TOP 10 Reasons Why Knitters and Crocheters Have Extra Skeins in their Stash 1.. Skeins are like potato chips; you can’t have just one. 2. They told their spouse that they use it to stuff their pillows. 3. The pattern went out of style before the knitting began. 4. If knitters/crocheters were reduced to only one skein, their lives would unravel. 5. Bought it for the boyfriend sweater and decided against chancing the curse.

More reasons submitted by other kniters and crocheters.

6. Two words: garage sale

7. It’s on sale, and it’s cashmere. It’d be insane not to get it.

8. They like the yarn, they like the color, there’s got to be a pattern somewhere for it, right?

9. They went on a diet and didn’t need as much yarn to make the sweater after all.

Top reason: Unbridled yarn lust. If you don’t understand, you’re not a real yarn
slut.