Too funny! I'm the person who inherits (from people who are not dead) this sort of yarn situation because the owners have given up and put it in garbage bin liners and walk away. I'm knitting blankets for the homeless and it's deeply satisfying and I'm half way through my second disaster. Go you for persevering
I literally inherited my friends grandmas yarn stash. I can tell you that after going trough black garbage bag full of yarn with that kind of hand turned machine my wrists were crying. But hey, great to hear that you are doing great things for the world
I love winding yarn! Not only is it really soothing with the mindless, repetitive nature, and the sort of white noise from the winder gears turning, but also it's extremely satisfying. I love the way freshly wound cakes all look stacked on my yarn shelf. Good for you for tackling this mess.
use some hair clippies on your yarn ends to eliminate your loose ends from getting all tangled up. clip them to the wound up balls/skeins of yarn. it really helps by not having all those loose ends getting tangled up again.
I purchased a wooden salad bowl from the thrift store. The salad bowls are so much larger than a yarn bowl that I can use it to hold my project and multiple balls of yarn. I also buy pillowcases to use a project bags. Just thought I would share. great channel.
If you want your cakes to be more condensed, you can feed the yarn through your hand to give it some extra tension. I find that it helps with the bigger amounts of yarn. Love this vid! I agree with the totes rather than the bags.
Omg I had a craft room for all of 5 minutes. I put up shelves and had fancy totes and a drafting table and cool lighting and it was near a window and thennnn the baby came. I was like... he doesn't need a room yet, lol. He got the room.
I really like organizing my yarn. I put my yarn skiens in gallon or quart size freezer double zipper bags. The freezer bags that have that little blue zipper that moves back & forth to close or open the bag. It really really helps keep my yarn skiens from tangling & keeps them clean & keeps feom bugs getting in the natural skiens. Then i stick the full yarn freezer bags into strong lid plastic totes. I have lost track of how much yarn i have but i know its organized 😜
A couple of tips. I make 2-3 balls of out yarn that are 7-9 ounces. You can use a scale or just eyeball when it's half so you don't get mega balls. Make sure that you don't wind your hand-rolled balls too tight, especially on the chenille types of yarn. It will make the chenille pull off and lose its stretch. Great video and Thanks for sharing!
I love my yarn winder, great for organizing and not having to deal with surprise knots. Plus using my yarn stand is easier with an outside pull. Love your videos!
Girrrl that tangled mess was unholy XD props to you taking the time and saving the rest, although I probably would've as well IK many would not. This is me procrastinating my own yarn organization...!
Loved this video, gonna have to organize all my scrap yarn soon because it’s all tangled. I have like two huge totes of scrap yarn alone, then like three or four totes worth of full skeins, eeek.
Oh my lord!🤣 I just found this video! I LOVE it! And now a diy, yarn winder.🤔🤣 I mean, we all sort of sort yarn, but then we somehow get yarn monsters when we don't touch our sorted yarn? Go figure 🤣🤪🇦🇺💖Happy 2023!
Oh my god, I've been searching for months for other crafting channels with a vintage vibe, why did youtube take so long to recommend you to me!? Definitely going to dive into your archive in the coming days. And hard agree on your backdrop. From the second the video started, all I could think was that your set is GOALS. But all the thrift stores near me (and there aren't many) are just the worst. Retro kitsch > yarn wall.
Ive only recently found your channel and watched a few videos and ... you're an absolute JOY to watch 🥰 this video is so relatable 😅 and you werent lying about that yarn rat king haha! So well organised now 😌👍
Same here. Tackling my yarn stash the past four days. Accumulating over six years. First time. Lol. Very ambitious of me after recovering from a surgery. Gal bladder removal. Some very late late nights and only few hanks left. But 3/4 bags of full yarn balls after starting with seven. Eep. Any suggestions ? Help!! Days 1-3 rolling small balls into cakes. Today has been emptying the large drawer.
