Good job organizing. I still have yarn sitting in the boxes they were delivered in. Just one question, what do you do with your purged or leftover yarn?

I love how you display the Lornas Laces!

Pamela, I'm bringing a few skeins of extra sock yarn to my knitting group for a little fire sale and then I might offer some sweater-packs of yarn for sale here on the blog.

Yum! I always enjoy a peak at someone else's stash. Your colors are brilliant!

I love the blooming Lorna's Laces! I need to get some of those cubbies to organize my stash...

I really need to do that too. I recently found a "new" yarn (it had been stashed for so long I didn't remember having it) that I got so excited about I cast on right away!

What about you? Did you find any hidden treasures????

My stash needs stirring too! I like your enclosed storage - mine is in cubbies, but they're open and it bugs me. Are those from IKEA?

Stirring of the stash is always dangerous. I don't want Justin to really know how much I have. I know he knows, but doesn't know, uh...you know? The nice thing about seeing all of your stash on a daily basis is that you're sometimes shamed into actually using it. Oh, the shame.

Love the Lorna's Laces flowers :-) I expect my cats would have a field day if I tried that though!

Stirring the stash - what a great phrase.

Hmmm...now there's a good idea: use stash as decoration... I like it! (I also LOVE IKEA!!!)

Your stash is gorgeous! I want to come over!!! :)

mmm, those blooming lorna's look lovely!

i always have to sort my stash when nobody else is in the house. they might have me committed if they knew how big it really is...

I love the colors from the stash. I am still attempting to plan storage for my growing stash. Now that I am working full-time, it means no time for knitting but money to help the stash grow. Looking forward to the "fire" sale.

Lovely!! And discretely photographed so we never see the complete extent...

Great organizational process. You have so much yarn; mine pales in comparison. I love the phrase: Stirring the Stash.

The bin! The bin! We have the same bin! I am furious both at Pottery Barn for no longer making them and myself for not buying about 20 when they did make them. Isn't it the most cheerful stripe? And all the more so when filled with sock yarn.

I am curious! What are all those colorful dpn's in with the blooming sock yarn. ;) Actually... what are your favorite needles and dpn's? Like I said, I'm curious. :)

That really does look like a bouquet! Too funny.

I second the colorful dpn question! And I also breathed a measured sigh of relief that my stash is smaller in comparison with yours. Yours is prettier, though. I love the Ikea bookcase, too. Oh why oh why is there no Ikea in NC? Furniture capital, my ass....

Oooh...freaky. I just posted about organizing my stash yesterday, only I called it "Shaking the Pot". For the way that, if you put multiple sizes of beads or marbles in a container and shake it, they sort themselves into layers by size, smallest at the bottom.

Strange feeling of deja vu looking at your post today. :)

http://www.folkcatart.com/knitaround/2006/03/shaking-pot.html

Jo, the lovely needles are Comfort Zone needles from Knitting on the Go. They're really flexible and bendy and come in all sorts of bright, fun colors. Check them out!! I like to use either them or the short dpns from Bryspun. No metal or bamboo needles for me. Although I'm thinking of splurging on some rosewood dpns sometime soon. Ooooooh!

Alison- have fun with the fire sale, I actually get more excited liberating unloved yarn from my stash than I do aquiring it. How odd is that?

I'm hoping readers of your blog will be able to advise me on my sockapoolza challenge. I bought some lovely Schaefer Anne sock yarn and have cast on and ripped back 5 times - none of the patterns I have suit this yarn. Surely one of your readers must have made some amazing socks out of Anne. If not, then you can update my current status as "lost; looking for roadmap."

Thanks sock sitter.

Wow, that yarn looks great, all neat and tidy. I recently reorganized, too, then I organized a yarn swap with my knitting group. It was a great way to revitalize the stash - for free!

Lordy, lord...that looks absolutley, YUMMY! I could use a storage unit like that my self...but I think only one cabby would be filled with yarn.

I'm going to sort my stash now, too...I'm starting to get a collection of sock yarn. I think it should sleep together...maybe I'll get baby sock yarn!

I just did some stash stirring last night. Next up this weekend, pattern stirring.

Oh, I love those DPNs! Thanks for the link; I'm going to check that out.

The true extent of the stash must never be revealed to one's spouse. I don't even open the containers unless I know for certain that he's otherwise occupied. ;-)

Oh, I need to do this so badly! I've been saying I'm going to reorganize the stash since before Christmas but I kept getting distracted, and now I can't really do it because the new cat is still living in that room (she's a good cat though - she hasn't shown one bit of interest in my yarn!). But when she finally decides to join the rest of the house, there will be a great stirring of the stash in my house too.

I need to do this as well! I love your flower pot of Lorna's Laces. :D What's the red/white color, out of curiosity??

Recently I've found your blog and love it. I liked your Germany yarn hunts very much. Just as I found your blog recently so have I also discovered a love for sock yarn...the crazier the color the better. Can you with your sock yarn experiences give me a few favorites (brand, color, and tools too)or anyone...Thanks. By the way you have a great looking storage system...as if I had ta tell ya

Alison, thanks for sharing your adventures with the boys in Germany. I, too, have in-laws in Europe, so it was nice to see how well yours interacted with the kids. Get lots of Legos seems to be the answer! I love the stash - very pretty and well organized! I've been knitting from stash for about a month now and am really enjoying the process. Love your blog!

Oh what fun! I may have to go home and stir my stash, and let some bloom!
Very fun pictures!

What great, cheery colors in your stash!

Love your Lorna's Laces! I don't think it's ever a good thing for a husband to see the true size of one's stash!

what kind of needles are behind the lorna's? the colored ones.

Carolyn, look for my comment about 15 comments above yours. All is answered there! ;0)

Lawdy, my stash's tiny comparing to yours....

Gotta love the stash! Hubbies do not understand that yarn is multi-functional. It not only becomes lovely garments, but serves as outstanding room accessories! See, nothing is wasted.

I've been following your blog for awhile now, from Germany and back, and have decided to delurk. Looking at your stash makes me want to race out and go on a splurge too! I'm still working away at the stash my mother passed down to me, though, as she no longer knits. lucky me :)

I've been following your blog for awhile now, from Germany and back, and have decided to delurk. Looking at your stash makes me want to race out and go on a splurge too! I'm still working away at the stash my mother passed down to me, though, as she no longer knits. lucky me :)

Those needles look great! How long are they?

Do they really not snap? I fear tiny sock wooden needles...

Off to buy some comfort needles. Thanks for the linkage!

Oh Gosh, it just occurred to me that the comfort zone needles might be more "sat upon friendly" than my metal inox 6" dpns... And perhaps more airport friendly! No matter what the rules say, I always think that metal dpns could be dangerous in my hands... Especially if I lose one and have to do the "where did the #@$!@#$! needle go!" hunt. Or if a seat-neighbor uses my shoulder as a headrest and drool bib.

How did I miss all the other times you've mentioned them? Busy oogling the German Sockyarn, I guess.

Love your storage unit for your yarn. I neeeed that unit. Who makes it?

I am soooo jealous of your Ikea system. Not long after you posted the purchase of it I went looking and it's been discontinued.

Thanks for showing your stash. It's beautiful! Makes me want to do some stirring of my own stash.

Beautiful way to store the stash!