Yarn Stash Organization - May 2023
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- Опубликовано: 4 июл 2024
- In today's video, I'm going to tackle a topic that's near and dear to many crafters' hearts: organizing our yarn stash. Whether you're an avid knitter, crocheter, or weaver, you know that over time, yarn can accumulate quickly and become a disorganized mess. In this video, I'll take you through my journey to re-organize my entire yarn stash in a way that I hope will make it easier for me to see what I have as well as inspire me when I'm ready to create a new project. So grab your favorite beverage and let's get started!
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
00:28 - Current State
03:10 - Bedroom - Before
04:56 - Quick House Tour
06:35 - Organization Method
07:27 - Getting Started
11:48 - 30 Minutes In
13:06 - 1 Hour Progress
21:18 - Final Bedroom Tour
22:40 - Final Craft Room Tour
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What a genius idea to use cute hair clips to secure your yarn! ❤
It works out so well and they are so cute!
I actually keep inventory sheets on the yarn I have on hand. When I order yarn and receive it I record it onto the inventory sheet. The sheet contains every piece of info (ie brand, weight, color, fiber content, yardage, number of skeins/cakes/hanks). I refer to my sheets when I get ready for the next project.
That's a great idea Louise. I have almost all of my inventory in a software called "Click Up" and even have a label / bin system for where everything is stored but I found I wasn't great at maintaining it :(
Great idea
Yes.. love this idea. If only I was this organised!
Thank you for the video! While I am sitting here in a sea of yarn, I now don’t feel as overwhelmed. I appreciate everyone’s suggestions!
I keep my yarn in see through buckets, and I have a notebook with dividers where I keep track of all my yarn by brands and skeins, and skein sizes. As I use up a skein/label, then I mark it off my appropriate list, and when I shop I can keep from buying more of what I already have, or I need more, I see that. It helps. Your organization looks nice~
That's a great idea! I've been saving my yarn labels...no good reason for now but they stack flat so at least they aren't adding to the clutter.
I am so glad you said you are not going on a yarn diet. Yarn cheers me up.
Me too! It makes me happy.😀
Wow you did well. I would have gone to bed and ignored it 😂 I'm loving shopping from my stash. Gives me great satisfaction seeing it worked up. Currently,making cardigans I'm enjoying wearing ❤
Great video! I organize my yarn by type: one shelf for softee chunky, one cabinet for blanket. Then I have a tote for “weird-@$$ yarn” - basically everything that is not blanket or softee.
Ha! I did wind up with one bin with all my plushie and "other" yarn I think I must have bought for amigurumi.
Interesting. I have about 100 totes. I sort by type of yarn also. I have the totes numbered and mapped in a notebook, and also have each tote inventoried in that notebook listing colors, number of skeins of a particular color, yarn weights and yardage. It works for me. I have current and future WIPs either boxed in a Kallax or kitted in bags. I also use Ravelr for active WIPS and completed project. Staying organized is a whole separate hobby. Well done.
That is awesome. Staying organized can be tough, especially since I like to pull out yarn and look at color combinations when planning future projects. I think the organization / yarn stash adds to the fun though!
I watched this whole thing to hear you say that your stash was overwhelming and you didn't! It must be nice to not feel restricted. My yarnstash started overwhelming me a couple of years back so I (almost) stopped buying yarn, started giving away and working through the stash and now Im down to three drawers with yarn and looking forward to buying yarn one day again - I find that my taste in color and projects and yarn types change through the years and it felt wrong that I had a lot of money in yarn that I didn't like that much anymore just lying around :)
Thanks for the video and greetings from Copenhagen, Denmark
Oh no, it absolutely makes me happy, I don't feel overwhelmed at all. I do feel like after organizing I have a lot more of some colors than I could ever need but I see that as a challenge now to figure out how to use it up! Thank you for watching!
You've got t all going on! You got the editing, sound is great, you got the ideas, the crotchet, the wips, the FOs, you got it all baby. Now all we need from you is relaxxxx! Show us a joke or two, let's see who you are past those newbie nerves! You are doing surprisingly well if you want the truth. Way ahead of the pack already. Go you good thing! ❤❤❤
Thanks Kerri, yeah RUclips is definitely nerve wrecking. I know I'll get better as I get more practice. I also need to cut down on the "ums" I edited some out but man there are a lot! Thank you so much for the feedback and compliments!
