Saturday, October 29, 2011

Stash Wars





There was organization an eon ago but now only chaos.  Yesterday, when I opened the doors of the six foot tall stash cabinet, I groaned when I saw the hodgepodge of yarn.  There are baskets of varying sizes sitting around the room that houses two knitting machines and enough yarn to start a small shop.  The baskets just didn't work when filled with skeins of yarn and placed into the cabinet.  What was on the bottom of each basket?  I could never remember without taking it out and dumping it.  Sort of defeats the purpose!


I will not even mention the needle storage.
I stood on a ladder to get a picture of the baskets on top of the cabinet.  Yes, they are filled with yarn too.  I know there must be an easier way to store yarn but I clearly haven't found it.  I keep dumping it into the cabinet and shutting the door before 15 skeins fall out.  Something has to change so I'm going to Michaels today.  I have an idea that clear acrylic boxes would allow me to see the yarn on the bottom, and would stack easily.  We will see.

The left side of Lace Edged Cardi is finished and half of the lace chart on the right side.  This is the longest cardigan project I have ever taken on.  I have knit three sweaters since January but this one alone has been going on since June.  I'm knitting with a smaller needle than I use for most sweaters (US #4) so I guess that slows me down.  
The above picture is not quite what I had in mind, but Big Red is such a beautiful horse that I thought I would share him anyway.  Thirty seconds before I took this picture I ran to get the camera so I wouldn't miss the chance to get a picture of Big Red rolling on his back, kicking his hooves in the air.  Of course he was standing again when I came back with the camera.  Maybe next time!

Life is good.



6 comments:

SissySees said...

Big Red reminds me of Copper, a horse love from my youth. I'm still trying to teach Sissy not to "wooowooo" at the horses!

Katherine said...

Macy loves the horses and runs the length of the fence with them. She thinks she is as big as any of them!

SusanB-knits said...

I got some cloth drawers in a metal frame on wheels from Bed Bath and Beyond.(don't really know how to describe them). There are four square cloth drawers (boxes?). I keep my sock yarn in them by color stacked horizontal. When I'm looking for yarn I pull out the drawer and can see all the yarn at a glance. But I also have baskets sitting around my craft room holding other yarns (dk, worsted, etc) lol.

Katherine said...

I love an excuse to go to Bed Bath and Beyond!! LOL I'll look for the baskets there. Thanks Susan!

kathy b said...

BIg Red is gorgeous. Macy is so cute to take him on.
I too suffer from an area of yarn that I actually don't like to sort through at all. Most is leftover bits.....I tend to buy and knit up right away....
so I know going into the closet is leftovers.....

good for you and the sweaters......Im impressed

Katherine said...

You are so wise to buy and knit! I've never been able to pull that off. I see yarn that I like and buy it for a future project, not even knowing what that project will be. I may need analysis--lol!