Organizing My Giant Yarn Stash & How To Start Your Ravelry Stash
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Organizing and inventorying my giant yarn stash! I have over 600 skeins worth nearly $6000 to sort, photograph, stash in my new Fiber Craft Room, and add to my Ravelry Stash. Follow with me as I sort my physical yarn stash and learn how to use Ravelry to create a digital inventory of your stash too!
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I am retired and recently moved in with my daughter & her husband. They were flabbergasted at the amount of yarn and yarn equipment (small weaving looms, knitting looms, hooks, needles, etc.) that I brought with me. I am so grateful for it all, because my retirement income is so low, I must now stop buying yarn and actually start to use it. I feel like I have a small yarn store of my very own. Thank God for the yarn and now the time to make stuff for family and charity.
I'm not retired, don't even have that much time to knit , but I came to the same conclusion, that I have a small store of my own. This year is for knitting, not for buying yarn.
I recommend using yarn buddy (it’s an app) to record your yarn, you can just scan the tag and it will pull it up. It is easy to manage your yarn. You can easily take away or add skeins. And best of all it’s free
Amen!
With the price of yarn these days, I'm so grateful that I stocked up on clearance sales years ago. Now I have plenty of yarn to knit up garments at a reasonable cost.
This is like the third time I've watched this and its just so cathartic to watch someone organize their yarn. Looking forward to what the new craft room looks like :)
That's some lovely cat yarn you have there 😁 almost scare me when it started moving.
That's a good website I've never seen before thanks for sharing it 😁👍and your room looks so pretty 😍
Thank you! 😊
Lovely room!!!! I would like to see your collection of crochet hooks.
I'll have to plan a video about tools. It's probably not a surprise I've got a lot of those too 😅
My stash is Big and I had no idea of how big until I packed up and moved. Out of sight is definitely a dangerous way to store yarn. If you can't see it in you tend to to forget what you do have.. mine is now on full display in a cub units that I bought on Amazon.
I love Ravelry for the pattern database! I inherited a fair amount of yarn that has no label. I feel like I can't use the Ravelry stash feature even though it looks so cool, because most of my yarn is mystery yarn and the first thing Ravelry wants is a brand XD I'm pretty close to building my own stash database in Excel, I built one for my books, why not yarn? I might take the time to input the yarns I do have labels for on Ravelry, export it to Excel and manually add my mystery yarns!
I actually didn’t realize that Ravelry had so many detailed options to the stash function. Thank you for posting this video. I am curious as to my net worth in yarn…(actually it would be gross worth since most yarns were on sale or reduced in price according to quantity purchased)
Do you have any Knitcrate Vidalana yarn in Apple Picking (green) color?
Maybe, it sounds familiar. It might show in my Ravelry stash (but I'm behind on stashing, so it's not 100% up to date)
Buying Yarn and using Yarn are two separate hobbies :)
I can agree!
And not only in this world, but in more others! (sewing, for example)
@@Mikichan85 fabrics :)
@@quiltingnerd for example.
But I really need something like in the video but for the other stuffs.
There is something else even for diamond painting, ironing beads and Lego?
I’m a yarn and book hoarder who likes to think I have the time to read + knit allll the things.
@@morganunraveled audiobooks.... this is my cheat. I can quilt and listen 😁❤
There is a field called "stored in" on each stash item in Ravelry. So if you store your yarn in bins, and then for example put "Bin 1" in the stored in field and you will know which bin it is in! Alternatively, you can use the tags field for the same purpose.
Okay, I take it back you might have more than me! 😮 Also, you have all your labels on.. I’m impressed..
You are a Ravelry stash rock star! I didn’t realize how helpful this could be. I’m logging mine gradually. Thanks so much!
I'm so glad it was useful!
I’m actually a hoarder of mini skeins so my stash doesn’t take up as much square feet as yours, but it’s still a lot of skeins! I didn’t know ralvelry offered this! Holy crap….this looks like FUN! I, too, am a spreadsheet psycho and let me tell you…that yarn spreadsheet is EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING! I want to do this with all of my paper collections. Thank you for sharing. Just subbed 🥰
This is Ah-mazing! I had a fairly small stash when Ravelry was born, so I've had my digital stash on there from the beginning, though it gets a few gaps every now and then and I have an evening blitz of filling the holes. But having a digital stash is one of the BEST resources ever. I love being able to match odd yarns to potential projects as I figure out how to use early stash purchases from 15+ years ago. Stash organizing is essential! Way to go!
