Karen Stewart, Author at Grid and Bloom

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Karen Stewart

Making Something Out of Nothing

There are many times when I feel like a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat — when I find myself making something out of nothing.

Like mealtimes, when it looks like there is nothing to eat in the house, and family and friends drop in unexpectedly –Â yetÂ somehow what gets to the table looks fabulous. (This happens occasionally.)
When I need to get ALL the errands run within a short time limit –Â yet somehow I manage to drive the speed limit and still get all the errands done with time to spare.
When I was teaching art and the project for the kids was all wrong and required an instant, on-your-feet adaptation –Â yet it looked great and was easy to explain.

The list seems endless! These can be very stressful situations.

MyÂ Super Power

This making something out of nothing is what I love to do. I love to create things using what I have sitting around the house (often referred to as scraps).

Scrap yarn, scrap fabric, scrap art supplies, scrap odds and ends. Creating something out of what looks like nothing is a muscle which needs exercise. You could say It is a super power that doesn’t require a super suit. Our great-grandparents used this muscle daily during the Great Depression; it was just a part of life.

These days people call it recycling or green living, but it still feels a lot like making something out of nothing.

The Use Your Stash ChallengeÂ is a great way to exercise your creative muscles when it comes to using up your stash of supplies. Give yourself some boundaries (would you even wear crocheted shorts?) and create to your heart’s content!

Creative Months

I often allow myself to be really creative and use all my stash on hand, not just my yarnÂ stash. Doing this helps me to create lovely things for our home. Often, during the Christmas rush, I forget to take theÂ time to make things I like for the house I live in. January and February tend to be a nesting time for me as we pull-in and deal with ice and/or snow storms here in Oklahoma.

Scrap afghans keep me warm while I work on them, and the works-in-progress list gets smaller as the stash is used up. This allows me to make room for new yarns and projects.

Ideas to Get You Started

Here are a few of my favorite scrap projects from my archives and some from Way, way back.

Granny Square Scarf with Scalloped Border — granny square scarf

Some of these next items could be scrap busting projects if you need ideas. I crocheted or sewed all of these. They weren’t necessarily scrap projects but could easily be Use Your Stash projects. There are a bunch of ideas here that you can pick up and go with.

The items above were created out of small bits and pieces of fabric, beads, and yarn. They can all be created out of stash items.

Use Your Stash Challenge

Can you tell that I am trying to get you to join the Use Your Stash Challenge January 2017? It is an excellent way to use up your bits and pieces.

Talk to you later,

Karen

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Karen Stewart

The Merry Christmas Post

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Things are truly crazy around our house lately. We’ve been under the weather with a virus (for what seems like months, but is only a couple weeks) and sticking pretty close to home. I wanted to post a beautiful photo of our lovely tree, all decorated and twinkling, but I’m settling instead for a photo of me wrapped up in an afghan. Yes, that’s how sick we’ve been around here!

I’m writing this a bit in advance because I want to take a mini-vacation; I want to spend time with my family instead of my computer during these few days before and after Christmas. But, I want you, my readers, to know how much I appreciate you!

May God Bless You and Your Family this Christmas,

Karen

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Karen Stewart — 2 Comments

Use Your Stash Challenge 2017

December and January seemÂ to mark the time when I feel an enormous urge to clean up, organize and get rid of junk. This is also a low budget time of year. I hate to donate half used craft supplies (I suspect that the charities I donate to just throw it out) or throw yarn out! Â So, this year, I am hosting a Use Your Stash Board on Pinterest once again for Â the Use Your Stash Challenge 2017.

The Use Your Stash Challenge has been an incredible motivator for me to finish my works in progress that I have sitting around–theÂ half-finished this-and-that items. It also encourages me to work with what I have on hand which is incredibly helpful to our budget after all the Christmas shopping we’ve been doing. Every year I change up the rules to keep myself interested and engaged.

Use Your Stash Challange 2017

One year, I challenged myself to make 100 items in 100 days. It was incredible and so much was completed.

Another year, the challenge was to create 200 items in 200 days–it turned out to be too much and too long of a challenge.

This year the challenge starts January 15 and runs until February 15, 2017. I usually take some time off in late December/early January to spend time with family and to just relax and clean up the studio/house after the holidays and before the stash challenge. This is the time when I pull out all the half-done projects and organize what I plan to do. You should do that too!

