spring   |spri ng |  v.  originate or arise from;  n.  the season after winter and before summer.

I realize that summer is a mere 5 days away, but given our cool wet weather, I think we'll be in "spring" for a while yet.  The thing about spring rain is that it makes eveything fresh and clean.  And after the brown of winter it's a welcome change.  Maybe that's why we "spring clean" and purge after the build-up of the winter.

Speaking of spring cleaning and purging, I am confronted with a dilemna.   I was looking in my yarn stash the other day and realized that my stash is rather large.  Realistically, I should not need to purchase yarn for at least two years ... like that will happen!  So, I thought perhaps it is time for a "purge" of my stash.  This is just a glimpse of my stash:

I will admit (with some embarrassment) that there is also a LARGE rubbermaid tub full of yarn from The Craft Shoppe and another box full of Phentex and the bag full of white worsted weight yarn and ... well ... you get the picture. 

My favorite local quilt shop holds a fabric and craft supply stash sale every year over the Canada Day weekend.  You bag up  fabric and yarn and drop it off for a one-day sale.  The proceeds from the stash sale all go to a local women's shelter.  Since this is a good cause I thought maybe I should purge and bag up some yarn to donate to the sale. 

That brought up a whole new issue:  how do I decide what to cull form my stash?  The thing about yarn is that even small or single balls are useful.  What do I do?  Maybe if any of you are needing some yarn for your stash you could let me know, then it would be your problem!  I'm open to suggestions.  For now, I'll just keep knitting....