My new policy is to buy yarn only when I have a pattern. 😊 I use the leftovers on my rigid heddle looms and for fingerless gloves. It’s tempting to save small bits for my looms, but I try to only save those I’m likely to use, especially yarns that are strong enough to withstand the tension of being warp. I highly recommend rigid heddle looms. They’re easy and fun.
I never realized Ravelry had this function! I definitely need to work on this for my own stash
It's been so useful since I got it done! Definitely recommend.
My stash isn't as large, but it definitely took me a while to go through it all and enter it in. Completely and totally worth it. And now as soon as I buy some new yarn it gets entered. So easy to search and put projects together.
This video has really given me information I had no clue about. I recently inherited an entire yarn room that was full and overflowing. I have 200 pounds sitting on my front porch and a U-Haul coming in July!! I’m so overwhelmed with organization. I do have a rather large room and I’m looking for shelving now. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. I hope you have an absolutely fabulous day!!
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I laughed at "trip around the house" to gather it all!!! Amazing where we find to stash the stash!!! Great progress!!!! Great job!!!!
When i first started the vid i thought "ok that is a good stash for clothes and blankets" and you just kept pulling yarn from spots that i would have forgotten about. You madame have a stash big enough to make big beautiful blankets and comfortable clothes.
And I thought my stash was bad.. I stopped purchasing yarn because I couldn't stop my stash from growing. The stash was growing in an exponential rate and I had no place to store the new yarns. But this video just inspired me to buy yarns that I've been wanting to buy but just held off. Or maybe I just found myself an excuse 😅 so thank you!! 😄
My stash is soooo way worse!!! This vid is such a great and timely one for me! Thank you for sharing, I am so happy to know theres hope for better functionality! ❤️❤️❤️
You can do it!
It made me laugh when you started pulling your yarn out of all the various hiding places. It even was disquised as decoration and looked like it belonged there! I'm embarrassed to say though, that I have probably 3 times as much as you. But then again, I started collecting it when I was about 3 or 4 and pirated some from my mom's stash and I'm 61 now. Also I have inherited my mom and Grandma's stashes (but they were only about 3 medium size boxes total. The rest are my own doing.)😉
Thank goodness! I hoped there were others out there and I wasn't the only one! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣
What?.. I actually started. Note book writing down all of my yarns and then transferring them to a spreadsheet. 😞. I have been on ravelry since 2011 and didn’t know this function is available. THANK YOU! Definitely going to use this function
I'm glad this was helpful!
At the 4 min mark (when you are putting the yarn into the bins) you are rocking a beautiful knit tee with lace at the top. Do you recall what pattern it is and how many skeins you used to make it (and yarn base)? I am looking for a summer tee and cannot settle on a pattern and loved your top!
It's called the Summer Light Tee, By Sumi Okada. It's free on Ravelry!
I been told buy family that it not normal to have that much yarn. I am so glad you show yarn stash along with collection of needles and book. I saw a sewing machine also. My heart is all craft. Thank you again for making me feel like there is nothing wrong with me. My books, yarn, sewing, embroidery, weaving, rug, and craft making supplies.
You inspired me to insert my stash into Ravelry! I don’t have much of a stash these days but it’s pretty satisfying to have it on Ravelry. Thank you!
Edit: I love that you exported it as a spreadsheet and enjoyed seeing all the info you were able to extract from it 👏
I agree! Have fun!
omg, i love your cat, thats so sweet
I love using the stash functionality and really need to add my entire stash to ravelry. Honestly my stash is also probably way worse than yours and to organize it would be a good idea because I will pull a skein to look at it for a project and then it doesn’t go back to the other skeins so I have yarn separated all over the house. Totally my ADHD at work. UGH.
Update: I updated my stash to ravelry and its amazing!
I do not see any problem with how much yarn you have.