I always make rules (you could call them guidelines) that fit what is going on in my stash. If you need different rules, feel free to alter these or make your own. As I have said before, there are no Use Your Stash police, but I do force myself to keep the rules for the time of the Challenge.

I will create a Pinterest Board for all those interested in seeing what others are doing. You can create with any stash you have on-hand at home: arts and crafts, fabric, recycling, paper — anything goes! Signing up for my email list will help me add you to the Use Your StashÂ Pinterest board. That’s where we’ll be showing off all the beautiful items we make from our stashes. I can’t wait to see what you create!

Stash Challenge Rules

These are my rules, for me. You’re welcome to adopt them as your rules, too. I hope you will join me in the final push to finish all those unfinished projects and move them out of the house!

If you want to join the Use Your Stash Challenge – sign up for my email list and send me a Pinterest message on the Use Your Stash Challenge 2017 board. I will be glad to sign you up!

There is no stress in this challenge–it is just for fun. This is a great way to jumpstart my creativity in the New Year and it also forces me to use up my stash. There is also the incredible rush of creativity and accomplishment that comes with finally finishing so many projects.

Talk to you later,

Karen

PS- I’ll let you in on a little secret: I plan projects out ahead. It is just a running list in my mind, but still, it gives me a boost! I don’t start any projects until my designated start time, though. Otherwise, that would be cheating, besides I’m still finishing up Christmas gifts!Â

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Karen Stewart

December Memories

Christmas seems to bring to mind so many memories. This year is no exception as I think about Christmases from the past with my Granny and Papa. It wasn’t often that we saw them in December. Memories of them during the Christmas season are few because we were living in other states and countries for years.

To Grandmother’s House We Go

I do vividly remember one particular Christmas with my Granny — probably because it was the year I was learning to play the bass clarinet. If you’re not familiar with a bass clarinet, let me just say it’s a wind instrument. Looking at it, you wouldn’t think it would be loud. But it is. Especially in small homes filled with people. That year, the band director thought it would be a wonderful idea for us to practice for 21 hours over Christmas break. My horn barely fit in the enormous trunk of my parents’ sea green Pontiac with all the suitcases, but we got it in and made the drive from Denver to Oklahoma.

My Granny and Papa lived on an Oklahoma farm. Which means that while they had chickens and cows, the cows lived in the pasture and the barn was used for hay, not milk cows. The barns were built about the time of the land run. I remember them as old, weathered, and silvery-gray.

Free Concerts

Granny saw the horn and told me that I could practice in the hay barn. It wasn’t really cold, but the air was nippy enough that a coat and hat were in order. I took the chair, stand and huge instrument case down to the hay barn followed by a couple of faithful farm dogs. I played quite a bit that Christmas trying to finish up the 21 hours of practice required by my Band director.

FamilyÂ members would drift down from time to time and listen to me play. It was kind of cool to practice in the big hay barn to an audience of one and a couple of the farm dogs. Except the dogs didn’t hang out for long. But it was cool anyway.

December Memories

Do you have any favorite (or funny) December memories? Tell me about them in the comments, and we can reminisce together. And may you have a very Merry Christmas this year!

Karen

P.S. Don’t forget to sign up for the Use Your Stash Challenge!

P.P.S. She is also the Granny I crocheted countless nose warmers for when I was a little girl (actually a wad of crochet on two strings), which she put into her china cabinet because they were special to her.

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Karen Stewart

Cathedral Window Granny Square Free Pattern

A few weeks ago, a friend brought me an afghan to repair. It was her mother’s favorite and was crocheted sometime in the ’70s. I was fascinated with the pattern as I have never seen a granny square quite like it. I decided to write-up a pattern based on the squares as I repaired the unraveled spots. It’s called a Cathedral Window Granny Square, and I’d like to share that pattern with you today.

(I think I need to show you how to repair afghans because things happen– like dogs– but that is another post, or maybe another YouTube video!)

Cathedral Window Granny Square

As you can see in the photo, this square is done in 4 colors.

