I keep wondering where my Susan Bates needle check is. I have several, but they continually go into hiding. I know that I have size 4 needles, but I can’t find them. I consistently severely underestimate the amount of time it will take me to knit up a new project. These are a few of the issues I’ve been facing recently. It didn’t help that I bought several great yarns, a felting project, and a Rakestraw Spinner and four different batts of wool to spin at Rhinebeck.
The need to reestablish some semblance of order in my craft room (It used to be my bedroom, but I moved my bed into a smaller room.) has become pressing. I’ve started the process by identifying the areas that need work: 1) paper (patterns, books, magazines, KAL and swap info); 2) WIPs (the projects in the works that actually have pending deadlines); 3) UFOs (projects I want to finish in the not-to-distant future); 4) Dead UFOs (projects in which I have no further interest, which should be frogged): 5) yarn (probably to be organized by type or if it is targeted for a specific project); 6) needles (double-pointed, straight, circular); 7) accessories (crochet hooks, tapestry needles, scissors, sticky notes, highlighter tape, stitch markers, measuring tapes & rulers, etc.).
Next, I have to figure out how to set up my space so that everything will have a place and I can a) find it easily; b) have room for more (because we all know that despite my best intentions, there will be more). Of course, I’m on an extremely tight budget.
I need help (not the mental health kind, but the ideas-interior decorating kind). Please tell me ideas that have worked for you. They don’t have to be all-inclusive - a good way to organize one type of thing would be greatly appreciated. If I use your idea, you’ll not only get a public thank you, but I’ll reward you with something nice.
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