I love playing stash games. It’s where my online friends and I having a sewing/knitting/crocheting/spinning contest to see who can get the most “stash” used up in a month. You usually get minus points for buying fabric/yarn/roving, and you get points for yardage, skeins, etc. You also get points for hours spent knitting/crocheting/handwork. Extra points are given to diaper related items. (Since it is a diaper sewing board, after all.)
It has long been my goal to make it to the top 3 of one of these contests, and I may make it this month. (I’m always 5th, no matter how I try!). There is not prize except for first place this time, but I don’t think I can catch the person in 1st place.
But I have been busy.
I mean, I’m making diapers for twins here. I have one color left, the periwinkle with burnt orange snaps. There are a few days left of the month. O, and I want to make the “prize” for my blog giveaway next week, and maybe work on the kids’ Christmas p.j.s . There’s 2 days left in the month, right? PLENTY of time. (insert eye roll here.)
Miracles of miracles, I am in 2nd place in the game, as of last night. I passed the person who was in second. (Who ironically used to work as a t.a. for one of my uncle’s who is an entomology professor.) I have 475 points and she has 424. The person who is in first has 630 points. I get about 12 points a diaper, so yeah. That most likely will not happen. I am almost done with one of my nieces/nephews’ baby blankets, and that will be big points (like 20-30) but I still have maybe 5 hours of knitting left. Just something else to squeeze in!
Please. Please. Don’t come to my house right now. You have no idea how messy it is. There is laundry to be folded, and the kitchen floor needs to be mopped so badly! I’ve managed to stay on top of the dishes most of the time…but the dust is starting to stack up.
Just 2 more days, and the big cleanse can start. Until then, only visitors holding supper in their hands, offering to take my children and leave a maid are welcome. 😉
Penny says
November 28, 2009 at 6:23 pmOh, I would be SO negative this month if I did this, because A) I’m done with diapers B) Joann’s had some fabulous fabric sales on Black Friday, and C) when I was in Michael’s last week, they had bright red christmas yarn on sale for 29 cents a skein…I bought 6. Good luck, and I’ll call you after the holidays. (I have my own kids jammies and other stuff to do before christmas, too!)
j&kronnevik says
November 28, 2009 at 6:37 pmGood luck!