Color 1–The first two rounds are a light main color
Color 2– The third and fourth rounds are a medium main color
Color 3– The fifth round is the darkest shade of theÂ main color
Color 4– The sixth round (in the example above) is white.

The yarn in the example afghan is baby weight yarn and the hook used was smaller than a G-size.

Notes:Â

The sample square is crocheted inÂ DK Stylecraft Special
I used a G-size hook and my instructions are in US crochet terminology

Abbreviations:

hdc — half double crochet
sc — single crochet
tc — triple crochet
dc — double crochet
ch — chain

Notes:

This square was crocheted with Stylecraft Special DK Â with a size G hook. The instructions are written in U.S. crochet terminology. I crocheted several different squares using various color yarns. The photos are color accurate. The square will look misshapen until the last round and may still need blocking to get it truly square.

Instructions

Round 1

Using color 1, ch 3 and join into a circle with a slip stitch.

Ch 2 and dc into center of circle, *ch 3 and dc twice into circleÂ (corner loop group created).

Repeat from * two more times, until you have four double crochet groups, ch 3 and join to beginning ch 2Â with a slip stitch (4 corner loop groups created).

Row 2

Ch 2, *hdcÂ into loop group 2Â times, (hdc into space created between 2 dcÂ of previous round). Hdc twice into next corner space (5 hdc created). Ch 4 and continue from * three more times. Join to beginning ch 2 with slip stitch to complete the round.

There should be 5 hdc on each side. Fasten off yarn.

Round 3

Join color 2 at loop group on corner.

Ch 2 (counts as 1hdc),Â hdc into loop group and in each space between hdc across and 2 hdc in corner loop group (8 hdc created per side). *Ch 5, hdc twice into loop group from previous row. Hdc in between each hdc across the side and 2 in corner loop group ch 5. Continue from * two more times. Join to beginning ch 2 with slip stitch.

Round 4

Ch 2 (counts as 1 hdc). Hdc into loop group and in each space between hdc across and 2 hdc in corner loop group (10 hdc created per side). *Ch 2, hdc twice into loop group from previous row. HdcÂ in between each hdc across and 2 in corner, ch 5. Continue from * two more times. Join to beginning ch 2 with slip stitch.

Fasten off yarn.

Round 5

Join color 3 in corner loop group. Ch 2 (counts as 1 hdc) crochet 1 hdc in corner loop group and in each space between each hdc across ending with 2 hdc in corner loop group (total of 14 hdc).

*Chain 5Â and crochet 2 hdc in corner loop and in each space between hdcÂ from previous round ending with 2 hdc in corner loop and ch 3. Continue from * 2 more times. Join to beginning ch 2 with slip stitch. Fasten off yarn.

Round 6

Join color 4 (white) to corner chain loop.

Ch 1, sc in corner loop group, scÂ in next 2 spaces between hdc from previous round, hdc in next 2 spaces. Dc in next 5 spaces. Hdc in next 2 spaces between hdc from previous round. Sc in next 2Â spaces and 2 times in corner loop and then ch 5.

* Sc twice in corner chain loop. Sc in next 2 spaces between hdc from previous round, hdc in next 2 spaces. Dc in next 5 spaces. Hdc in next 2 spaces between hdc from previous round. Sc in next 2 spaces and 2 times in corner loop and then ch 5. Repeat from * two more times.Â Join to beginning ch 1 with slip stitch. Tie off.

Cathedral Window Granny Square is complete.

Pattern based on vintage crochet blanket from a friend.

Posted on December 8, 2016January 10, 2020 by Karen Stewart

Studio Organization for the Crafty Woman

Crafty women sometimesÂ have a different idea of what Girls’ Night Out should look like. I recently visited a close friend who had just moved into her new (to her) house. The last few boxes to unpack were daunting for her as they housed her passion–one of her prime interests in life–her sewing. This has also been her business, and there it was, all boxed up, staring at her. She had so many boxes to go through and found it difficult to decide which one to sort through first.Â All the items in the boxes were quite daunting, too! Some needed to be kept, some needed to be given away, and some just needed to be trashed! I would like to think I helped, but I’m not positive. Much of the time I was there, I was thinking about my own studio organization and how much I really want to work on getting rid of some of my old stuff!

So, in honor of all our unorganized yarn/sewing/craft rooms, here are several organizers and room arrangements that I wish I had in my studio!

