So… I knew that yarn hoarding was a thing. What I didn’t realize though, was that you can also become a pattern hoarder. I have hundreds of patterns… does anyone else have this issue? Do you consider yourself more of a yarn hoarder or a pattern hoarder? I think I’d have to go with patterns for myself. Between the patterns here, Etsy, Pinterest, and my books I’m getting close to a thousand, if I haven’t passed it already. I’ll never get to all of them!
And I just keep adding more. (I really need to uninstall etsy!!!) lol
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For me it’s about 65 yarn and the rest patterns. I try to stay away from the patterns because they can get expensive.
There are sooooo many free patterns on the internet for the one who likes to treasure hunt. 
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Ha yes! So many things i want to create, but so little time & only 2 hands. I’ve got a long to-do list
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It’s not hoarding……. It’s curating a collection
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DEFINETlY more of a pattern hoarder
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I’m an equal opportunity yarn and pattern hoarder 
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I am not a yarn hoarder definitely, I hardly ever buy yarn if I’m not planning to use it in some project atm… which is really not a thing in crochet community 
but pattern hoarder definitely YES there are hundreds of saved patterns in my queue that I might never actually start 
but I absolutely NEED all of them!!!
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I don’t have money, so all the free patterns
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A bit of both, tbh! HOWEVER, I would say most of my yarn is accoounted for for different projects, so perhaps more of a pattern hoarder. As many of the others have said, idk where I think I’m going to find the time to accomplish all of these projects, but I cannot help myself, apparently. XD
Whenever I have a lot of something, I like say I have a ____ solution, so in this case, I don’t have a yarn/pattern problem, I have a yarn/pattern solution.
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I’m both lol
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I have a LOT of yarn, but my pattern inventory is quite ridiculous. I keep them catalogued in spreadsheets, it’s well over 8,ooo. More than half are vintage crochet patterns from magazines I’ve owned.
Hi! I’m TexasPurl and I’m a pattern hoarder. 
I freely admit to the issue, but the only space they’re taking up is on my hard drive (and out on the cloud as a backup 
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im a pattern horder! I have some printed, i have books, and so many digital files saved!
I warned my cousin when she started crocheting, crochet is really like 3 hobbies in one.
- Pattern collecting
- Yarn shopping
- Actually making the thing.
Im VERY good at 1 and 2 
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Don’t for get, on your digital saved patterns, to back them up to a thumb drive, I do that every few months in case my computer fails, would break my heart!
It’s nice to know that my patterns on here, they back them up ;).
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I’m probably both, but more a pattern hoarder as I never know when I want to make something different
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Definitely a pattern hoarder! I usually only buy yarn for the specific project I’m about to make, but I love spending hours scrolling through the internet and bookmarking free patterns I’ll never get around to.
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Definitely more of yarn hoarder, but I can’t resist buying a good pattern book every time I go to a book store. 
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I am definitively a yarn hoarder.
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i am both. i buy too much yarn but i have way too many books with patterns lol
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LOL SAME. I didn’t realize that getting into crochet also meant yarn collecting. 
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I’m definitely a yarn hoarder. If I use a pattern I’ll watch YouTube videos but I wing it more often than not! 
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