I love this. I am based in the uk so will it work on our brands? Currently most of my stash is store in a non working freezer that I couldn’t get rid of during covid. So kept the freezer out of landfills and my wool is clean and dry.
Ravelry is worldwide! That freezer trick is very smart!
oh YOU are my yarn stash twin...chuckle...I've got it spread ALL over my house, garage and extension on the garage..actually, the only room that does NOT have yarn stashed in it is the bathroom..I so need to sort and work out some projects to put it all to, AND stop buying more...
Omg!!!if that’s $6k I believe I have more.! Holy crap!!! Yikes! I believe I might need an intervention! ………. Hello, my name is Michelle and I’m addicted to yarn and yarn project ideas. I have a giant collection of both ... so many project ideas, so little time/life to complete them all!!! Lol
I know I’m not alone. Lol.
I’m sure the value I’d well above$6k, but I know I haven’t spent that much...I try to get mine on sale/clearance. I hate to pay full price, lol!!
I just did this myself recently! I have 9 giant bins full of yarn so I sorted them by fiber type first into their respective bin, and then bin by bin I added them onto my Ravelry stash! The only stuff that didn't get added is stuff I already pulled for projects that were already started, and I have a whole bin full of already caked up acrylic that I no longer have the tags for.
I also bought a bunch of drawstring backpacks that I am now using as project bags so when I see something I want to make I take the time to print the pattern, pull the yarn and grab a notions bag and stick it into the project bag so it's ready to go! I made the notions bags by buying a bunch of locking stitch markers a 24 packs of kids scissors and 2 10 packs of retractable tape measures and used a bunch of old ipsy make up bags that I had and just put them all together and they hang out in the bin with the backpacks ready to go when I need to put a project together.
I'm hoping this new system helps me to get through my stash more efficiently and stop impulsively buying way too much yarn everytime I see a project I want to do!
So organized! Good for you, that's incredible!
Thank you!!!! Trying to figure out how to fi this!! Good to see how uou have accomplished this. Much appreciated!
I honestly didn't really understand what the stash thing was all about on Ravelry, so thank you for this. It must be so much easier looking for patterns I guess, to be able to access exactly what you already own and know the yardage. And I now don't feel quite as bad about my obsession with sales. I love that you have a dedicated space for only fibre arts, unlike my space which is shared with tons of plants/planting, other forms of art like paint/stitch/collage, online course materials and cat & dog beds. Not ideal so it's plastic bins for me (not as dreamy to look at).
Nice to See im Not alone there😁😁👍I have in siutcase ,in my Sofa and in many outhers places and i Love IT❤️❤️👍...Greetings from Hamburg in Germany to you all 😁😁
Looks gorgeous.!!! lots of work! Do you worry about moths now that the yarn is 'exposed' and on display?
I have a lot of cedar blocks and sachets hidden throughout. A few lavender as well. 🤞🏻
I'm need to go through my yarn. I have a lot more than you, bought a lot at the 75% off Hobby Lobby sale last year and a decent amount this year, as well as a lot of all he yarn at Joann's and Michael's. I also want to put it all in ravelry to organize it.
wow it's amazing... So Plenty!!!! 😍😍😍😍Can I have 1 hahahaa
having that dollar amount is also very smart for insurance reasons! knowing what you own and how much it is worth will help if you are ever in a situation where your items have become damaged or destroyed.
I did something like this recently but I don't belong to Ravelry I wouldn't be embarrassed... I have quite a bit, myself. Lots older than you, though, so I have collecting for decades. I've been trying to discipline myself and actually finish some projects. I need sweaters .. great job!
Have you found the sorting option on row 1? Highlight the row, go to "Data", click filter, and you'll be able to sort by every column. Handy if you filter the yarn type column and want to know how much yarn you have for a new project.
Oh my god I am laughing sooo much…. I absolutely love this.
I like that your cat has a middle name! This was very encouraging, I think I can do this. I like the spreadsheet that you can manipulate, I want to know how many miles I have!! Thx for sharing. 💜
I just wanted to know where did you purchase your bin's for your yarn?
I thought I had alot... hahaha you top me 🥰 one crochet/knitter to another can we be besties haha
You might want to put up a backing on the yarn that the sun can get to it will destroy the yarn.