I know you said you tried knitting once, but I would pick it up again try it again don’t quit. I tried knitting once when I was younger couldn’t fucking get it didn’t understand it and now I’m 23 and I understand that sometimes if you start getting is not a starting point, if you’re going to work with yarn start by crocheting once you get crocheting down pat, your revisit knitting and it become it’s very easy to do knitting becomes easy after you’ve learned and understand how to crochet a lot of steps kind to go hand-in-hand with each other and you will understand and get knitting. That’s what happened with me when I was younger I did not understanding I just couldn’t get it. No couldn’t do a thing, but I understood crocheting that was my great. Grammy taught me my grandma tried to teach me knitting, I didn’t understand it I just couldn’t do it, but I picked up crocheting, and then I crocheted for years, and then now at the age of 23 I went and I picked up knitting. I watched knitting. I have RUclips video just a few days ago and I’m getting an entire blanket for my dog Kirby so and I’m crocheting a blanket for Bella. I’m doing two at one time but if you understand crocheting and you work with crochet, revisit knitting, I promise you you understand knitting pretty damn quickly and easily. If you get your crocheting, and you understand how to crochet will get knitting very easy, I would revisit it again don’t give up and quit on it I would revisit knitting and give it a try. Watch a RUclips video or two net like a little square or something if you’re too confident in yourself and then try to not like a little blanket or something later, but if you understand, crocheting, most likely you’re gonna understand knitting pretty easily your first few rows might be difficult and hard, but if you stick with it and stay with it, your lips will become loose or when your knitting, and pretty soon with the repetitive motion of knitting, you will have it memorized by the end, and do it by muscle memory just like crocheting
So thankful for making me feel am not alone in the yarn mess situation :D Also, why not organize them colorwise, rainbow style? Love ur videos! Keep up ur amazing spirit :*:*:*
I am one of the weirdos who loves to untangle yarn. I so want to get my hands in there and help. :) I should probably sell my services and make money off of my weirdness.
I’m 23 years old you’re good I crochet I also met him and I’m a artist I do drawing scrapbooking I don’t have a social life either I’m 23 I don’t want to go partying or anything like that I’d rather do knitting crocheting crafting type stuff rather than go out partying. I am also a poet I’d write poetry, so yeah, my life although I don’t have any friends I have a lot of fun because I have a lot of my hobbies that I love to do I love art I love poetry I love crocheting and knitting and so I’m happy I don’t need much of a social life. Thank you I don’t need to go partying. I don’t need to get drunk. I don’t need to go do that stuff. It’s not me.
Just because you live at home doesn’t mean you can’t decorate for Christmas because you live with your parents. I left my parents I’m 23 and I feel decorate my room for Christmas.
Ok so I'm new here hello. I am also easily distracted. I came here for yarn but....rat king. Why would you throw out such a potential late night Wikipedia nightmare fuel rabbithole immediately like that. 😵🤣 Ok I'll finish the video now. Bye.
I don’t understand why, when it is clearly overwhelming you,that you decide to wind yarn that is already wound up! Just tidy the loose ends! Use the time to actually tidy your stash.
Too funny! I'm the person who inherits (from people who are not dead) this sort of yarn situation because the owners have given up and put it in garbage bin liners and walk away. I'm knitting blankets for the homeless and it's deeply satisfying and I'm half way through my second disaster. Go you for persevering
I literally inherited my friends grandmas yarn stash. I can tell you that after going trough black garbage bag full of yarn with that kind of hand turned machine my wrists were crying.
But hey, great to hear that you are doing great things for the world
me too, so far ive inherited two great aunts yarn stashes and my great great grandmothers yarn stash and sewing machine and my neighbors yarn stash
I love winding yarn! Not only is it really soothing with the mindless, repetitive nature, and the sort of white noise from the winder gears turning, but also it's extremely satisfying. I love the way freshly wound cakes all look stacked on my yarn shelf. Good for you for tackling this mess.
This! same here
use some hair clippies on your yarn ends to eliminate your loose ends from getting all tangled up. clip them to the wound up balls/skeins of yarn. it really helps by not having all those loose ends getting tangled up again.
Oh. My. God. You’re an absolute genius!!!!!
I’ve watched your video before. Had to come back to it. Thank you so much for letting me know I’m not alone in my messy yarn stash
I purchased a wooden salad bowl from the thrift store. The salad bowls are so much larger than a yarn bowl that I can use it to hold my project and multiple balls of yarn. I also buy pillowcases to use a project bags. Just thought I would share.
great channel.
If you want your cakes to be more condensed, you can feed the yarn through your hand to give it some extra tension. I find that it helps with the bigger amounts of yarn. Love this vid! I agree with the totes rather than the bags.
