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!

Books.

Terry and the Pirates, The Back Rub Book (Anne Kent Rush), and Grimm's Grimmest. Sold to @map_maker via my Twitter #YardSale.

Three more books that were going unused by me. Bye bye!

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!

Magazine boxes.

Ikea Flyt magazine boxes. Gave them to the same girl I gave the magazine back issues to a little while back.

Since I got rid of so many magazines, and I rarely buy magazines anymore, I gave these away. That felt really good.

Film darkroom supplies.

Film processing tank and reals, tongs, static cloth, grain finder, lunchbox. Given away via Freecycle.

I left journalism school in 1999. I have moved this lunchbox ten times, thinking that someday, someday, I would have a film darkroom of my very own. It's still a dream of mine, but I refuse to move these items an eleventh time. I figure that by the time I can afford a house that has a darkroom, I can afford to replace these. This was a very difficult thing to let go.

Magazines.

Only a small portion of what I actually gave away.

Over 200 back issues of various magazines. Gave away via Ottawa Freecycle.

When my ex moved out two years ago, one of the things he left behind was over 10 years of back issues of Harper's. (He didn't just, like, leave them here, we're friends and he left them for me to read.) Well, after two years of not opening a single one, it was time for them to go. Which was also the perfect opportunity for me to purge out some of my other magazine back issues.

CD.

Heart, A Lovemonger's Christmas. Sold to @renmarshall via my Twitter #YardSale.

I got this CD when I worked at XFM or Y101. I don't even know why I picked it up. It's never been opened.

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.

Cookbook.

More No-More-Than-4 Ingredient Recipes: The Kitchen Klutzes' Cookbook by Joy Gallagher Douglas. Gave it to Jaime.

My mom gave me this cookbook when I first left for university oh-so-many years ago. I have copied the recipes that I want to keep and it was time for the book to find a new home.

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.

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.

Book.

Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imagination (Helen Fielding). I gave it to Leigh.

I don't often reread fiction, but in this case I never even finished reading it. I put it down one day, didn't pick it up for a couple of days, and then realized that I didn't care. Thank goodness Leigh reads more fiction than I do.

Book.

The Sierra Club Summer Book. I gave it to Kari.

I bought this book in the winter with the specific idea of doing activities in this book with Kari. So I figured I would give it to her because she has more spare time than I do to coordinate such activities.

Books.

Women & Fiction: Short Stories By and About Women (Susan Cahill, ed.) and Eva Luna (Isabel Allende). Gave them both to Leigh.

As I am packing my bookshelves I am realizing that books that means so much to me in my early 20s don't have the same impact they once did.

Records.

A big batch of records. Given away via Freecyle*.

• Buddy Rich — Big Band Machine
• The Wiz Original Soundtrack Album
• Wham! — Make It Big
• The Beatles — 1962-1966
• Neil Diamond — Moods
• Frankie Goes to Hollywood — Relax 12" Single
• Neil Diamond — Gold
• Neil Diamond — 20 Golden Greats
• Depeche Mode — Strangelove 12" Single
• The Canterbury Tales Original London Cast Recording
• Camelot Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
• Pat Benetar — Live From Earth
• Fiddler On the Roof Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Over the last year or so I've been carefully screening albums out of my vinyl collection. These are records that didn't make the cut. Because really, how many Neil Diamond records does one girl need? (It turns out, the answer to that question is one.)

*I am pleased to note that the woman who took these from me on Freecycle was in a dance recital version of The Wiz when she was a kid, and she was really excited to have this on vinyl!

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.

Book.

Heidi, by Johanna Spyri. I gave this to my friend Leigh's 10-year-old daughter Stephanie.

I loved this book as a child, but in rereading it recently I found it has lost some of its charm.

Magazines.

Two issues of Fitness, three of Shape. Sold through ICN at work to a colleague for $1.00.

Since I have decided to love my body the way it is, and to not go to the gym because it's a waste of my time and resources, I don't need these anymore.