Stash. Own up if you have any stash of any sort

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Didn't realise that this thread was meant to be just for craft stuff stashing! I thought it was just general stashing.

I'll get me coat..............

In which case, no

Yes, I too have a stash of yarn, but nothing near as much as I used to have when I used to tour around Yorkshire and visit lots of mill shops! I used to Crochet baby blankets and larger ones to use as throws around my home, each one colour co- ordinated to match the decor of the room!
My other stash is my favourite drink that I actually prefare to tea or coffee, Ribena light, no added sugar with Vit C. I get through about 4 large bottles a week, and tend to buy it when its on offer at the supermarket, like it is now, so I have a stash of about 14 bottles of the stuff, about 4 eeks supply, and have saved myself a pound on each bottle by buying it this way!

Glass, containers full of different coloured glass for doing stained glass, along with a box of tools and lead. I even have an electric grinder for getting good edges on the glass. I would like a kiln but they are expensive. Plus two sewing machines for my sewing and boxes of material and stuff. Wool for my knitting Then we have drawing stuff and paper and books. Its stored in the spare bedroom, just like Shysal with no room for guests.

Because we do have guests, although not at the moment, mine is spread around - all tidily in boxes.
I should rationalise it all because a yarn stash can be invasive. It tends to multiply somehow.

I was glad of my stash last night. Ripped out siri top down cardigan, didn`t like it and no short rows so the back neck would have been too low. Bought martin storey regan instead (ravelry) and needed sizes 3.25 and 3.75 straight needles, both of which I had in my needle stash

I did buy a little more to add to my fibre stash yesterday, I wanted to support a `local` small spinning company, john arbon. They were having their open day online, so I spent some money. I won`t stash that fibre away, I think I will spin it and stash it as yarn

While looking for the needles last night, I opened the hand made cupboard doors, floor to ceiling in a bedroom and admired my neatly labelled boxes of stash. It was a very satisfying moment

stained glass, what a beautiful hobby. I saw some being made on tv

I benefited from someone else's stash! Friends (a young couple) moved into a house previously owned by an elderly woman who had died. They called me to come see ... boxes and boxes of thread, elastic, buttons, bias binding, fasteners of all descriptions. I was delighted to take it, sorted what I wanted to keep and donated the rest to the Fabric Art department of a local college. Everyone happy!

I'm quite disciplined, I do like a stash, but I have a small stash of knitting wool, and of course accessories.

Lockdown has unlocked in me a desire to embroider so my embroidery yarn stash is growing. But how else would i be able to choose colours?

I have found some fabulous modern embroidery transfers on Etsy, currently stitching house plant designs on to a cushion cover.

That's all I want to do, I completely lose myself in the process. Who needs mindfulness when you have craftfulness?

yes Crafty, stained glass is a beautiful hobby. I have taught my son and he has now taken it up and put in two stained glass windows in his shed. Looks lovely.

Wool- lots of ends of skeins of sock wool to be made into “scrappy socks” one day
Fabric- made a dress for my grandaughter this week with material that is at least 35 years old!
Ends of curtain material for probably every pair of curtains I have EVER made- don’t ask me why! Cushions??
Card & paper- come in useful for birthdays etc in the last few months!
But my biggest stash is glass! A shed full for glass fusing, but somehow you never have quite the right colour....

My stash is edible.....

craftyone you sound such an interesting person i enjoy reading your posts.

I admit to a stash of fabrics as I love patchwork, dressmaking and sewing in general. I've also a small case of those embroidery transfers which are considered old-fashioned, but I don't care - I think they're lovely.

When I've finished one of my projects I'm going to sew one of those 'crinoline ladies' for a bag front.

Oh heck, in my kitchen I've got a stash of mugs, cups and saucers - I don't really need 20 plus, do I? They give me 'joy' as Marie Kondo says - so I won't be thinning them out anytime soon.

