Great and brave decluttering, @oneday! I have not attacked my knitting UFOs yet... finding it harder to let go of unfinished projects.
How about offering the knitting accessories to an after school program or a local knitting circle?
@Poundwise, I offered them to my own knitting circle! It was only about a quart baggie full, but my friends took everything but one tapestry needle. So I tossed it, as it is a larger size & I don't use bulky yarns much.
All my knitting stuff fits in two boxes, but they are big & measure 6 cubic feet. I think this is too much for me. Fortunately, I had collected up other people's scrap yarns for a scrap blankie, so when that is done I can get rid of the remainders (about 40% of the bulk). Unfortunatly, I packed that project up until the house sells, so that won't be cleared out any time soon. :(
Have been going through the books. There are a dozen or so I want to keep. The problem is that many of the cast offs were gifts from my STBX. I can't just toss them in the donate box, as he will see & not understand. It will hurt his feelings & I don't want to create bad blood. We have been able to work together very well so far. So I guess I have to find a way to steath-donate these.
My next target is the kitchen. Not sure if I'll find much there. In the baking stuff, I found one mini-muffin pan that can go. At least I'll know what I have when that is done. And I don't have to worry about donating in secret!
The good news is that we have a
massive box for donation already. Can't wait to clear that out! STBX agreed to get rid of some of his own things which he had tried to hold on to in the past. This is good because we are sharing a storage unit until the place sells & we each find our own apartments. My goal is not to store anything only to get rid of it later, but that probably won't happen 100%. We have a very short time line before the place is listed.