Knitting Magazines.

Four back issues of Vogue Knitting's dreadful Knit.1. Sold to a colleague through the ICN for $2.00 each.

I really, really, really hate the designs in this magazine. I used to like them. Now I just find them so tacky!

Fabric. (Yes, still more fabric.)

Three pieces of fabric, sold to a colleague.

Quilting cotton with tools on it, black stretch velour (maybe from my old roommate?) and grey leopard-print fleece. I've never even come up with ideas for what to do with these.

Fabric.

Two pieces of fabric. Sold to a colleague.

More stuff from Fabricland—a piece of black denim (too small to do anything cool with) and a piece of weird stretchy red polyester that sort of changes colour in the light. Exceptionally ugly.

Fabric.

Three pieces of polyester dress fabric. Sold to a colleague who is just learning how to sew.

These pieces were out of my stash from when I worked at Fabricland. None of them speak to me anymore. My sartorial choices have definitely... Matured.

Knitting Book.

Yes, yet another knitting book: Vogue Knitting's Very Easy Knits. Sold in via the ICN at work for $15.00.

Yup, still getting rid of lots of knitting patterns. So freeing!

Patterns.

Two patterns, sold to a colleague for $4.00.

Some more patterns that I will never make. Off they go to a fellow seamstress!

Here's my yard sale and here's the free-for-all!

Fabric.

Pink gingham and black and grey damask stretch fabric, both given to Kari.

OK, first of all, can we talk about how freakin' cute Kari is? Go ahead, I'll wait.

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Seriously, she's ridiculously adorable and so photogenic. I love the pictures she takes for the blog and it's cool that she's in one of mine now! She was helping to motivate me to clean while I was packing and purging, and took these two pieces of fabric. Now that I think about it, I think the pink gingham would make a really cute top from one of those patterns I gave her that I posted about yesterday. I never used it for anything because although it's a knit it doesn't really stretch. The black and grey damask I've had for years; I used part of it to cover three 10"x10" stretchers to use as art in my new apartment, and Kari is possibly going to use the rest for part of her Hallowe'en costume. Hooray!

Patterns.

Two sewing patterns, both about ten years old, given to Kari.

More stuff from when I worked at Fabricland. I got these with the "free pattern a month" deal staff had at the time—not sure if that's something they still do or not. If you work at Fabricland, I hope that's something you get! However, I'm never going to make these. Hopefully Kari will!

Book.

Knitting in the Nordic Tradition by Vibeke Lind. Sold to a colleague via the ICN for $5.00.

This was the first knitting book I ever purchased. This was back in the days before knitting was the hot new thing and I was looking to learn the basics. This book taught me absolutely nothing, nor did it have any projects in it. Knowing what I know now I would never have gone to Chapters looking to learn how to knit.

Knitting magazines and book.

OK, so it's not technically tomorrow yet, but I can't sleep so I figured I'd make my morning routine a little lighter and put this post up 18 minutes early. Sue me.

Knit.1 Spring 2005, Family Circle Easy Knitting and Crochet Holiday 2004 & Fall 2005, Get Creative July 2005, Vogue Knitting International Summer 2005 & Spring/Summer 2006, Interweave Knits Fall 2005 & Spring 2006, Better Homes & Gardens Hip Knits. Sold via the ICN at work.

I realized just how much space these books and magazines were taking up. I made a PDF of the patterns I wanted to keep, then sold off the bulky books.

Fabric.

Cotton and flannel fabrics. Sold to a colleague for $10.00.

Ten years ago I worked at Fabricland. While I worked there, I bought a lot of fabric. I have sewn very few things with that fabric in that time, and I now feel like I can finally let it go. This is the first batch of what I am sure will be a lot more.

Teresa is a quilter and will use all of these fabrics where I can't.

Knitting needles.

Knitting needles of various gauges. Gave them to Kari.

In my seemingly never-ending purge of stuff I don't want to move, I went through my knitting needles and realized I had duplicates and triplicates of needle sizes. So off they go to another knitter!

Book.

The Encyclopedia of Crafts For the Weekend Crafter. Sold via the ICN for $2.00.

Like I've already said, I have to many craft books and there is so much available for free online that I don't need these. I feel like I probably could have gotten more than $2.00 for this though. Shoot.

Duct tape dress form.

Yup, that sure is a duct tape dress form. Put on on the curb on garbage day.

My friend Kym helped me make this, and of course after I had been talking about making one for years, as soon as it was finished I went and lost weight so that it's too big for me.

I may try my hand at making one again, but it's probably going to wait until I have an entire craft room it can live in.

Books.

Sewing 911: Practical and Creative Rescues for Sewing Emergencies (Barbara Deckert), 24-Hour Sewing Projects (Linda Causee), and 101 Crafts Under $10: Easy-to-Make Ideas For Gifts and Home. Sold via the ICN for $2.00 each.

With the wealth of pattern and crafty ideas that are available online, do I really need stuffy pattern and craft books collecting dust on my shelves? Probably not.

Book.

Bend-the-Rules Sewing: The Essential Guide to a Whole New Way to Sew, by Amy Karol. This book was practically new. I sold it via the ICN for $10.00.

I bought this because I am obsessed with craft books, but once I got it home I realized that it didn't actually have any projects in it that I wanted to make.