Spring Cleaning and De-cluttering

This week I have been thinking about spring cleaning and de-cluttering - but have not actually done any of either yet.  The photos below show the current state of my office.  It could seem organised but I have no idea what is in some of those plastic boxes.

I have been reading James Wallman’s book called Stuffocation which discusses whether having  experiences is more fulfilling than acquiring possessions.  I have got too much stuff but I find it hard to get rid of  - particularly yarn. I remember reading an article in Slipknot – the Knitting and Crochet Guild magazine – about someone who carefully stored her yarn and even had a box labelled something like “yarn that is too short to do anything with!”  I am not that bad – I do throw away odd bits of yarn – but I suppose they could be used for stuffing!!

At the moment I am consoling myself with the fact that so far this year I haven’t bought any yarn.  This state of affairs will not continue for much longer as I am in the process of planning another project which will require new yarn. 

I will try to use up some of my yarn stash this year – but I agree with what the knitwear designer, Sally Melville said about using up odd balls – the first thing you need to do is go out and buy some new yarn to pull the design together!