Fascinating demo of how to use a computer program. On the SS (Spreadsheet), hopefully you can narrow the column to fit the title... to better fit on the screen. OR make the title into 2 lines...so the column can be more narrow!!!
Just sayin'.
Very nice re-setting up your yarn storage!!!
Very nice VLOG for yarn information! I use yarn for crochet!
I just found ur channel luv ur craft room ur cat the white n gray remind me of my cat Hemingway that past last summer he was 25 god bless u n felines
Thank you!
This is the most helpful video ... thank you for sharing
I keep mine in space saver bags put into a body tote. Im grounded to a no buy from the family, which is killing me with hobby lobby having their clearance right now. It's organized by fiber.
this is great thanks so much but am I the only one worried about moths?
Hi my yarn go to brand is Red Heart supper saver yarns and only them.
Maybe I’m just different...but all my yarn is in closed trunk, in a box, or in bags on shelf. I’ve been trying to keep hair, pet hair, dust, etc off of the them...is that weird? Everyone w YT channels display their yarn. 🥺🧐
Most of us have it protected. I suppose if you want to show it, you put it like a yarn shop, that's why people who make videos prefer that method, but it's just because it looks better for display, not that it's the most practical way.
Thank you for this great video and the motivation it gave me to gather and organize my own stash! I have yarn in various places around my home too and just recently purchased a cabinet. Hoping it will hold most of it so that I can display it and see what i have before I buy any more. So excited to get started! Using Ravelry is a great idea as well. Thanks again and take care.
Kris K from Connecticut
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Good luck! It's so worth it! To be able to see it organized in my home is so inspiring every day.
This may sound bad but I wish my yarn stash was that big lol
Your room looks beautiful and will be a pleasure to work in I’m sure, but aren’t you worried about sun bleaching the yarn from the window, plus dust and cat dander in the air getting on your yarn and moths attacking it?
Moths no, they like closed spaces. Dust and light and cat hair definitely. They should be protected.
Beware of moths. I have my extensive stash in mesh bags.
There’s soo much can I PLEASE have some 😍
This is so cool, your stash looks lovely. You mentioned that you put all the yarn into Ravelry so you could use all the features - aside from exporting the data to analyse it what are the stash features on the site itself? My friend mentioned she could search for patterns based on her stash but I was wondering how it worked/what else you can do with it.
I love having the option to be able to check what I have while away from home. I've heard you can search like that but haven't checked it out yet.... I never used the Projects section before either, so I'm enjoying doing that and pulling directly from the digital stash when I do.
"Give it a like, honestly. I like it, so maybe you should too." This had me cracking up. I rarely "like" videos, but I really enjoyed it and gave it a big thumbs up. Thanks for sharing this happy content.
Wow! I am so impressed by the entry of yarns on to Ravelry, but also the transformation of your craft space. I have been too lazy to upload my stash into Ravelry, although in the past I have benefitted from other Raveler's stash listings. A couple of people saved my projects by privately selling yarn to me even though it was not listed as for sale. So grateful.
I am a beginner and I am not sure if I should be proud of me not having a stash, or should I admire yours. It is so much better when you want to knitt something you just go "shop" in that cute craft room of yours. Congratulations for all that work and showing us a feature on Ravelry I had no idea exists! Cheers!
I agree and there's a certain freedom to that. Mine really started during lockdown in 2020 and then just grew with good sales.... I also love having the immediate gratification of decided I want to make a new pattern and then just starting right away because I already have the perfect yarn!
Nonononono, don't do it! It can become overwhelming. There are actual shops to shop from whenever you need to buy something. Your "home shop" is never going to be enough. It will happen very often that you want to make a new project you like, only to discover that none of the yarn you have is suitable for it, so you have to buy more.
I recently moved house after my mother's death, and had to come to terms with her stash and mine. It was traumatic and heart-wrenching. And I had to donate much of it, wasting lots of the money given to buy it in the first place. You don't want to come to this one day, so please start with good habits from the start.
I wish when I started buying yarn I knew not to take the labels off and cake the yarn before I was ready to use it. Would have saved me so much of a headache
Ugh, oh no!
