Friday 19 February 2016

Sorted!

I have finally worked out how to store my wool stash. I wanted it to be accessible, visible, and all in one place. I love it when you go into a woolshop and there are the little cubbyholes each with their colourful contents on display. Where could I store my wool?Carrier bags in the loft are a little inaccessible. The only available space was the top of a bookcase on the landing - but that was in dire need of tidying up.






And then I had an idea... I used to have drawer dividers in my undies drawer. But when we got Cornerstones, that piece of furniture went to Norfolk, and the dividers are no good for the drawers I use now. 




But they are just the right size for the box from my new clothes airer. I cut out a panel from the front, inserted the dividers, and strengthened the corners with some red gaffer tape.

And now my wool is neat and tidy and ready to use. Thinner sock wool/4ply towards the top, and DK at the bottom. There are a few tiny balls tucked in round the edge. No more wool to be purchased until this is all used up!

Now to re-assess my knitting needle collection!

17 comments:

  1. Your wool store looks great. My mums store of needles are in a glass pint pot (big dimply one with a handle). You could also use a large jug or vase it all depends on how many you have.
    Carolx

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    1. Too many! I think I could fill half a dozen jugs with my collection. Still working on this one...

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  2. That is brilliant! I have wool rack envy.

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  3. Clever, clever! I love the way you think outside the box!

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  4. Ingenious. Just hope the wool's not there long enough to get bothered by moths! Vee x

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    1. Now it is out on view, I hope it will get used up faster.

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  5. This is ingenious!! Very clever recycling too!!! I went to a pub quiz with my friend in Hexham last night and there was a question relating to your Monday blog post. I remembered Mary but not Somerville and I was so cross I couldn't remember her name!!! I was telling everyone about her and what she did but could not remember her surname!!! We won anyway though!!!x

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    1. Congratulations on winning the quiz Kezzie. But you confused me at first, I thought the question must have begun "On Monday's Tracing Rainbows..." and somehow TR has made it into the realm of Trivia that becomes Pub Quiz Questions!! Fame at last...

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  6. You do come up with some marvellous ideas!

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  7. Great idea, my yarn lives in one of my storage sofa's, it was in various bags but now lives in 2 under bed storage boxes. They fit nicely in the space and I can see at a glance what I have.

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    1. It is the visibility that is important - if you cannot see it easily, you forget what you have and it never gets used.

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  8. Ingenious! I'm all for bringing order to chaos! A simple and easy to use system! x

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  9. I love this solution and will join you in your resolution not to get any more yarn until the current stock is all used up !

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  10. Crochet hooks so much more easily stored and darried around, as I am discovering this month with a knitting triangle that doesn't leave the house!

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