You did a great job and you will see better what you have and what to use for each project. It is tough when you don't have lots of room but you made it work! I think everyone struggles with keeping yarn organized because it is always changing. Hugs
Thank you Leslie. Yeah it's hard but I am hoping now that I have it sorted this organization method should last me for at least a couple of months before I need to reorganize. I don't like when the shelves start looking empty so I'll sometimes reorganize at that point to fill them in.
I’m moving this weekend and I’ll have a craft room so I’m looking for storage ideas.
The cubes have been really convenient. I have a mixture of ones from Ikea and Target. They are quick to assemble and you can turn them on their side depending which way you want things to go. As you saw in my bedroom, you can also stack them (I have them all anchored to the walls for safety). I choose to go with the smooth shelves instead of doing wire shelves because I wanted to make sure yarn could slide in and out nicely. If I had a bigger space I might have tried out bookshelves too. Best of luck with your move!
I like it very much😂 because it is not just me who has a lot of wipes and a lot a lot a lot of stach 😊
That's awesome!
I buy Caron simply soft in all varieties(except o go’s) It’s my #1 go to yarn. My second is paint box Aran acrylic. Any thing else was gifted or given away to me, and I’m trying to use it up or will be passing it on. Your organization is inspiring. You will benefit from your hard work for quite awhile. 😊
Thank you!
You did a great job. It will be nice for to grab skeins you need and go. This is a fun video to watch. You hace a place for crochet hooks and notions. I have part of my stash in a hallway closet in milk crates. The rest in clear vacuum bags in behind the couch and end tables. Upstairs in spare bedroom I keep dish rag cotton, doily cotton, sock yarn, and some frilly scarf.
Oh thank you! It's totally been working out great so far! The organization by color has been a big help!.
I have to store my yarn in plastic tubs and have found that if I have the hanks/skeins upright (setting on the short ends) I can easily see what I have and how much, but more importantly I can squeeze more in.
I saw your cedar balls in some of your bins…I also toss in lavender and/or cedar pouches to keep out insects and to smell nice, but you might want to also toss in some desiccant packs (those little packs you find in with new items, like shoes) to help keep moisture out of any closed tubs or drawers.
Yeah the cedar balls were a just in case. Thanks for the idea about the desiccant packs. Almost all of my storage is open but that is a great idea for my last drawer and the Pound of Love tub!
I use a glass front book case for my yarn... I don't have the amount you do, but I love seeing what I have and it's pretty and makes me happy... when it's clean, which it's not right now. Decided to 'destash' by starting projects...
That's awesome, I love the way some of those book cases can look when filled with yarn. "Destashing" is always fun. At least for me, I know once it's done I get to buy new yarn!
The question for everyone. Do you ever use all of your yarn, or do you just like looking at it? Seriously! I swear half the time I just sit and look at my stash and admire it’s beauty. I might have five projects, but I have1000 skins. Does that make me a hoarder?!
I am redoing the craft room that was shared and is now mine. I am emptying the spare bedroom, the storage cubes in the living room and a TomCare storage unit in the living room near my chair. I would rather watch you...........
Yeah I love watching yarn organization videos too but a lot of the final results really helped inspire me to get my own redone.
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
Oh yeah definitely. I had emergency gallbladder surgery with complications so I definitely understand where you are coming from. Take time to recover. Sometimes I'll even just set a timer for 15 min and stop as soon as it is up. A few of those a week can get bigger areas tackled ..and I definitely need to tidy my yarn again!
@@craftinginthenight I’m trying. But I did so much of part two today of clearing out bins today I’m like. Can I stay up till time of arrival arriving home. Go back tomorrow. But most of it’s done now. Just three to four bags left. Have tomorrow morning few hours if I can and Tuesday. But setting a timers great. When I get approval from RUclips to post a shot can I tag you with the before and after ?
