Weekend of Being the Good Yarn Witch

This weekend I had the wonderful experience of offering 10 tubs of coned yarn in my basement for free (recipients pay postage) to the whole world. After making a couple of posts on ravelry, photographing most of the cones and then entering them on my stash pages, most, if not all of the yarn is now claimed. It was amazing to see how people jumped at the chance and were very gracious about it. There is a whole group of ladies in the UK who all seemed to want the same color of yarn. Fortunately, I had enough of that color for all who asked for it.

This week I will learn the ins and outs of flat box shipping, custom forms, and the like. The people at the post office will get to know me a little better after I ship out the 45+ boxes!! What yarns that were not claimed by individuals, will go to a non-profit organization in NH that is teaching people with disabilities how to weave. All those people will be happy and I can then use the tubs for storage of things that have been just lying around in the cellar.

As I went through the tubs, I came upon some yarns that I still saw as treasures. However, I realized that they didn't have the same allure for me anymore and that it was time to let them go to homes where they would be used and appreciated.

I really had a blast doing and I know that I will have as much fun packing it all up and sending it off to different parts of the planet.