2020 Stashbusting MAL

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[B][SIZE=16px]2020 Stashbusting MAL Guidelines[/SIZE]

Well, it looks as if this party can get started!! We’ll continue the MAL with anticipation of the site remaining active. :heartpulse:

Guidelines for the MAL are in this [/B]FILE.

Here’s the basics: All yarn in your stash counts. If you have leftovers, it counts as a ball & it’s worth +1 point when you use it up.

Whatever form new yarn comes in (skein, hank, ball, cake, etc.), it’s a skein added to the stash.-2

When a partial skein is used, earn +1 pt. When the remainder of the skein is used(which is now referred to as a “ball”), earn the other point. +1

Remember, this is just a way to keep us mindful to use our stash before buying more.

I do hope you’ll join us!

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Oh - what fun! I was thinking 2020 needed to be a stash buster year for me, this will definitely help! :slight_smile:

Question regarding WIPs - I assume the partial balls in progress don’t count (?), but what about adding new balls to an existing project? :slight_smile:

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Count any skeins or partials used up during the respective week. It’s doesn’t matter if it’s a WIP. If it’s in your stash today and you used it this week, count it.

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This is going to be fun.

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So happy to have you join us @DJM!

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I’m ready to do this, I will use leftovers for charitable projects for the homeless. Thanks for getting me started on a year of stash busting!

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Thanks for joining us @knitter131! Welcome!

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This is encouraging me to use the whole ball instead of stashing leftovers. Yay!

thank you. :wink:

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Excellent idea! I have several WIPs that have been sitting on the shelf far too long and I want to finish them this year! (I’m not not going to try and figure out how this will work with skeins of yarn that I spin from my stash of fiber!)

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[SIZE=18px]Scores for Week 12/29 – 01/04[/SIZE]

Please comment to this thread with your weekly score.

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Surprising I got so much done this week. I finished off 2 skeins of thread, but had to order 2 more. 1 skein on a knitted sweater and 4 balls on shelter mats. Starting the year off on a good note!

WTD +6 YTD +6

Have a happy week!

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I’m hoping to get started stash busting this week. Great job @TexasPurl on our first week. You will definitely get me motivated…

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I had 17 points this week - I was on vacation and very much able to make progress on things. Three pair of socks, mitts, and remainder into a scrappy afghan (four skeins), two shower mitts (one skein plus a little), and a scrappy afghan using 350 grams, which I believe 7 points.

WTD +17, YTD +17

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Woo Hoo @Char!

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Happy to have you with us @DJM! :heartpulse:

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Where is an explanation of how to calculate points?

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In the first post of the thread, click on the word “File”. It will take you to the guidelines for the MAL.

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@TexasPurl - Thanks. I missed that.

I don’t get the point difference between using up a skein or a ball. If you roll a skein into a ball and then use it up, it’s the same thing. What if I wind a skein into a cake? The only time I wind yarn into a ball is at the very end when it is a tangled cake.

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@lovestostitch - I use a simple method. Whatever form the new yarn comes in (skein, hank, ball, cake, etc.), it’s a skein added to the stash.

When I partially use that skein, I earn 1 pt. When the remainder of the skein is used(which is now referred to as a “ball”), I earn the other point.

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Rolled the end of a tangled cake into a ball - 1 point?

I’m making an adult sized pair of pencil socks for my daughter so she can match my grandson. She is a teacher and wants them for Crazy Socks Days.

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