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To club or not to club

I had pretty much decided I  wasn't going to do a yarn and  pattern club next year. I've loved the ones I've done in the past, but didn't really want to do any of them again. I didn't want to do a sock club, because I'm very happy with my own solo sock mission. This past year I decided not to club, and that was fine. And then I saw this post by  Ysolda : THE YSOLDA 2015 SHAWL CLUB and got a rather excited about the prospect.
Then I thought, "let's check and see the state of the stash. If I've got less yarn than at the start of the year, I'm in. Otherwise I'm not."

 So I went to Ravelry and found my current number, which is: 24796 meters. Which is less than last time I checked, but still not compellingly low. It's not a number that  helps me decide one way or another. I'm going to sleep on it and if I still want to in the morning, I'm in!
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  1. Rosalind Aymes13 December, 2014

    You have 24km of yarn?!?!?!

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  2. Sonia14 December, 2014

    I was waiting for someone to sign up! Do it Sharon, do it!

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  3. Jam Sandwich15 December, 2014

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