OK, I'm a collecter of eBooks. I have SO many, I probably won't live long enough to read them all (some for 2nd, 3rd, or more times!)
But that's only PART of the eBook thing folks!
Not digressing, but part of the idea:
And because I crochet, I've become a Yarn Addict! I hunt for,collect, sort, trade, give away what I don't want/can't use, yarn! (I think this takes up almost as much time as actually crocheting - or reading eBooks!)
Folks who crochet call having all that yarn 'a stash'. And the bigger your 'stash', the better (you wouldn't belive the size of some -entire rooms full of yarn and threads!) And my stash is probably just as important to me (or more so?) than the items I actually produce using it.
I currently have (in this small apartment!) 12 plastic, see through,covered, storage (of various sizes - half of them large, on wheels!)containers of yarn! (In my own defense, most are only partiallyfull.) A wicker laudry size basket with projects I'm working on now,and a few large plastic bags or yarn to be sorted...
Since I live on a very very low income (879 mo), I scour freecycle,craigs list, and the local Goodwill, etc for free or very cheap yarn, even though I may not currently NEED it; I might need it someday! (Sometimes this low income, stash hunting is not easy considering I'm in a wheelchair and have no car!)
I will even contact people selling yarn and tell them if itdoesn't sell, I'm here with a couple of bucks.
So, I am always looking to expand my 'stash', be it yarn or eBooks!
Yarn Addict = stash
eBook Addict = eBook library
I am just thankful that eBooks take up so little physical space!
(Anyone out there have any yarn or eBooks they don't want???)
Evvy, you live (in Cali no less) on $879 a month? How is this even remotely possible? I'm just astonished by this.
ReplyDeleteevvy, go to http://groups.google.com/ and join rec.crafts.textiles.needlework and rec.crafts.textiles.yarn and let them know that you're willing to give unwanted yarn a good home.
ReplyDeleteI've occasionally mentioned in passing that when I'm having brain-dead days, I crochet baby blankets to donate to the battered women's shelter, and have gotten huge boxes of yarn shipped to me.