Check-In Post December 17th 2020

[badly_knitted]

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Today's Question: Is your crafting stash taking over or is it all neatly organised?


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Comments

[badly_knitted]

I have crafting stuff everywhere, I can't even remember half of what I've got!

Finished the second of a pair of arm warmers although they still need sewing up. Started another pair in some weird yarn I dug out. Parts of it are thicker than DK and parts are thinner, and it's made up of three strands, white, green, and navy blue, or it might be black. I'm about 34 rows in.

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Answer: In the midst of projects, yes, the stash takes over. While I was in the throes of cross stitching I had all my thread on the floor running down one wall of the bedroom in numerical order. Not in the way but definitely long. In between, I try to pack things up. I have a box in the closet for odds and ends that the kids might need for school projects, etc. and I have a bag (made of quilt squares, a gift from an online friend) for myself.

I began a paper building (St. Basil's Cathedral of Russia) but only got to step 3 [there are 18 total]. Lots of glue and holding things together and in place until the glue dries.

[badly_knitted]

I have my threads in freezer bags in batches by number and packed into a box. Well, two boxes, one for DMC and the other for Anchor. Keeps them where I can find them, then I just take out the ones I need for a project and 'file' them away again after.

I have dozens of boxes spread across several rooms containing various crafting items, and shelves in the box room crammed with yarn. I really need to get on with using it all up.]

That sounds like a fascinating project, but holding it together while the glue dries has to be tedious. OIs there any way you could use bulldog clips or clothes pegs to hold pieces together while the glue sets?

[stonepicnicking_okapi]

Yes, my thread is in a freezer bag, but all together in the sewing bag. I don't have any new projects on the horizon so there it will sit for a while.

I think that's common (lots of boxes, lots of yarn).

That's a good idea!

[badly_knitted]

Crafters do tend to have a lot of crafting supplies, IO guess it's part of being a crafter!

Hopefully it will help 😊

[shopfront]

A bit of both? My knitting things are mostly neatly confined to one deep shelf, but everything is just sorta roughly bundled together on said shelf and I have sewing odds and ends strewn about other places. I really need to block the pieces for my big yarn bag so I can start lining and sewing them, I'm hoping that'll help keep things a bit better sorted once that's finished and I have one contained place for my yarn stash.

I finished my Christmas scarf (the day before yesterday) though! And yesterday I did the swatch for my next project, which has ended up being one of my planned hats, and blocked it and also finally blocked my old comfort mittens that I knitted while hosting WED. I had a lot of fun using my new blocking boards and pins, it made things a thousand times easier omg

[badly_knitted]

It's hard to keep things contained where you want them, but I think you have a lot less yarn than I do. I have wide, deep shelves around three sides of one room at above the door height plus two lower shelves on two of the walls and they're all crammed with yarn. Then there are about a dozen bags of oddments there isn't room for on the shelves. The rest of my craft stuff is packed in boxes in several rooms and I have a big ottoman full of Aida for cross stitching. >.<

Yay, well done for finishing the scarf, and I'm glad your blocking board and pins are working for you! Now you can finish your mittens.