I have a little cart where I store my crochet supplies, but it’s a complete mess!!! Yarn is everywhere and I’m very overwhelmed. Any tips to make it organized (btw i have a yarn ball winder if that’s helpful)?
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I like to store yarn in plushie hammocks.
Hope this helps!
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Decide if you want to sort yarn by color or by brand/line. Once you do that, sort into two piles. Based on the size of the piles, get or make hammocks to go into the corners of your bedroom.
Take your caddy, clean it, and store your accessories. On top, your hooks, scissors, needles, etc. maybe get it make a pin cushion. A nice talk coffee cup for your hooks. Maybe decide on a color and get the pin cushion and cup to match along with any other containers for your doo dads.
Get it make a tote to carry your current project in and keep on bottom drawer when not using.
Bottom drawer for those things you don’t use often, safety eyes, safety eye pliers, hook sizer, Wraps per inch card, felt, ribbon, etc. maybe put them in small tubs like leftover butter tubs, baby food jars, etc or buy something matching the main color.
However, don’t make the tote/pouch whatever if it’s just going to hold you up. Especially if looking at the mess drains all your creative energy.
That’s all I can think of for now.
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Oh my gosh that’s exactly what mine looks like every time I put yarn back I just shove it in so it’s really messy XD
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I have an IKEA cart that I use for all of my ongoing projects. I have a bin where I keep little usable scraps inside incase I need them for embroidery or sewing. I also would store all my notions I need up there, like hook, scissors, stuffing, needles, etc in the top compartment too!
Then, I like to sort my yarn by color in the shelving. This helps me see what colors I have access too easily when making decisions on what to make or what color palette. Re-caking can help, but takes lots of time. If you have a day, I’d sit down and just power through as much recaking as you can. This also helps you physically put your hands on all the colors you have, and you can start to separate them by colors.
Honestly though, if it makes you feel better, not the worst I’ve seen! I believe in you, and it always feels so much less anxiety-inducing once its all organized.
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I share a craft room with my mum now, so thankfully I don’t have as much of an issue anymore, but my recommendation is either cubby shelf’s or do the pegboard wall with rewound skeins to save space, I wanna do the pegboard thing but we rent where we currently live and are trying to minimise the number of holes we put in the wall until we move into our own home
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