Hallo Lynn
I like that you use up your stash. *I don't have much of a stash.
I think none of us `means` to have a stash ,, it sort of happens ..."
I buy wool for a sweater estimate the amount, and buy 1 ball more
`just in case` , that i need more and it won`t be there ,,,,,,than i
keep it , could of course exchange it , but why bother ? i will find a
use for it" and so it heaps up ...
and of course people give me left overs etc,,,
But there is anther side to it , Friends and colleagues , call me up
and ask if i have `a piece of thread in that color or a part of cloth
with this tint ` and i am always happy to share ,,,,

As to your wondering what to do with left overs ,,, have a look at
google thaere many sites with ideas.
but i can tell you what i do ,
first i must tell you i like colored sweaters, thus many a time in the
midst of a monochromatic sweater i will add a line or two of another
color usualy not even in a symmetric way.
i have made my son a Hexagons afghan. This one started as a play of
sort i started making hexagons of 3 colors each, changing the order
every time, than i made one of every color, than i made them into some
flower form , and than crocheted the inner hexagons towards the
middle, [finishing in the middle, after a while i had enough flowers ,
so i started to sew those together and after a year i had this Huge
afghan , without feeling it took me any time to do it ,,,
Lately i made myself a Cotton Summer shrug [buses freeze you here in
summer] in which i used a variegated thread, and used [from my
leftovers piles] monochromatic threads that echoed or enhanced one of
the colors in the variegated thread.
i knit /crochet little cellular phone bags, [for presents and
charity] . i knit/crochet moebiouses .
you can knit sweaters/ shawls/ vests/ skirts and anything you feel
like knitting , and use all those colors up even if they are in
different weights ,,, there really no RULES at all ...
mirjam

*What I
have left over is usually leftover from a project that didn't use up all the
yarn. *I'm never sure what to do with leftover yarn that comes in many
different weights and fibers. *I always think a scrap afghan would look odd.

Lynn