As I start 2016 I have taken stock (literally) of all of my yarn and fibre and decided that this is the year that I will go Cold Sheep. Going cold sheep is a commitment not to buy any more yarn (or fibre) and instead work from existing stash.

My stash is of a reasonable size

Stash January 2016

and can be divided out into my weaving stash

Weaving stash January 2016

my dyeing stash

Dyeing stash January 2016

my hand-dyed yarn stash

Handdyed stash January 2016

my commercial yarn stash

Commercial yarn stash January 2016

my handspun stash

Handspun stash January 2016

my undyed single-breed fibre stash

Undyed fibre stash January 2016

and my dyed fibre stash.

Dyed fibre stash January 2016

My plan is to only buy yarn if it is for a commission, and other than that to work exclusively from my existing stash. Unfortunately, as I use up my fibre stash I am generating more yarn and my plan is to knit 300g of yarn for every 300g of fibre I spin (a sweater coming in at about 300g or so). I am also working through my fibre stash chronologically, spinning my oldest fibre first, so expect to see a lot of undyed single-breed fibre being spun soon.