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february 20, 2005

yarn stores

Back working at my LYS today. See you there!

I'll leave you with a picture of my yarn storage system that I got from IKEA a while back. Some of you seemed genuinely interested to see it with my stash inside.

I can't believe I filled up the whole thing!

posted by alison at 9:42 am | in just blogging 05
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for petes sakes make sure you lock your door when you leave.you have a nice bit of stash there!

Posted by: cara at February 20, 2005 9:57 AM

Whoa! Sorted! Organized! Labeled! And a lot of wonderful yarns too!

Posted by: christina at February 20, 2005 10:10 AM

I'm having stash/storage envy. Bigtime!

Posted by: Dava at February 20, 2005 10:11 AM

Looks fantastic! Just wondering something about yarn storage - do you have the yarn wrapped in plastic bags as an organizational mechanism, or do you have some other reason (fear of moths/damage etc...).

Posted by: Anne-Caroline at February 20, 2005 10:44 AM

Very Cool!!! I love it! I think they are going to put an IKEA near us, I can't wait!! :)

Posted by: Nicole at February 20, 2005 10:51 AM

Ooh! I love it! It is actually stylish too... what a concept with yarn storage. love it!

Posted by: Liz at February 20, 2005 11:02 AM

The plastic bags do help keep things together, but they are mostly there just in case of moths. I keep my finished wool sweaters in cedar chest too.

Posted by: alison at February 20, 2005 11:05 AM

I sooo need one of those. It looks so nice and organized and you actually see everything. Very cool! :)

Posted by: Vicki at February 20, 2005 11:23 AM

I love that cabinet!! What is the IKEA name of it? I am buying a house and I need to find some great yarn storage for my stash!

Posted by: Diana at February 20, 2005 11:27 AM

Well, it looks like you've got enough yarn for a week, Ms. Speedy Knitter. However, where are the works-in-progress pls?

Leslie

Thanks for the pics & inspiration! I think you're a knitting mentor to a lot of us!

Posted by: Leslie at February 20, 2005 12:00 PM

where do you store your oddball yarns...leftover remnants from projects? that's my dilemma...what to do w/the leftovers...besides use the yarn for ribbon when wrapping gifts... :)

Posted by: ami at February 20, 2005 12:50 PM

Oh, how I love looking at organized yarn. What a great cubby- I love that you can still see all that gorgeous yarn inside- makes me want to knit!

Posted by: Mary-Heather at February 20, 2005 1:06 PM

looks great! you just have almost given me inspiration to go organize mine.... hmmmm nah, think i'll go knit :)

Posted by: rebecca at February 20, 2005 1:44 PM

looks great! you just have almost given me inspiration to go organize mine.... hmmmm nah, think i'll go knit :)

Posted by: rebecca at February 20, 2005 1:45 PM

That looks awesome, I love it. I've noticed that old stash expands to fit whatever new storage container I bring home. I'm still in the rubbermaid bin stage.

Posted by: Kristi at February 20, 2005 3:11 PM

It looks great! You're not going to believe that I've spent the part of the last 2 Saturdays trying to 1. find Kampe at the Pittsburgh IKEA (it's discontinued) and 2. trying to replicate a similar storage vehicle. I'm super-envious.

Posted by: Lynn at February 20, 2005 3:38 PM

Forget stash envy, I have storage envy!

Posted by: jo at February 20, 2005 4:40 PM

Gorgeous - looks like picture frames with decorative mats. Do you have some kind of UV filter on that glass? Moths are one thing - light could be another.

Posted by: Meg at February 20, 2005 5:50 PM

I have to comment, I am absolutely green with envy over the combination of the stash and the storage system. What a perfect place to store your stash, it looks neat and tidy, yet you can still see all the beautiful yarn.

Posted by: Emma at February 20, 2005 6:18 PM

Ooh I love it. It looks great. I love how you can see your stash so easily. I am going to have to think about one these myself for my beads and yarns.

Posted by: Kamala at February 20, 2005 7:13 PM

Where will you put the yarn you bought today?

Posted by: Johanna at February 20, 2005 8:45 PM

Should be called "The GREEN blog". You're making us all green with envy!

Posted by: Wendi at February 20, 2005 9:04 PM

What fun to peek in and see your beautiful and well organized stash. I'm currently cleaning and working through my stash - once I'm done I might treat myself to a similar glass covered storage unit and get rid of my hunky looking plastic storage bin.

Posted by: nona at February 20, 2005 10:26 PM

Isn't it fun to peek into other people's stash?!

The storage unit is called Kampe. I had no idea that it was discontinued! Looks like I got lucky to get some. And I keep oddballs and leftovers in some soft IKEA boxes. I think they're for magazines or records. They're selling smaller ones for CDs now. They're more attractive than you're basic plastic bins and hold a LOT!

Posted by: alison at February 20, 2005 10:44 PM

Very impressive storage unit, but I'm more impressed with the -- what? Photoshop? -- whatever it is you used to give us the labels and arrows. I'm such a dunce about that stuff, and wish I knew more.

Posted by: Norma at February 21, 2005 1:02 AM

Wow, that's really nice! If it were MY stash, the books to yarn ratio would be reversed. Yeah, I love my knitting books.

Posted by: lauraA at February 21, 2005 2:01 AM

This looks gorgeous. I would be very happy if my stash would fit into it, but for the yarn only I would need at least double the size. Moreover, I cannot remember having seen these at IKEA in Europe.

Posted by: Sabine at February 21, 2005 4:17 AM

wowza! looks great!

Posted by: froggy at February 21, 2005 5:53 AM

My only question is, do you have books stashed aay somewhere else? I know that my books wouldn't fit in there. I know have to go to IKEA to look for a better stoarge system.

Posted by: mia at February 21, 2005 11:54 AM

I love your storage unit! I was looking at your post yesterday, when my husband came in the room. I pointed out the great storage unit to him and was commenting on how nice it looked, etc. He said that if we had something like that it wouldn't look nearly as nice because I have too much yarn. Do'h...I didn't think he'd noticed! Thank goodness he hasn't been in a store to price it all!

Thank you for the organizational inspiration! It is time for a good spring cleaning!

Jen S.

Posted by: Jen S. at February 21, 2005 1:25 PM

I'm SO glad you posted a picture of this, b/c I've been curious ever since you posted about your husband (and twins) putting this together! I'm starting to amass the oddly sized Rowan mags too and am wondering where to store them...maybe at your house! :-D

Posted by: tania at February 22, 2005 10:54 AM

I'm sorry to bother you with this question, because I know I've asked before, but was reminded by this picture. Do you have three different kinds of balls for the Onde?

Thanks for the Leftovers pattern- I just finished one and I love it!

Posted by: Cathi at February 22, 2005 5:48 PM

All I can say is "WOW".

WOW.

Posted by: Knit Chick at February 23, 2005 11:29 PM




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