Organizing the Stash
How have I changed the place that I live… not much actually. Since it’s an apartment I’m not at liberty to do all that much, nor do I have the time or energy to do so.
I did make an attempt to organize myself my stash last March. My mom and I drove up to Ottawa for passport related stuff, and headed to IKEA on the way back. We managed to somehow jam boxes for 3 sets of tall shelves into the car (with seats folded and pulled forward as much as possible). It was also quite a job (involving the creative use of abandoned grocery carts) to wrestle the boxes out of the car and up to my apartment.
I spent several afternoons with the screw driver assembling the shelves, and then with a bit of help got them anchored to the walls. For a while, I was more organized. But then it appears that the number of books I own has multiplied to fill these shelves.
Now….I’m about do to something brave. Most knitters have a stash of yarn, a hidden supply that is going to be used for something at some time but is currently waiting for that perfect project. Some of it is yarn bought at a certain place, like the silk I bought in Japan when I learned to dye with indigo (lesson translated thanks to my very patient friends who had no interest whatsoever in silk or dyeing), or the super soft alpaca that I bought from the Weavers and Spinner’s Guild sale….I know it will be a scarf sometime, but I need to have the time to enjoy knitting with such lovely fiber. Some of it is yarn bought on sale, or because I love the colour, or because I forgot I already had something similar….I know…I know…I have a bit of a problem.
So, here’s to bravery. 
This is my stash, or at least most of it. Doesn’t it look pretty? Without this shelf, it was all piled in boxes in various corners of my apartment. I have certainly gained more floor space with this stash storage shelf. Looking at all that wool makes me think I need to knit more….so there will be more room on those shelves to store other important things.
This perhaps leads into my new years resolution post on being more organized, or perhaps just knitting faster than I acquire new yarn.
All you knitters out there….tell the truth….you have a yarn stash too, right?
Tags: best of 2009, stash
