I will buy no yarn in June or July

There. I told Peter, I told Bundy & Kid, and now I've told the bloglanders. I WILL BUY NO YARN IN JUNE OR JULY. Nor any knitting needles, pattern books, magazines or other knit-related accessories. In fact, I may just have to ground myself from even visiting my favourite LYS because I have basically no willpower when I go there. Like zero - I have spent my last $5 on half-price sock yarn just because it was half price. No more of that. Discipline!

'Cuz, here's the thing. Peter and I want to live together. Soon. Then we can be married (JOY!) and all live happily ever after, etc. But this living together thing ain't cheap, and sacrifices need to be made. I currently have 4 almost-full-to-the-brim Rubbermaid totes (big'uns) full of stash. I have stash in my trunk and stash on my bookshelves and somewhere in my closet is stash I was looking for in the totes and couldn't find. So. I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE YARN. Not for the foreseeable future, as I also have a huge project list which will entail knitting up a lot of that stash.

However. (or, if you prefer, BUT - - - )

August is my birthday and also our vacation to Manitoulin Island. While we are at Manitoulin I will be visiting the fine proprietress of Freshisle Fibers, to get more of her lovely Suffolk wool. Maybe even the watermelon sock yarn, if she ever catches up her Harlot-induced glut of orders. :) And for my birthday I totally intend to ask - maybe even beg - for gift cards at Yarn Forward. Because, simply, I love that shop, and the ladies that run it are my knitting-mentors and also good friends. Plus I have a whack of discount points to use so I want to make the most of it. :)

So in August, yes, I'll be getting some yarn. But otherwise, it's time to be responsible (*sigh*, she said) and look at the bigger picture, which involves things like curtains and throw rugs and probably a few gallons of paint and yeah, the car's going to need new tires by fall, etc. etc. But it's all to the good. I'm looking at it as a delayed Lent season sort of thing. So y'all are my witnesses - knit from stash only for the next two months. Pointe Finale.

Oh, and if the Ottawa SnB gals are reading this - I placed my KnitPicks order in May so it doesn't count. Neener.

Tomorrow will be update on WIP time. I knit my tuckus off this weekend!