How about:
an accumulation of inspiration
a pile of possibilities
a portal of potential
a necessary of needed notions
??
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I think Iâll stick with Stash. Collection is nice, but it has the connotation of something decorative rather than a resource. Stashes may be hidden, or guilty pleasures, but they get used, which is my primary goal.
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I am in love with every one of Harlanâs suggestions.
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I donât care what you call itâŚitâs mine! And I ainât giving it up. Except for swaps, crafts, gifts, etcâŚ
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A bit of a back story on using up yarn in my stash collectionâŚ
When @sweets4ever had her first baby boy, I made him a crocheted afghan. I had a two skeins left over and just put them away. A few years later, I crocheted a blanket using that yarn and some solidsâŚI got about halfway done and hated itâŚand again, put it awayâŚ
Finally, I decided that I wanted to just use it upâŚI had a need for a blanket when I watched tv in my roomâŚhubby likes the house to be cold with the AC and I hate it! I already plugged up all the vents, but still got coldâŚso here is my chair blanket made from stash!
It is about 4x6 feet.
Closeup of the yarnâŚI used @geekgirlâs pattern of alternating one double and one singleâŚnice and thick but took forever!!
Total yarn used up was 4 very large skeins. YAY!
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I came across a pattern the other day that actually had a name for that. Itâs the seed stitch.
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good to know, but it will always be geekgirl stitch to me! lol
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Iâve been destashing for about 30 years now. Must be doing something wrong!! 
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Hehe! Sometimes I call my stash, âmy craft hoardâ! Whatever we need to call it to keep us making, right?
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I am donating a bunch of yarn to a neighbor who is learning to make hats on a loom. She makes them for the homeless people in our area. I realized that I was making things based on my erratic purchases of yarn instead of making things I want and getting the yarn for a specific project!
Most of the yarn is acrylic yarn I bought to make afghansâŚI have about sixteen afghans and donât need another!
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Iâm in the same state with my yarn stash. I have all kinds of weird odds and ends. How perfect that your neighbor can use it!
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I always knit and crochet things for our churchâs craft fair, but have been spending my free time making masks for hospital workers and daycare kids. So my yarn stash is languishing and my fabric stash is shrinkingâŚsort of. I just bought fabric for mask li kings and a baby quilt. Sort of a one for one trade.
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That is a pretty pattern!
Itâs part of this: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/stolen-from-the-sea
I followed it until I ran out of yarn so didnât get all of the sections complete.
I re-arranged my flat the other week and have found some old WIPs that I might try and resurrect. But, lacy knit patterns could be problematic⌠Weâre just going into another lockdown so watch this space.
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When TheMisterT was given gift baskets by vendors he shared the contents with his employees, but he brought home the little wooden crates the goodies came it for me! And then his employees contributed other wooden crates when the organization was getting rid of them. WOO! But⌠now a have a handful of cool wooden crates that I hadnât put to craft use⌠UNTIL this weekend! I cleaned one up and refinished it to serve as a case for cornhole bags. Yahoo!
The grey stain and clear varnish also came from stash! Had to buy the handle, though.
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What a cool box to have and do things with! And now your cornhole bags will be neatly stored!
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Today I turned a recently completed cross stitch into a throw pillow cover using stash fabric and zipper! So, maybe not the bestest most favoritest colors, but I was committed to not buying more fabric (or another zipper) for this.
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Great pillow!!!
Do you have any blue thread? Does your sewing machine do decorative stitches? A row of blue decorative stitches on that yellow fabric will prove they were always made for each other!
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Oh, I wish I had thought of that! Itâs a great idea and I am going to keep that idea in mind for future pillow covers, but I am not willing to disassemble the pillow at this point - this project is Officially Done in my heart and mind. 
Next!
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