So, my husband came up with a clever idea. Well, he might not have intentionally come up with the idea; I think he was teasing me about my yarn-addiction. However, he suggested that I knit/crochet bags - they would be reusable and could count as part of the gift.
I'm going to take some of my stash yarn and try to think out some easy bag-like patterns. Even a year away, I'm not sure if I have the discipline to make all of my gift bags for next year. Still, I might make a gift bag or two for a birthday and see how it goes.
You could get a knitting loom. You could double or even triple strand yarn together from your stash and you'd get rid of stash yarn. I made my father a scarf by double stranding two pieces of worsted together and it went very quickly plus it's really easy to use. You could get a rectangle one and seam down the sides and maybe put in a drawstring to close it. I've never used a circular one, but you could just use one of those with the same idea but without seaming. Good luck getting rid of your stash and making gift bags. Yarn gift bags do sound really awesome! :D And Eco friendly!
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