Organization Walls

Studio organization bookcases — http://raisinguprubies.blogspot.com/2012/05/cute-place-to-make-stuff.html

(I have no idea where the above photo is from, but it is a great storage idea for my studio which has a slanted ceiling. If you know the correct web address, so I can give credit to the designer of this space, please send me a message!)

Organization Bins

Although this is showing toys and books for children, I can just imagine these bins holding skeins of yarn, scraps of fabric, and opened packages of batting and fleece.

Studio Organization

Pegboard on the wall is a great idea, one which I have already made use of in my studio. Organization needs often change over time, though. I find I must change-up my pegboard every now and then to make it more useful. Honeybearlane.com has some great craft room ideas; I need to ~~procrastinate~~ research a bit more to see what new ideas I can come up with for my studio.

Pegboard Organization

Below is a photo of my downstairs pegboard. As you can see, I am just starting to populate it with hooks and miscellaneous things I need to store. (Notice the magnet board directly below it.) I’m working downstairs more these days because the light is so much better, but I share the space with Hubs, so I need to keep it more organized. I have some really great ideas for studio organization, but no time to implement them. One thing on my to-do list is to paint the pegboard, but for now, I’m thrilled just to have it on the wall.

Use Your Stash

Looking for ways to use up and get rid of your yarn stash? Do you have UFOs (unfinished objects), WIPs (works in progress), and PIGs (projects in grocery sacks) hiding around your home? Then you need to join the Use Your Stash Challenge 2017!Â Be watching this blog — details are coming next week!

Talk to you later,

Karen

Posted on December 6, 2016January 10, 2020 by Karen Stewart

Managing My Life

December always seems to be the time when I take stock and check what I need to change and improve. It seems I mostly do this when I clean for familyÂ visits over the holidays. Are your December days like this, too? I guess it is the feeling of starting a new year, of new beginnings. I look forward to getting organizedÂ and setting up better systems for managing my life and planning for the future. Then I won’t have to struggle so much with cleaning/organizing in the New Year.

Three Areas I Struggle to Manage Well

My Time
Crochet Projects
Family/Work Balance

How I Manage My Biggest Stumbling Block

Managing my time has been a huge stumbling block for me. It seems that something is always in the way of doing what I want to do. I recently had a conversation with our adult daughter which really opened my eyes. I was listing everything I had to do and why it seemed like I never had any time. Along with the list was my chief complaint that I am tired all the time. We talked about it for awhile and, finally, she said, “It sounds like you need a day off.” She was right, but my schedule is too full and too busy with too much stuff going on.

I took a long look at my calendar and started canceling things that were not immediately necessary. Just because something is good doesn’t mean I need to participate. If you take the rock, pebbles and sand analogy too far you can see yourself coming and going. Then there is no time to just be, to just enjoy life. Family, art, and creativity take time; you just have to know how to spend that time. Otherwise, you miss the small minutes that can mean so much. It is possible to structure your time so heavily that you never have time to look at the rainbow. or the flowers. I catch myself not looking my kids “in the eye” and telling them I love them. And I forget: why I started this crafty business in the first place; to tell my husband I love him; to laugh and have fun with my family.

Wow, I forget a lot. It must be the doer/manager part of me that is so strong. If you forget the sweet things in life, then you really don’t have a life!

Three Simple ThingsÂ for Managing My Life

Delegating

I have been delegating more house chores to family members–the kids need the experience and practice, plus the knowledge that cleaning should happen every week. Whenever I can have someone else do a chore, then I do. Delegating to the kids to do their own laundry and “hiring” their help around the house has freed up some of my time and keeps the cleaning chores down to a dull roar for me.

Set Office Hours

I posted my office hours for my online sales venues. This helps customers know that I am not ignoring their comments on the weekend. I am truly off work. I also am ~~trying~~ learning to schedule work time around family/date night/me time. I’m getting better at it. When you work in your living room, your work can become your life.

Work Ahead

In an effort to reduce stress, I am trying to work ahead. From freezer cooking to errands to crochet patterns, I am attempting to work in advance of when it is due. This gives me a little spare time to fight off that cold or welcome the new Grandkids that arrive unexpectedly.