You did a great job! I love the black, pink, yellow and green blanket on the back of the couch.
Thanks Barbara, that's an older project but I'll share a closeup of it in the next Podcast.
This is Jill and I think you did a great job getting everything organized! You’ve got quite a stach there! I have a small stach. I have a drawer just for cottons, one for balled up left over yarn, one for partially used skeins. Then I have a cabinet categorized according to brand. I have another 3 drawer stand with crochet supplies and books in it.
I’m so much in the mood to yarn shop. I’m pretty much a handicapped shut in . So yarn shopping for me is pretty well out of reach. I depend on others to do it for me. I do miss touching, smelling and picking out the variety and colors I want. Anyway, you did a great job and I enjoyed watching! ( I love your cute appartment!)
Thanks Jill, I am with you on being able to touch the yarn when shopping however, I really am looking forward to ordering more yarn from online retailers. They offer so many more options and colors than what I can get locally and you can't beat front door delivery! Thank you for watching!
Wow your soo lucky. If I had all that yarn, I would have been slaughtered or jailed. My mum would have killed me and my bro would have thrown me out of the house with all those yarns. I just have one closet with 3 shelf yarns rest space has bags of yarn. Love your stash
I usually use wool or wool blends, just because I like the way they feel. I have sweater quantities of TruBoo and CoBoo for some summer tanks. I have lots of independent dyer yarns I've been accumulating for 15+ years. I buy much faster than I knit.
I currently have them in 18 gallon totes - three for fingering weight, one for worsted, and one for various. There are a few Mandala cakes, but I don't use a lot of it. Then I also have a separate tote of Ohio State colors and one of Christmas yarns. Unfortunately, I've not done a good job of putting away yarn in the last few months, due to health issues. Then they just seem to multiply when I'm not looking. Last Christmas doing living room cleaning, I found about 20 WIPs I had stashed here and there. Now I am working my way through those WIPs.
I haven't tried wool or bamboo yet. I do want to try them eventually though. When I'm in a creative mode my yarn stash tends to get all over the place. I'll grab a scrap cake and a hook and even work at my computer desk figuring out new stitches and patterns.
@@craftinginthenight I heard that!! I always have a project in my work desk and in my car. I recently had surgery and ended up with an overnight stay. I finished a hat on the hospital.
Oh, and I got my Truboo and Coboo on sale. I had a gift card. Two sweater quantities for $4 out of pocket!
April, you did an amazing job organizing!
Thank you Darcy!
i do most of everything at night , i live in a senior citizens rent controlled apt. building, and the apartments are not that big but i have one closet that has majority of my yarn in and mysewing things and machine, my system is to just hope i find what i want lol
That is a good system too! My former strategy was to buy yarn just in case. That's how I wound up with like ten skeins of Pound of Love in white ☺️
Even tho' your space is small I am envious of the room and yarn you have! You did a great job organizing it and it looks very cool! I sort my yarn by weight because not all 4s are equal. It lets me know what sort of project I can do next depending on that weight. I don't keep a list of my yarn because I can see it all in the see-through bags.
Agreed about not all 4 weights being equal. I find that sometimes different colors in the same brand/line are even thicker or lighter depending on color.
Hi April, i loved this video, your apartment is lovely yarn in every room, i wondered how old your daughter is and, what does she crochet, i love your yarn organisation, 🧶
Thanks Sally. She's in high school.
Great job ❤ New friend here 🤗
Thanks Stephanie. I love your profile pic! Thank you for watching!
I need to do this to my stash too. You did a great job. 👍
Thanks Brenda!
Great job orgaizing! I have mine organized by yarn weight and that has been working well for me. I have it in the cube shelves so I can see it. However I do have quite a bit in a trunk now too. I need to use some before buying more so I have it all out where I can see it.
Totally get that Bobbie Jo. Being able to have it all out and nothing in drawers would make me feel like everything has a place. Right now I feel like I have a little bit of yarn overflow I need to take care of but I'll get there. Thank you for watching!
Wow, im embark8ng on the same project. I ended up organizing my yarn 1st into cotton/cotton blends and acrylic/acrylic blends. Then by weight. I started 2 weeks ago and im still working on it. You g8ve me inspiration that i can get it finished though🎉.
