Tidy mind, tidy stitches
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
How do you keep your yarn wrangling organised?
I keep my yarn stash in the bedroom, stacked up in three towers of Really Useful Boxes (84 litre size) guarded by Fearsome Miss Flossie. There's more yarn under the bed, this time in 50 litre boxes. Each box contains similar types of yarn (sock, lace etc) and each has its own Excel spreadsheet on the computer (I know, I know - anal). This system works really well, apart from the obvious flaw when the box you want to get into is located in the tower below a sleeping cat.
Needles, hooks and boxes of other knitting/crocheting essentials live on a cheapo kitchen trolley with wheels so I can move it close to where I'm sitting.
Current knitting/crochet projects lurk in the living room. Some are in an old china washing bowl (strategically placed to deter FMF from sleeping right in the middle of the single-bed-disguised-as-a-sofa)
and some are, er, just strewn across the table. These are projects that need finishing soon and can't be ignored any longer.
Books I use often, beads and buttons are housed on shelves over my computer; large books and printed-out patterns in files are in my bedroom bookcases.
Tour over, folks :o)
Jan - I want to be you when I grow up. xxx
Posted by: Peri | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 04:49 PM
Those are massive tub-fulls of yarn!
Posted by: AC | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 05:47 PM
Great idea to have a moveable trolley!
Posted by: josiekitten | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 07:40 PM
Wow you are scary organized.
Posted by: CraftyCripple | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 07:56 PM
Ooh - I like the button storage - that's new since I last visited!
(And yes, she's scarily organised, folks; but in a non-frightening way...)
Posted by: Liz | Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 11:06 PM
I love it - so much fun to be able to find what you need when you need it. Now if I could only keep my room tidy - I get carried away & make messes!
Posted by: Laura | Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 12:24 PM