I always feed it through my hand for some tension
I love watching people organize their yarn. So satisfying.
Omg I had a craft room for all of 5 minutes. I put up shelves and had fancy totes and a drafting table and cool lighting and it was near a window and thennnn the baby came. I was like... he doesn't need a room yet, lol. He got the room.
I really like organizing my yarn. I put my yarn skiens in gallon or quart size freezer double zipper bags. The freezer bags that have that little blue zipper that moves back & forth to close or open the bag. It really really helps keep my yarn skiens from tangling & keeps them clean & keeps feom bugs getting in the natural skiens. Then i stick the full yarn freezer bags into strong lid plastic totes. I have lost track of how much yarn i have but i know its organized 😜
Love your TV. Reminds me of my childhood on the 70's! Fun video! 💘
A couple of tips. I make 2-3 balls of out yarn that are 7-9 ounces. You can use a scale or just eyeball when it's half so you don't get mega balls. Make sure that you don't wind your hand-rolled balls too tight, especially on the chenille types of yarn. It will make the chenille pull off and lose its stretch. Great video and Thanks for sharing!
You are so funny and so entertaining to watch. I was watching/listening while im crocheting!!!
I love my yarn winder, great for organizing and not having to deal with surprise knots. Plus using my yarn stand is easier with an outside pull. Love your videos!
I have watched the first 5 minutes and already feel better about my mess! Can't wait to see how you will get it organized.
tying a little knot at the end before you wind the yarn... my mind is blown. thank you
Zero intention of learning to crochet, but still watched every second of this
Girrrl that tangled mess was unholy XD props to you taking the time and saving the rest, although I probably would've as well IK many would not.
This is me procrastinating my own yarn organization...!
This is the exact level of chaos I needed to motivate me to clean up my craft stash 😂
For winding large skeins of yarn I will wind half, cut and wind the second half. Mostly because I want consistent sizes. Hope that helps.
Loved this video, gonna have to organize all my scrap yarn soon because it’s all tangled. I have like two huge totes of scrap yarn alone, then like three or four totes worth of full skeins, eeek.
I’m getting ready to do the exact same thing. Thanks for the motivation!
Oh my lord!🤣 I just found this video! I LOVE it! And now a diy, yarn winder.🤔🤣 I mean, we all sort of sort yarn, but then we somehow get yarn monsters when we don't touch our sorted yarn? Go figure 🤣🤪🇦🇺💖Happy 2023!
Finally! Someone who actually uses Craft Smart Great Value yarn. I don’t see many ppl buying them for yt vids so I always feel so cheap😢
Oh my god, I've been searching for months for other crafting channels with a vintage vibe, why did youtube take so long to recommend you to me!? Definitely going to dive into your archive in the coming days.
And hard agree on your backdrop. From the second the video started, all I could think was that your set is GOALS. But all the thrift stores near me (and there aren't many) are just the worst. Retro kitsch > yarn wall.
Ive only recently found your channel and watched a few videos and ... you're an absolute JOY to watch 🥰 this video is so relatable 😅 and you werent lying about that yarn rat king haha! So well organised now 😌👍
Aww thank you 😊 now i just have to make sure i keep it organized! Lol
@@michelle_jasek best of luck Michelle 😅 now I feel as if I should face my own yarn stash too 😱
You know its a tough knot when the scissors come out ✂️
Great, now I have to have a yarn winder! 😆 Loved watching it all!
Lol i need one too!!
I posted a reel on Instagram yesterday and said that I swear half of this hobby is frogging and detangling our yarn 😂
Same here. Tackling my yarn stash the past four days. Accumulating over six years. First time. Lol.
Very ambitious of me after recovering from a surgery. Gal bladder removal. Some very late late nights and only few hanks left. But 3/4 bags of full yarn balls after starting with seven. Eep. Any suggestions ? Help!!
Days 1-3 rolling small balls into cakes. Today has been emptying the large drawer.