You got me there, huge fabric stash, I am of the firm opinion that fabric buying and sewing are two separate hobbies! I also have a fair amount of colouring books and pencils...oops forgot to mention the button collection

ahh, travelsafar

I have finger joint ache this morning, from cutting out 4 layers of thick woven upholstery fabric at once. The scissors were just right, very heavy tailoring scissors by wrights. All my scissors are hanging on a pegboard in my sewing room ( was a bedroom} I have a stash of scissors, 15 pairs kept only for fabric. All sorts including curved scissors. I also have 3 roller cutters and 3 cutting boards, two of which can clip together to make a board long enough to cut a dress piece. Pattern weights galore, many home made like this and filled with dry sand
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I have a big stash of sewing needles, I remember getting them from america and even so they were very much cheaper. Schmetz for all sorts of different fabrics.

lovebeigecardigan, I did the MK deed with my mugs and dishes a few months ago, then I discovered denby and am now building up a denby stash. Tactile and lovely, they will never go. I need to ignore the denby sales e mails

Anyway stash is a good method of saving, everything I have would be way more expensive nowadays

I have a stash of some of my Medications in case one of them isn’t available.

Fabric, knitting yarn, embroidery thread, Aida, tapestry wool, felting stuff, quilting rulers, scissors, unpickers (!), needles (every sort), paper, card, beads, buttons, ribbon, vintage linen tablecloths, sea glass, more fabric, more yarn ...
My lockdown activity, as well as doing the actual crafts, has been to organise it all - so satisfying to be able to find everything I need!

I tidied up my fabric stash in about January and wish I hadn't because some of the larger scraps of fabric (given to DH for rags) would have been large enough to make face masks.

As soon as you get rid of something you need it

I was going to throw some pretty lawn out last, leftover from making a quick cover for my dressform, I got as far as the bin and turned around, thinking pockets. Then today I ordered a pattern with pockets, must have been serendipity

Tapestry wools, embroidery thread and canvas, fabric remnants, fat quarters, buttons, beads, embellishments, reels of cotton, scrapbooks and scraps, calligraphy pens and paper, watercolour paints and sketch books. All undisturbed for quite some time (the paints not even opened). Knitting wool, but I am at least using that now for making preemie baby clothes while I watch TV.

It all pales into insignificance when compared to the stash of lightly used fitness gear - stepper, hula hoop, rebounder, yoga mat, weights, Zumba shakers, balance ball, and the shoes for hiking, running, Zumba, ballroom etc, etc, that all gather dust in our cellar.

I’m a bit of a hobby tart butterfly.

A stash of jam jars with lids for all the jam I am going to make with fruit from the allotment. And there are cardboard boxes full of jars in the shed.....

loopyloo, making jam, bottling and pickles are such important crafts, saving bounty and saving money. I made 5 500g jars of bottled gooseberries the other week and the rest are almost big enough after the rain. I also have a big stash of jars for preserving fruit (and tomatoes later). I blame my mother, she used to save string and iron wrapping paper, in the lean times after the war was over

Well, I was quite smug because I’ve been using my fabric stash, then I remembered that I have 5 sewing machines, about a hundred wooden cotton reels with the cottons still on, 3 crates of craft stuff paper, lace, used stamps and broken jewellery ready to be used.
Then I looked up at the bookcase and saw about 100 old ladybird books, upstairs I have about 40 jigsaws and in the garage on shelves about 30 crates of vintage crockery.
I’m going to stop thinking about it now.

I never thought of it as a stash but I do have a crafting cabin !

In the house is my wool stash which I try to use up often but there’s always a colour I need that I haven’t got !

In my cabin I’ve got vinyl both self adhesive and htv. I’ve got bags, t shirts, pot holders, cushion covers ready to work on .
I’ve got shelves of beads , stickers , embellishments for card making . Racks of paper and card like a little rainbow .

Add that to a die cutting machine, heat press and new sewing machine .

My newest addition to the crafting stash is fat quarters for face coverings for the family, grandchildren and friends .

wooden cotton reels. Those were the days when we had 4 nails hammered in and got wool and a thick needle and did all that french knitting. We all did it, all the girls came to school with it and we would do it during our breaks

I love reading about the different stashes, now I don`t feel so guilty

making wine is crafting. Does anyone make wine? I used to and offloaded the whole massive stash onto son in law before I moved. I did tell him he could sell the stash, so I did not feel guilty offloading

I am getting rid of my vintage China stash and my needle felting stash. Anyone in Cambridge who wants them? Still have a huge paper crafts and art stash and vintage nature books stash, smaller stashes of wool and fabric and a new lockdown macrame stash.