Do you have a wool stash ?

I think am one of the few knitters who doesn't have much of a stash. I used to have a lot of wool however it stressed me having it sitting there but not using it. Now I have the project I'm working on and I have just bought the linen for my next project.
I do have a couple of skeins of hand dyed sock wool in case I feel the need to cast on a pair of socks but that is all.....unless you count my spinning stash, but even that isn't huge, just one wicker hamper full of fibre and one fleece in my shed 😁

After recently becoming a grandma I have started knitting again.

I have now accumulated quite a stash. I always overestimate how much wool I need for a garment and always end up with full balls of wool left over. I have been knitting a few stripey jumpers to use them up.

I keep my stash in an ottoman that I got from Wilko before they shut down. It is similar to this one. It was about £30

www.dunelm.com/product/faux-linen-rectangular-ottoman-1000214113

I don't have a craft room but I would love to have one. If I did, I would take up sewing again. I would be able to leave my sewing machine out all of the time instead of having to put it away off the dining table every day. It is such a faff, I can't be bothered

Parsley3

I have one in a chest in the bedroom. I used up a lot of it a few years ago by knitting a memory blanket with all the leftovers from knitting for my grandchildren. I will continue to add to the blanket now by crocheting a border. The grandchildren love it as it is on the bed they use for sleepovers.

Parsley3 - I also have loads of leftover wool, mainly double knitting.

How did you do your memory quilt? Is it just squares of the same size?

I have mine in a set of plastic drawers works really well. I do have trouble walking past wool in shops and have to stop myself from buying more!! 😂 I am Addicted to buying knitting books on vinted!! ☺️

A few years ago, I gave my stash to Oxfam. Then came Covid. Of course, I wished I still had my stash then, but I still think that giving it away was the right thing to do. And it is building up again now!