I know you said you tried knitting once, but I would pick it up again try it again don’t quit. I tried knitting once when I was younger couldn’t fucking get it didn’t understand it and now I’m 23 and I understand that sometimes if you start getting is not a starting point, if you’re going to work with yarn start by crocheting once you get crocheting down pat, your revisit knitting and it become it’s very easy to do knitting becomes easy after you’ve learned and understand how to crochet a lot of steps kind to go hand-in-hand with each other and you will understand and get knitting. That’s what happened with me when I was younger I did not understanding I just couldn’t get it. No couldn’t do a thing, but I understood crocheting that was my great. Grammy taught me my grandma tried to teach me knitting, I didn’t understand it I just couldn’t do it, but I picked up crocheting, and then I crocheted for years, and then now at the age of 23 I went and I picked up knitting. I watched knitting. I have RUclips video just a few days ago and I’m getting an entire blanket for my dog Kirby so and I’m crocheting a blanket for Bella. I’m doing two at one time but if you understand crocheting and you work with crochet, revisit knitting, I promise you you understand knitting pretty damn quickly and easily. If you get your crocheting, and you understand how to crochet will get knitting very easy, I would revisit it again don’t give up and quit on it I would revisit knitting and give it a try. Watch a RUclips video or two net like a little square or something if you’re too confident in yourself and then try to not like a little blanket or something later, but if you understand, crocheting, most likely you’re gonna understand knitting pretty easily your first few rows might be difficult and hard, but if you stick with it and stay with it, your lips will become loose or when your knitting, and pretty soon with the repetitive motion of knitting, you will have it memorized by the end, and do it by muscle memory just like crocheting
i have the same yarn winder and omg its such a life saver 😩
So thankful for making me feel am not alone in the yarn mess situation :D Also, why not organize them colorwise, rainbow style? Love ur videos! Keep up ur amazing spirit :*:*:*
I could never untangle all of it then wind it all! I usually do maybe 3-5 at a time 😂
I am one of the weirdos who loves to untangle yarn. I so want to get my hands in there and help. :) I should probably sell my services and make money off of my weirdness.
Well now I need a yarn winder 😅 I usually hand wind around a toilet paper roll
I hope you’ve got some fun Halloween projects coming! I can’t wait 😈
I was just looking on pinterest yesterday for ideas!!
@@michelle_jasek I can’t wait 😍😍
2 words: hair clips. Use them to capture the end of each skein.
Zipper locks freezer bags are your best friends for this situation
One day can you wind all that scrap yarn onto one giant ball? 😂❤
that tangle of yarn is going to be in my nightmares
“…never use a paper bag to store your yarn…”
Me - *looks over at yarn organization mess*
well I’m screwed
Will a paper towel roll fit on the winder?
Send me all your tangled yarn. I love untangling it. That and folding socks. Yes I am crazy.
Subbed because you have the same tuxedo cat as me also called pippin (mines a boy, 16) ❤
I recommend using an app called pocket crochet
I’m 23 years old you’re good I crochet I also met him and I’m a artist I do drawing scrapbooking I don’t have a social life either I’m 23 I don’t want to go partying or anything like that I’d rather do knitting crocheting crafting type stuff rather than go out partying. I am also a poet I’d write poetry, so yeah, my life although I don’t have any friends I have a lot of fun because I have a lot of my hobbies that I love to do I love art I love poetry I love crocheting and knitting and so I’m happy I don’t need much of a social life. Thank you I don’t need to go partying. I don’t need to get drunk. I don’t need to go do that stuff. It’s not me.
Try getting to know people who share your interests. A lot of twenty-somethings don't care about partying.
Is it weird that I would actually love to do this!? LMAO
Just because you live at home doesn’t mean you can’t decorate for Christmas because you live with your parents. I left my parents I’m 23 and I feel decorate my room for Christmas.
If there yard you don’t want yould sell it on a website ?
Hi! Can we be friends? I too have no social life and unorganized 😂❤️ love the video, definitely subscribed to watch more 😊
I have a feeling you might be an ENFP like me ….
lol i thought this would motivate me to organise my yarn aswell, but the fat it took u over 3 hours of winding....HELLL NAHHHH
😂😂 it wasn’t too bad, i got to watch tv while it did it! Lol
Dang are you stuck in the 80
Ok so I'm new here hello. I am also easily distracted. I came here for yarn but....rat king. Why would you throw out such a potential late night Wikipedia nightmare fuel rabbithole immediately like that. 😵🤣 Ok I'll finish the video now. Bye.
ME RIGHT NOW IM SPEECHLESS XD
I don’t understand why, when it is clearly overwhelming you,that you decide to wind yarn that is already wound up! Just tidy the loose ends! Use the time to actually tidy your stash.