Now if I can just get my Christmas/Birthday shopping and card buying done early too!

You notice I did not say one word about crocheting, organizing yarn, or using my stash yarns. That’s because my focus this month is on using my stash yarn. Be watching for a post next week when I tell you all about the Use Your Stash Challenge because we must, after all…

Shop Our Stash First!

Already, I am getting so excited about it–I can’t wait to get started! I want to see all of your projects and ideas, and I can’t wait to feel the excitement as we all work through our stash and WIP’s (works in progress).

Talk to you later,

Karen

Posted on December 1, 2016January 10, 2020 by Karen Stewart

Organizing New Ideas for Future Crochet Projects

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Sometimes, when you get new ideas for future crochet projects, you aren’t ready to start working on them right away. You need time to think about them — to refine and perfect them — until you’re ready to begin the project. So, how do you keep those new ideas stored and organized until you are ready to start working on them? I have several things which I do that help me keep new ideas in mind.

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1. Take a Photo with My Phone

I will take pictures of things that inspire me or trigger ideas in my mind. My phone is usually always with me and a photo is worth 1,000 words. The thin and thick stripes in this wrapping paper would make a great crochet blanket, scarf or sweater.

And here’s an example of a striped fabric that caught my eye. I like the colors in this, although they do seem a bit dark. The widths of the various stripes and the color sequence would lend themselves easily to being repeated in an afghan.

This blanket was inspired by the yarns within it since they inspired me to see the Autumn landscape of Oklahoma: the browns of the plowed fields; the golds and rusts of the trees; the blue from the sky and lakes; and the green of the old dried grasses in the pastures.

2. Pin It to My Secret Pinterest Inspiration Board

Yes, I do have several secret boards. (Doesn’t everyone?) If it is online, I will pin it to my secret inspiration board which no one else has access to. When you choose to create something based on what someone else has created, you need to be very careful about claiming too much of their work as your own. You can use it as a springboard to a new idea, but downright copying and passing it off as yours is piracy. Â While I do have a secret Pinterest board, it isn’t filled with just other’s work — it has photos of color mood boards, stitches that I want to try, and other things that I think will make beautiful projects.

3. Go “Old School” (Paper and Pencil) and Write the New Ideas Down

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Often, I will draw out new ideas or write them down. I find this method increasingly hard to manage, though, as papers tend to get shuffled and lost. Here’s an example of a couple of my composition books (link) (which I love!) full of ideas and crochet patterns.

I also love the post-it note brand of tabs (link) and Post it note file folder labels (link). I use them to mark the beginning of each pattern or idea that I put in the composition book. It helps keep the patterns organized and easy to find.

Another thing I use all the time is a legal pad (Link) and clipboard (link). I write the pattern and notes furiously and then flip the pages. You can even see the paper sometimes in the background of my photos. Nearly every pattern I write has its beginnings on paper in some form. I always try to date and take progress photos as I work. This helps me keep track of how I put it together as well as document my thought processes. This all translates to detailed patterns, with photos, for you!

4. Pin It to a Real Life Bulletin Board or Magnet Board

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Sometimes I’ll see a photo in a magazine I own, or maybe the colors in fabric or yarn in my stash will catch my eye. When that happens, I will actually pin the photo or the materials to a bulletin board. I haven’t been doing this as often as I have been taping them into the composition book. The book is working better for me at this time, since I don’t have a dedicated working space. I often find myself in my chair, at the dining table…basically, working all over the house.

How Do You Save Your New Ideas?

Now that you’ve read about the methods that I am using right now, I’d love to know what you do to keep your ideas organized. Leave a comment below to start the conversation!
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Talk to you later,

Karen

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Karen Stewart

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

There is so much to be thankful for this year. Family, friends, food, a roof over our heads. I can’t even begin to list all of the things I am thankful for.

I am praying that you and yours are having a wonderful Thanksgiving this year.

It is too easy to get caught up in all the things to do. I am writing this a week ahead, because, like you, I have too much to do and too little time. Just this morning I was writing on the legal pad where I write my to-do lists…

The Giant Pre-Thanksgiving List

It had all the regular things on it, like:

Cleaning

Bedrooms
Kitchen
Refrigerator
Bathrooms
Attic storage roomÂ (“Huh?” you say. Well, this room was the studio at one point and needs a deep clean)
Living room, sunroom, etc…

I take before and afters so I can tell that I am actually doing some good. This is the before of our coffee table. It is usually buried in yarn, books, and papers. One of the hazards of being a creative person.

