Wednesday, January 30, 2019

More Joy

 Yesterday The Mister put up that extra shelf in my stash closet. That meant emptying a lot of Knit Picks boxes. I tend to buy things and just leave them in the box. I wanted everything back in but in an orderly fashion. Lots got tossed.


 I was brutal. I ended up with a giant bin of yarn to donate and a big trash bag of stuff that didn't bring me any joy. 



 I was equally brutal with my fiber. I got several big bins down to one. Yay me.



 Look what I found in the stash. Valerie was just posting about closing up her shop and I was mourning the loss when I found a box with some of her Slinky Cat in it. Won't it be a beautiful project for the fall? I'm thinking cowl.



 While I was sorting The Mister was trying to fit the shelf in.



 Ta dah....one better organized mess. I still have way too much yarn and other woolly stuff but at least I can see it all now.


Of course that's just the closet stash. I still have my display stash and my under the bed stash. It seems like every few months I sort it out but the mess never really gets any smaller. It just moves from place to place.
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2019 at 12:54 AM

    Oh my goodness! It’s so hard for me to get rid of yarn, I know it couldn’t have been easy for you. Especially if it is good machine washable acrylic, I use so much of it making the blankets for the veterans home and the Babies of Homelessness.
    Meanwhile, that closet is looking great! You sure have a handy Mister there! Blessings, Betsy

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  2. LianaJanuary 30, 2019 at 1:36 AM

    Beautiful mess! So many treasures...

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  3. UnknownJanuary 30, 2019 at 10:19 AM

    Oh dear - - This is the second or third blog post I've read about craft supply reorganization and I greatly fear it is an omen! I know I can't do it all at once so today I'll take the boxes with some smaller things and sort them … I promise!

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  4. Tired TeacherJanuary 30, 2019 at 11:13 AM

    Good for you! It's nice to be able to "see" what you have in the stash.

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  5. WanderingcatstudioJanuary 30, 2019 at 2:03 PM

    I find when you can see it, you're more likely to use it! I bet this organization will get you crafting like crazy!

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  6. Jeannie Gray KnitsJanuary 30, 2019 at 2:08 PM

    Oh gosh, I'm always so jealous of people who can go through their stash & create 'donate' piles and then put the rest back, all nice and organized. Whenever I try, I end up with an empty 'donate' box and 16 new projects on the needles.

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  7. ShirleyJanuary 30, 2019 at 4:08 PM

    I love the visibility of all your yarn when the closet door is open. What beautiful colors and eye candy. Great organization. Love the Slinky Cat yarn. Such perfect colors. Will be interesting to see what it becomes. Stay warm!

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  8. Far Side of FiftyJanuary 30, 2019 at 5:36 PM

    Love your organized closet! I need to do that one of these days:) Thank you and Goodbye are tough words for clothing...:)

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  9. Caffeine GirlJanuary 30, 2019 at 9:49 PM

    I was so relieved that you can't fit your entire stash into one closet. I certainly couldn't. How sweet that your husband indulges you with good storage.

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  10. Judy S.January 30, 2019 at 10:08 PM

    Wow! You did way better on your stash than I did! (And I donated stuff, too.)

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  11. DelightedHandsFebruary 1, 2019 at 3:04 PM

    Great job on the Project Order! The new closet looks great! Nice find of Valerie's yarn-it will make a beautiful cowl!

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  12. MeredithFebruary 2, 2019 at 8:08 AM

    Good for you getting all that organized and sorted out. I have been doing that with my yarn for sometime now and really have reduced my stash by thousands of yards. What I have now doesn't compare to what I did, still you have to have some stash to play with.

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