First you must admit your problem:

We oppose hoarding and collecting yarn on the principle that:

1. it is an ugly, capitalist, materialistic, and bourgeois habit;

2. there is only so much yarn any one person needs to own at any given time, and we grieviously exceed that threshold;

3. in light of the fact that yarn production can be so harmful to the environment and/or animals, hoarding yarn cannot be justified;

4. if money spent on such yarn is in superfluity, it would better be donated to a worthy cause; and

5. yarn stashing breeds unnecessary guilt and pressure ("Must hide from significant other"; "Must catalogue yarn stash"; "Must undertake stashbuster project to make something I don't ever plan to use").

"Steps":

1. Admit addiction. Post on your blog with disconcertingly honest pictures of your yarn stash -- every last bit of it, and count each ball and post that number for the world to see. Then state as follows: "I, [username], have a yarn addiction problem and I want to stop it."

2. Take the pledge: You will not buy new yarn -- not a single ball or hank or skein -- until your stash is reduced by at least HALF (hence, the ball-count in step 1). NO MATTER HOW CHEAP IT IS. NO MATTER HOW LOVELY IT IS. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THE COLOR. NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU FEAR THAT THE COLOR/YARN WILL BE DISCONTINUED. NO NEW YARN, PERIOD. Depending on the size of your stash, you may wish to pledge to a higher threshold (e.g., 75%) before you may allow yourself to purchase new yarn.

3. All setbacks shall be divulged on the thread and blog.

4. All successful stashbusting projects shall be posted on blog and/or linked to the thread.


* Members need not necessarily subscribe to every single one of Y.U.'s marxist-hippie beliefs, but must pledge to sustain the spirit of Y.U., which is simply not to hoard yarn.

** Members may not "bring beer" to the webring. 'Lokee what nice yarn I got, and all on sale too, click here!' is unacceptable Y.U. behavior!"