Planning

Make a menu for Thanksgiving weekend
Plan a menu for next week
Figure out the food for the weekend (because there are food allergies involved)
Figure out when my brother and his family are coming

Shopping

Go Christmas shopping with Mom
Go get the cookie ingredients
Get the Thanksgiving food bought

The List Seems Endless

It also had things like:

Finish the week strong with Angie’s schooling
Do the Dogs need their shots? Schedule vet appointment
Fill the holes in the yard the dogs dug
Mow the yard (yes, I know it is November, but this is Oklahoma and it’s 80 degrees today)
Rearrange the furniture in the den (guests are coming; need the floor space)

I did get one of our dogs in to the vet for her check up and she is doing fine. Here she is relaxing while waiting for the vet. We will take the other after Thanksgiving.

If I get really OCD, I will rewrite the huge list into an even bigger list with the smallest possible job increments and color code it with the most important stuff first. I will also portion out the work over the week so no one is completely overwhelmed. This is also when I delegate all the jobs from stuffing the turkey and mopping the floors to changing the towels.Â I know this is all crazy when you add in the Chocolate Dog Studio business stuff. I feel totally overwhelmed, yet thankful…

Very, Very Thankful…

We can get all of these things done
We are so blessed to have each other
To have friends and family come and visit us in our introvertednessÂ (we overdose on Thanksgiving weekend and spend the next month getting over it–not really, but it does feel like we have overdosed.Â :0) )
For our grandchildren
To be able to cook, clean and go where we want to go
To sleep each night in safety
For dogs that bark in the night and keep us upÂ (at least we can hear them!)
For kids that leave dirty clothes on the floor (I mean– we have clothes, and a floor to leave them on, and a way to get them clean)

Wow, that list is amazing! I am sure you have your own list of Thankfulness. I am not really usually this cheerful but being thankful is something I am working on daily.

Talk to you later,

Karen

P.S. I am taking some time off– I’ll see you back here December 1st. Have a great holiday weekend!

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Karen Stewart

Crochet Planning Worksheets

The past several weeks have passed in a blur of activity. I really feel this Lord of the Rings meme is accurate because I want to say…

This is really how I usually feel around this time of year. Christmas is looming, and those of us who have small retail businesses are run right off our feet.

Thanksgiving means family gatherings and creating good food–tons of good food. The past four years have seen an influx of people to my home as my brother and his family come down to visit, and my college-age daughter’s friends come to stay for the weekend (they are too far away to go home for the weekend). Toss in Black Friday, managing an Etsy shop with after-Thanksgiving sales, cold weather, house cleaning, and cooking for everyone and life just gets really busy and really interesting.

Who am I kidding? It’s not just me — we are all run off our feet with time commitments: school, church, family, friends, decorating, grocery shopping, gift buying. I have to work hard at staying organized; I have forgotten about people during Christmas: family, small children in my home, {gasp!} my dear daughter. It was awful! I stayed up until after 3 AM sewing and beading a small denim dress for her “Santa gift” and scrounging through my stash of cool mini-gifts that I kept at the time. I decided then-and-there that I will never again forget anyone — and then I did it again. Twice. So now I work really hard to make lists, and I make sure my family sends me emails with their gift lists.

This year is no different. I am procrastinating instead of getting the housework Â (or anything) done. Instead, I’m thinking of post-Thanksgiving when I will get to sit around and crochet. I’m also thinking about how some of you may be just like me. So, I created a couple of organizers to help you keep your crochet organized. These worksheets are my Christmas gift to you. They areÂ yours free when you join my email list. If you are already a member don’t worry about it, they are coming to you in the next newsletter!

The first one helps you figure out if you have enough yarn in your stash for your next project. The second one helps you create a shopping list for what you still need to buy after shopping your stash.

I finally put down on paper what I do when I plan an afghan using my stash yarn! I wish I had started doing this years ago. This worksheet will be an incredible help as you plan out your future projects.

Talk to you later,

Karen