The Tale of Two Stashes

   Once upon a time, there was a crafty woman who had a large yarn stash. It was totally unorganized, and spread over several rooms in her little house. She was quite happy with this arrangement, and her beloved husband didn't complain, much.

   One day, the couple decided to refinance their mortgage. Who knew what a can of worms this would bring to their happy home? They had refinanced once before, and the bank only wanted to view their house from the outside. This time, however, the evil Queen was running the show at the bank. And so it came to pass that the bank wanted to see inside their happy home. Panic ensued, and the husband told the crafty wife that her stash must go!

   He told her to take it to her friends house, temporarily. So she put all her beloved yarns into big heavy bags, and packed up her Jeep with her stash. She made the long trek across the main road of their little town, to her friends house. This friend, Bonny, had generously agreed to house the stash in her craft room. Imagine! Bonny has a whole room in her house dedicated to crafts!

   So Bonny made room in the craft room for her friends beloved stash. The inspection came and went, and the stash stayed there. To this day, the stash is still there! When the crafty woman re-organized the part of her stash that was still at home, she put all the current yarn into Ziploc Flexible Totes. She even bought extra ones for the part of the stash remaining at Bonny's house. She and Bonny not only put the stash into the totes, they organized it by color! Darks in one tote, and lights in the other tote.

   So the stash is still at Bonny's house. The stash that remains at home has grown. There are now three of those totes, full of yarn, as well as more bags and boxes that never got sorted or organized. Someone needs to explain to the crafty woman how yarn can multiply all on its own.

   When the happy couple moved to Fishkill for the winter, last year, of course some of the home stash went too. And in Fishkill it multiplied too! Of course, there was a LYS (local yarn store) nearby. However, the stash managed to make it all the way home, intact.

   So, sometimes the crafty woman goes to visit her friend, and her yarn stash. So far, Bonny's husband hasn't complained about the extra yarn.


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