how can you lose yarn?

it may seem like an odd question but it happens. just like losing your car keys or phone, you can lose yarn as well. and there is nothing worse than losing that one skein that you need to finish a project. that is what has happened to me. i've been knitting on a sweater out of noro kirara since last july. i bought seven skeins and i'm almost ready to bind off and i can't find the last skein. i've looked in my yarn stash at the shop and i've looked through the stash at home. i simply can't find it anywhere.

and this isn't the only project. i'm almost done with magrathea from the hitchhiker series we did last spring. in this case i don't know if i was going to make the small, medium, or large size in the beginning and now i've decided to knit the largest size. so it is possible that i just don't have enough or i could have lost a skien.

so what is my solution to this lost yarn epidemic in my life. i could work on finishing project more quickly but that's just not me. instead i'm implementing a new project organization system. when i start a project, i put everything for that project in that project's project bag (for a small project) and if the project is too large for a portable project bag, then a clear plastic ziploc will work. i'll keep you posted on if it works or not.