I've ended up knitting less because I started so many things for others that I hadn't planned on doing. The fact that no one else will love my knitting as much as I will keeps slipping my mind, and I need to make it my knitting mantra. It would probably also behoove me to join a few knitting groups and go regularly. So that's my plan.