The Great Stash Smackdown, Part II

Now that I have unloaded a ton of my old yarn rewarded Marly for her guess of 372 skeins (compared to my actual of 392), I am ready to kick the smackdown into high gear.

A few of you have asked me exactly what a stash smackdown is... well, let me explain.

Smackdown, as I understand it, is a term taken from  World Wrestling Entertainment. You know, all those gigantifous men in the tights and funny shoes, throwing each other around the ring? Well, a "smackdown" (or SmackDown!, as they refer to it), is a wrestling bout of epic proportions. It involves several wrestlers of gigantifous size hitting each other and attempting to throw each other to the floor (hence, the "smackdown" moniker). There are a series of shows based on the SmackDown! concept, as well as a video game and a Swedish punk band.

So what is a Stash SmackDown!? It is an attempt by me to get a handle on my stash of gigantifous proportions. To tame it. To make it mine.

What exactly will this entail? I am not sure. A lot of knitting. Maybe some gnashing of the teeth. Maybe some more contests. Maybe some selling on Knitter's Review. Probably no video games or punk bands, but you never can be sure around here.

If you want to play, here's what you need to do:

-Leave me a comment telling me you're up for the SmackDown! challenge and a link to your blog.
-Knit your little heart out.

Tough, huh?

Oh, and if anyone is up for creating a button for the event based on the graphic above, please let me know. I think one that looks exactly the same but has "WYWS" instead of "WWF" would be really, really cool.

Comments

[MarlyKnits]

Well, my husband would say that I need to do a great smackdown on my stash and don't need to be helping anybody else out until mine is taken care of first. But, I ask you, when do I ever listen to my husband? I am in...let me know what I need to do.

Hey, if anybody is going to work on the button can you tell me who it is so I can ask them how to make buttons? Please? I have just been using pictures then altering them in either Paint or Picture It! Okay, Lainie, we are here for you babe!

Marly

[MarlyKnits]

I ask you, how special do I feel? As if winning the contest wasn't enough, I was added to the top of the Posse list *wipes away tears*. I never thought this day would come! Thanks Lain!

[Lisa]

If it was the great *scrapping* stash smack down, I'd be in. But I've managed to keep my yarn purchases pretty well in check. We take our successes where we can, you know. ;)

[moki]

i need to do a smack down on my fabric but I can't commit! LOL! Good luck though!

[~Kristie]

I don't have enough stash yarn to do a smack down .. sniff, sniff. Oh well, maybe I can participate next year! Good luck with your smack down though.

[Maria]

You know, if I was a knitter, I would totally join you, right? :)
I love the whole concept though! Great idea! I'll be looking forwarding to checking your progress on this :)

[dawn]

I'm in. I'm going through my entire craft space though, and am going to smackdown as many half-started projects as I can. Some of them are even knitting related!