Yarn, Organized

      A hat I'd knitted a number of months ago disappeared for a while.  It is a gift for a family member and the person's birthday is approaching, so it was becoming more important to find it.  I even started knitting a contingency hat. 

     I finally found the lost hat, at the bottom of a box of yarn.  Huzzah. 

     While I was rummaging in the yarn box, I pulled all the boxes out and organized all the yarn.  I sorted by weight and then sorted the fingering weight by content, since that's what I have the most of.  Before, the yarn was all just sort of in the order I'd bought stuff.  Organizing it was a task I'd had on my to-do list for a while, so I got the satisfaction of checking it off.

     I mentioned to someone (someone with a fabric stash) that I'd done this task and she asked if I found any yarn I'd forgotten about.  I found just one ball of yarn I'd completely forgotten I had.  Such is the power of having filled out a Ravelry stash inventory.  As a bonus, the yarn was in a colour I'd been thinking of buying.  Electric blue, if you were wondering.  

     I matched up three more patterns with yarn I have and put them in my Ravelry queue.  I think most of the yarn is matched with patterns now.  It's just a matter of getting around to actually knitting it up to reduce the amount on hand.