2KCBWDAY3 - Tidy Mind, Tidy Stitches
How do you keep your yarn wrangling organised? It seems like an easy to answer question at first, but in fact organisation exists on many levels.
My Stash
I rent an unfurnished house. Nevertheless, there is a desk on the landing. Originally I wanted it removed so that I could use the space for something else, but the landlord was reluctant due to the fact that it is nailed to the walls. I relented and let it stay, and decided to turn it into a crafting desk. It has a bookcase attached to it, which is where I have stored all of my yarn - in rainbow formation. I also use it for craft books, fabric, haberdashery, and have my sewing machine on the desk itself. I'm not photographing the whole desk, though - it's currently a mess!
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My weakness when it comes to organising my stash is that I lose yarn labels. I have kept a lot of them, but I don't know which label goes with which yarn. I'm trying harder these days to keep things altogether, but you should know that probably more than half of the yarns here don't have associated labels. Oops.
Hooks and Needles
A while ago (actually a few years now, isn't it?) I had the pleasure of swapping with a crafter from Australia. She made me this really great needle roll and matching stitch markers (right), and I've been using them ever since. This isn't my entire collection of needles given that some are in use in other projects--including a pair of giant needles being used by my housemate for learning purposes!
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I don't really have any interesting needles or hooks - they are all pretty standard metal or plastic, plus one bamboo crochet hook also given to me by my lovely swap partner. I am however quite amused by the 1mm (yes, 1mm!) crochet hook for very tiny crochet. I've used it with embroidery floss on numerous occasions.
I also didnt take a photo of anyhing other then the neat!
my solution to lost yarn tags is to cut about 3-5 inches off the end and tape it to the tag (or if long enough make a loop around tag) then I shove all those little tags and loops of yarn into a bag- i am trying to think of a way of organizing them- maybe a paperchain around the craft room, maybe just a row of hooks who knows yet....
I don't know if your way of using yarn makes this difficult (ie. if it's not always in skein form), but I usually just fold the label and push it into the middle of the skein. It's always there if you need to check it and doesn't get lost or mixed up with others.