Comments on: Spring Cleaning: 7 Ways to Organize Your Yarn Stash

By: Char55

Char55 — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:24:00 +0000

A picture of my yarn stash in hanging sweater bags.

By: speesc

speesc — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 02:25:00 +0000

Irish Spring bar soap is great for keeping pests away. I use them in my storage and haven’t had any problems.

By: CATE

CATE — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 19:19:00 +0000

HELPFUL TOOL!
Does anyone know where I can purchase the plastic straight pins used for holding full rollers of hair on your head. I find these so useful when sewing seams in sweaters etc.

By: Ludia Buza

Ludia Buza — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:06:00 +0000

I have two plastic shoe bags that will take about 6-8 skeins of yarn and i love it.

By: SJ/Maritimes

SJ/Maritimes — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 03:19:00 +0000

Up here in Canada, we use fabric softener sheets in the bags when storing blankets, pillows, & off-season clothes. Maybe try them with your stashes. You could also take an empty toilet paper roll, put in potporri, moth balls or what ever inside it. Then take a dryer sheet, cut in half, put it on each end and wrap an elastic around the ends.Works for us, why not for warmer climates?!

By: Kristine Gustavson

Kristine Gustavson — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:40:00 +0000

Yarn can cause intestinal blockage in dogs, so be careful with trimmings and keep balls of yarn away from them. Some dogs tend to start swallowing a strand and it goes down and gets tangled as it moves through. Surgery to remove it can run into the thousands of dollars so best to prevent the problem.

By: Kristine Gustavson

Kristine Gustavson — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:36:00 +0000

I have a small stash which fits in one of those over the door hanging shoe bags. I got the kind with the clear fronts and it is easy to see what is where. My fabric stash, however–that is another story.

By: TheEmperorIsStarkers

TheEmperorIsStarkers — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 16:49:00 +0000

LOL … I know, I must seem like a total amateur. But to be fair, I live in a 200 sq foot RV at the moment, so that’s actually quite a lot! And it doesn’t count the very large tote bag full of my WIPs, and the two Kleenex boxes of tiny balls of scrap yarn.
I had another idea since posting about the comforter bag too. Pre-washed salad comes in lovely clear, lightweight plastic containers which click closed. I’m going to start storing my scraps in there, so I can easily see what’s on hand.

By: Melissa Zuckerman

Melissa Zuckerman — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:26:00 +0000

My stash is a mess. But I keep my all my needles and other knitting notions in a shoe bag over a closet door. Each pocket is numbered by needle size. Works great!

By: Anneaptl

Anneaptl — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 13:55:00 +0000

I bought a work box similar to those used by for example carpenters. I keep all my knitting/crochet supplies, buttons, needles etc in this. I then keep my wool stash in long flat plastic tubs (3) on wheels under the bed. I also have a box beside my chair in which I keep my current projects. All my patterns are in folders or on my iPad. It works a treat and the place is kept tidy which was my husbands only request! What I would love though is a large utility room so that I could have a yarn wall!! Need a new house to get that though so never gonna happen.