You can totally get it finished Stephanie. This was kind of a big project all at once and took about 3 - 3.5 hours total but in general I try to set a 20 minute timer every day to work on cleaning around the house, which includes cleaning up any yarn piles I've left out from working on WIP's or making videos. It's only two of us so it's not too bad but man 20 minutes day really helps getting things going. Thank you for watching!
Hi nice to meet you, my name is Kim and good luck with your channel! I've already watched a couple videos!
Love love love the flower picture/canvas behind you above the white cabinet in the living room! Did you paint it or buy it? I want one!! Lol
Hi Kim! I hired a neighbor kid to paint it. She loves painting and needed extra cash so I gave her a rough idea of what I wanted / what colors and she painted that for me. I absolutely love it! Thank you for watching!
My stash is not that big. I only buy yarn when I have a request. Most people will not choose the color you already have. I’m considering participating in Octoberfest this year to downsize my stash.
Great job! Fixing to organize mine. I have the large IKEA unit and I like how you decided to organize by type/kind/brand. Any advice on what you would have done differently or changed or implemented? Thanks so much!
So far it's working well to have like yarns together i.e. the medium weight value yarns like Caron one pound and red heart together, baby yarns together, etc
Hi April! New subbie here. It was fun to watch you organize your yarn stash. I'm not sure if you mentioned this in the video or not, but how often do you organize your craft room? Do you make it a point to do it once a year? I'm in the process of organizing my bedroom/studio. I hope you have a great day! Ciao.
I just organize it when I feel like it isn't serving me as well as it could. Usually that's a couple of times a year, it just depends how much stash I'm using up or bringing in.
I love your stash,but it looks like some of the yarn was in jail🤣🤣,YARN😍💜💜
Ha yeah. I like those open wire baskets though because it keeps it contained and yet still visible!
Hi. I saw your comment on where the cubes came from, but where did you get the slide-in baskets? Both white and pink ones. My cat has shredded my wicker ones. Nice job organizing and videoing! Thank you.
The baskets came from Target, both the solid ones and the metal ones.
@@craftinginthenight Thank you.
Actually I don't have it organized. It's in 5 mid- size totes in my room. I'm going to sort into brands and tape a list of brands on the side. I need to do it soon😅
That's a start at least! I just bought some labels to add to my WIP bins and the solid yarn bins that I can't see into.
Doing a bit better dear. But had a fall at work. Now dealing with concussion recovery. So there’s that. But I’ve tried to do the 15 minute timer so that’s helping. Any other suggestions rn would be great. :). @craftinginthenight
@craftinginthenight how is your family
...and I thought my stash was out of control. For my needs and after many reorganizations, I found that the easiest for me is categorizing by yarn weight.
For the most part, since I organized by brand and type, that's how it is now. It's been so much easier to find things for sure. Thank you for watching!
My yarn room/areas are a HOT mess due to my son and grandson moving in for a while.
Mine needs to be reorganized again! I should film another video on it 😜
Colour co-ordination or yarn weight co-ordination?? I go with yarn weight but the colours look so nice. What does everyone else do?
I did weight (really brand / weight) coordination and then further by color in each section. So, for example, all of my Caron Simply Soft is together and then grouped by color. Likewise all my compatible 4 weights are together and then grouped by color. So far this seems to be working but I'll know for sure over the coming weeks. Love to hear what others do as well! Thank you for watching!
I do by color then weight. Since I only use 2-3 brands of yarn that cover my needed color choices I don't yet need anything more complex.
Where did you get the bags from?
Hi Gail, thanks for watching. For the project bags, I use these ones from Amazon in the B5 size: amzn.to/3NW9ImK (affiliate link)
@@craftinginthenight Thanks I ordered them they look better then just bags.
My stash has gotten so big that this year I have to use 5 ounces to purchase 1 ounce of new
Right now I'm just trying to stay out of the yarn stores till I clear up some space :D It seems every time I go in a store there is some new color I haven't seen or an awesome sale. Thanks for watching!
Good ratio 1:5 !!