How do you organize and stash your yarn?????

[gingergal4l8r]

I have been reading and reading on how to stash yarn. Organize and label. But I have a mess every time I look for a color or weight etc.

Right now I have Shoe Holders hanging in my closet for the common yarns I use, then accent yarns or my heavy weights are in large bags or totes. I find the totes are neat as long as you do not touch them once organized.
I was wondering what others used to organize their stash???

Kryssie

[knitpurlgurl]

I organize via Ravelry.. then I store my yarn by dye lot in ziplock bags - usually freezer bags that I can write on the front of. I then put all of the bags in storage bins. Then, if I need a particular yarn, I check my Ravelry stash and know to pull out of my bins. I have one large lined basket that I keep all of my WIP in. It's really easy to knit when my yarn is in plastic bags already - I just take out the yarn I need or if I need it all - I leave it in the bag - add a copy of my pattern and my needles. Then it's portable. I leave the WIPs in the basket and pull the bag I want to work on and throw it in my knitting bag and go!

[Kinnexa]

Organize? Well, I've thought about it... Right now I have a huge Rubbermaid tub in my closet with all the various plastic bags, new skeins, leftover odds and ends, and needles thrown in. Then there are a few more plastic bags on the sofa with a WIP in each, and a small knitting bag with whatever piece I'm carrying around plus all my little tools and more needles. I do try to keep the circs in their plastic pouches until I get around to marking sizes on them.

I just added the best of my MIL's stash and her large roll of straight needles to the tub, and I can't find a darn thing. So I'm looking forward to reading some ideas too!

[gingergal4l8r]

I almost peed my panties reading this, as I was there a few weeks ago. I love the fact to get organized, but to actually have the time to do it is another thing. I have a problem as well. My grand mother gave me loads of yarn, but I with no sleeve to let me know what it is. Most is wool I am sure but still it is hard to organize for knitting and give washing instructions. One of these cold in days I will go through it all and put them all together.
I guess I need to buy some zip lock bags for a start.

Kryssie

Organize? Well, I've thought about it... Right now I have a huge Rubbermaid tub in my closet with all the various plastic bags, new skeins, leftover odds and ends, and needles thrown in. Then there are a few more plastic bags on the sofa with a WIP in each, and a small knitting bag with whatever piece I'm carrying around plus all my little tools and more needles. I do try to keep the circs in their plastic pouches until I get around to marking sizes on them.

I just added the best of my MIL's stash and her large roll of straight needles to the tub, and I can't find a darn thing. So I'm looking forward to reading some ideas too!

[Plantgoddess+]

I have kitchen cabinets in my office in my barn. I have most of my yarn out there. It's nice to open the doors and see what I have all at one time without having to handle it. I do need to move some of what I've purchased this year out there. I also have a filing cabinet out there with all my knitting magazines and pattern books.
Patterns I've printed off the internet are hole punched and stored in a 3 ring binder by category with tabs. Patterns I haven't printed out are stored under my documents in pdf format by category,like socks, shawls, sweaters etc.

[sprig]

my mom has a bunch of shelves that take up a whole wall in a room that she has dedicated to all her sewing and yarn... unfortunatly is a really small room so its hard to move around in it.. but shes got one whole shelf for yarn and 2 others for fabrics then a bunch of rubbermade bins full of unfinished projects... in my room i have a big dresser that i stuff with all my yarn since my closet is big enough for all my clothes... usually when i buy yarn i buy what i need for a project i have in mind... so i usually keep it in see through bags and wright on it what i was gonna make... once i make that project i take my scraps and i roll em all into balls and i put the same brand names and types together despite color... i like mixing colors you wouldnt think will go together really... but if i'm mixing weights or textured yarn i like to know what different stuff i have at a glance so yeah all that goes into see through bags too and labled with brand name and type ... it works well for me ... one day id like to have a big room that i could turn into my yarn room and i would love to have it organized like a yarn store .... with open bins full of yarns ... but thats far in the future...

[Denise in Michigan]

I have kitchen cabinets in my office in my barn. I have most of my yarn out there.

Maybe it's just the neatness of the rhyme, but a "yarn barn" appeals to me. Ever since I read this, I keep chanting "yarn barn, yarn barn" over and over. A whole barn full of yarn...mmmmm........

[newamy]

I'm supposed to organize it??

Right now I have a big tub of animal fibers and another smaller box of cotton and blends.

Then I have odds and ends in baskets on my messy desk.

[dejamo85]

I'm supposed to organize it??

Right now I have a big tub of animal fibers and another smaller box of cotton and blends.

Then I have odds and ends in baskets on my messy desk.

Ha Ha Ha!!!! I LOVED this!!! I have huge rubbermade totes that I through my skeins into. I have thought about organizing it but I am at a loss. So, in my tubs I have my stash yarn, extra bits from old projects, knitting books...

But then the knitting mess continues (the tubs are overflowing of course!)!!! Through the living room with a project on the coffee table. The mess finally comes to a rest at the chair where I knit. In organized chaos around the chair there are all my needles (kept in the yarn ball holder my MIL bought to keep my son away from the yarn ball connected to my WIP), a WIP on the chair, some more patterns from the internet, my traveling knitting bag, and 2 more bags with WIP in them.

But wait, the chaos continues into the bedroom! The last and final WIP sits on my nightstand.

I am in despirate need of some organization! But it will have to wait, I am due on the 21st.

[MoniDew]

Organize? What's that?!

Organization would require effort, and that would require thought, and that would require
oh,
ow, OW, OW, OW, I think I just strained my brain.
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