Typical?

When I read fiber artists blogs and browse Ravelry, I sometimes feel out of place.  Yeah I'm a fiber artist: I prepare and spin fiber into yarn, I knit, I have crocheted (though that has been awhile) and I have made many hand made fiber products.  Where I sometimes feel like I don't fit in is that I don't have a stash of yarn.

Here is my stash of yarn:

That's not really a stash.  I've read about storage containers and closets and rooms full of yarn.  My 4 skeins and a few left over skeins isn't really that big of a stash.

I don't have several WIPs (works in progress) sitting around.  This is all the knitting I have going on:

It's an ear flap hat, almost done.

I have no other yarn around my house.  That's it.

I tend to work on one thing, get it done, then move onto the next thing.  And all my yarn is my own creation, so I don't have purchased yarn that sits waiting for inspiration.  But since I do the entire process, I tend to spin what I need to knit, then knit, then start over with a new project to spin.

What I do have is a stash of fiber.... hmm stash might not even be the word.  My kids would say I have a fiber hoarding problem:

Yeah.  I know.  You caught me!   There are bags and containers and boxes and a good chunk of my fiber room.

Since I am almost done with the ear flap hat, it's time for something new.   And I am pretty excited about it!  I spent the weekend spinning the yarn.  I plan to knit it while waiting for the kids at school pick up!  I'm pretty excited about this idea.  Of course, more on that another day :)