Mid-week uncluttering

[fred_mouse]

What have you found to reuse, repurpose, or rehome today?

I've found a project that will use up the yarn I bought online that turned out to be thicker than I expected, and so I haven't used for the planned project I bought it for (I'm using up some gift yarn that I had forgotten about instead, so win there as well). I'm making crochet 'Yip Yips' as gifts for a couple of friends. (free pattern here if anyone wants to know more). I'm about half way through the first one, and anticipate I'll get about five out of the yarn I have.

... tired mouse posted the wrong link. try here for the Yip Yips (Sesame Street character)

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[yukonsally]

I put two things in for donation, will drop those off on Monday. I returned a thing I borrowed. I've got a buyer lined up for this morning for a toy set I've been trying to sell for months!

Child and I cleaned out some toys and identified the ones to give away or sell. We filled a laundry basket! I'm very pleased with this as it was all the child's decision with no prodding from me. Now I have to list them for sale or find a place to donate them.

Gave another free thing away on the curb.

My pantry challenge is going well. I made notes on the shopping list for Spouse of things we do NOT need and I've been eating what we have, throwing out what we will not eat.

[foliedemars]

I am super happy to say I finally got rid of the last of the clutter in my kitchen (an old George Foreman grill), and now the room is fully-functional. I use everything in it. Yay! The dining room and living room are all clear too. Next task: bedroom closets (SCARY)!

[nou]

I can’t see a pattern at that link — is it the wrong link, or is my adblocker blocking something?

[fred_mouse]

... tired mouse posted the wrong link.

try here

[nou]

Thank you!

[sauscony]

I had paper grocery bags taking over my library, so I'm cutting them so they will fit around books. If I run out of bubble mailers or don't have any that fit a particular book or books, I use paper grocery bags to wrap the books for mailing. The bags fit better in my storage rack when they are cut and don't have handles.

[peaceful_sands]

Like nou I can't see a pattern there - I'm really curious as to what a Yip Yip is! for me the link leads to a wool shop.

On a personal uncluttering note - I have been using up glass painting supplies by making Christmas gifts and by throwing away paints that have dried up too much to get out of tubes or jars. Some items may need to be ultimately replaced, but when I opened the box too much of it was unusable - at least for the time being what there is is useful - plus I've used up a number of items bought to be decorated which also means more space.

I had tried to redeem some fimo by following an online method, but it seems impractical to get the process to work - all of the fimo bought is hard and it isn't just a matter of working it a little to make it malleable - my hands are exhausted before I've got a workable piece of a single colour (and some of the colours it doesn't seem possible to get them workable at all) - as soon as I put it down to work on another colour it reverts to unusable. I tried a method of adding water, I managed to get one colour workable in about 30 minutes, but the second colour it didn't work for - it seems a little untenable to aim to improve about 10-12 colours - in theory that's about 6 hours work and that's just to try and make them workable, not to actually make anything from them - and with no guarantee of success.

[fred_mouse]

... tired mouse posted the wrong link.

try here