Wendy and L-B have a great idea, and I'm always up for tagging along with great ideas. Knit from your Stash '07 sounds like a great way to knit through my collection of yarn.
It's my way or else! (But I snagged these from The Crafty Otter , hee, hee!)
2.a. Sock yarn does *so* count. It doesn't in the original rules, but it will in mine. I have enough sock yarn to knit for a small army. (me too)
2.b. I may buy yarn to knit specific gifts for specific people, as long as that person is not me!
2.b.i. I may purchase yarn to be given as a gift, as long as the recipient is not me!
2.c. If I am knitting something and run out of yarn, I may purchase enough to complete the project.
2.d. I get two "Get Out of Jail Free" cards - the original challengers/challengees only have one each - I am running this for a whole year, after all, and would hate to go to Shepherd's Harvest or any other fiber festival with zero purchasing power. (very good idea, Ms. Otter)
2.e. I will start learning to weave this year, as I did buy a rigid heddle loom in November. I can buy yarn for a specific weaving project, as required, immediately before that project is due to start. I will most definitely *not* build a stash of weaving yarn!
3. I am allowed to receive gifts of yarn.
4. Spinning fiber of any sort is exempt, but I will try not to increase the size of my stash in this time.
Of course, that means I have mere days to shop. What? There's nothing in the rules that says I can't increase the stash before Jan 1.
This December I've been amassing yarn as if it was on the endangered species list. There's Malabrigo kettled dyed pure Merino wool in purple, red and green skeins. There's 4 skeins of Noro -Silk Garden for a wrap, a skein of regular Noro for a hat, a skein of Grignasco Merino-Silk lace-weight, maybe for a baptismal shawl or dress for our baby girl (only 4 months to go). I also picked up a skein of Opal sock yarn and a skein of hand-dyed Great Adirondack sock yarn (70%superwash merino/20% silk/10% nylon) and 2 skeins of Schaefer "Helene" (50/50 silk/wool) in the Clara Barton color. I also picked up a set of Brittnay DPNs. I've never worked with them, but I figured I really should give them a try.
And then I received a nice coupon in the mail for Gruber's Quilt Shop, which is also where I buy most of my yarn. I picked up more than enough yarn (the pretty heathered blue Cascade 220) to knit a sweater out of Alice Starmore's Fisherman Sweaters book and of course more sock yarn, Schaefer Yarns "Anne" (60% superwash merino, 25% mohair, 15% nylon).