Thank you so much for sharing. My quilting rooms contains probably 800 meters of fabric and I dont have the courage to do what you have done!
You can do it!
Thank was so fun and educational! Motivated me! What do you like to make, curious
Thanks for watching!
I like variety, but my go-tos are sweaters and shawls.
I was so pleased to see that there is a person (you) who actually has as much yarn as I do. My problem is that where I live we get a lot of silverfish and clothes moths so I can't dsplay my yarn in the very attractive way you do. Instead I have put EVERYTHING in big ziploc bags with a few cedar chips (for the natural fibres) to minimise the risk of attack by killer bugs lol. When I did this, I realised that I'm not likely to ever use up the acrylics so have focussed on the natural fibres. The acrylics I have chucked into a couple of suitcases and will keep that for toys, and not add to it lol.
I've never looked closely at the Ravelry stash function but I love your spreadsheet. Maybe creating a virtual stash is my next project.
Well done. It must have been a big job.
Could you please show how to do the ripe Afghan, especially how to start it? Thank you.
I'm not sure which you mean.
What a wonderful function from Ravelry - thanks for all this information! Anyone know if there is something similar for fabric as I do patchwork as well...?
Thanks for the advice! Only wish my stash were that small.
Wowsers! That's a biiiiiiigggg stash.
Omg how do you have cats with yarn stored in the open? I was thinking while you were gathering the stash from all the different places “you must not have cats” SHOCKED
When they're a bit older they are not as interested, I've found.
I have as much as you with a small closet and with bins full of stuff and a place that I have paint in and I have no where to put it all because my grandma used to crochet and she was in the hospital but now she’s in a nursing home and since she has yarn and paint my mom went and picked up her yarn from her apartment and now I have no where to put it 😭😭😭😭😭
I know the feeling 😔 I also have a separate stash of both my Grandmas' supplies and UFOs... something I plan on working on later this year.
I can relate my late mom left a refrigerator sized box of yarn and 2 friends also gave me several trash bags full
“Invested $6000 in my fiber future”. I cracked up.
What a huge project, but turned out great! I love spreadsheets, but never thought to track my yarn. I know what I’m doing this weekend :)
Gurllll this looks like my stash 😂 I have a bunch to goodwill but definitely not enough 😂. This video is exactly what I need to get organized. I definitely don’t use ravelry to it’s full potential
What is your opinion of big twist. I think I saw you had quite a bit of it.
I like it! it tends to be softer and slightly more drapey than red heart or Caron acrylic worsted. I think my favorite acrylic worsted is Lion Brand Pound of Love, though.
My husband said "that's not a stash, that's a hoard". To each his own. I think your organized yarn is beautiful! 💜
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Hoarding! Never!!!
Good luck with that yarn
For a minute there, I swear to god you were in my house! :D
Where did you get your wire cubes that you have put your yarn in?
Amazon!
I love yarn, especially expensive natural fibers. I have a yarn problem...😢
"I love to come in my room, sit in a chair and just stare at my yarn...which i think is totally normal" LMAO.....yes!
Loving your content, new subscriber. Thanks for explaining Ravelry. I just started using and noticed the price entered is per skein (in Ravelry). Is it possible you have way more than $6k in yarn??
I use clear plastic ‘suitcases’ ( (about 950mm x45mm x 25mm)the sort that can slide under a bed for storage.
Each case holds colours…
ie reds, yellows, greens, blues, blacks, browns, whites, pinks etc etc.
I have about 20 that stack well against the wall, and easy to see what I want to use.
OMG, I just attempted to find all my yarn last week 😏--- just found more in the back of a closet yesterday. I'm in the advanced beginner phase. I keep buying yarn to go with patterns, or just because it's pretty. I have at least 7 50-gallon bins. I'm afraid to see my total cost, 75% of mine is full-priced from yarn stores. I bought a suitcase full of yarn home from Germany. (just unloaded it). I have Ravelry and had no idea I could do this. Can't wait to start sorting. Now I can finally furnish my sitting/she room since there is hope for organization and purchase the online certificate course I've been eyeing. I showed your video to my husband. He said now you can start using what you have. I smiled and said nothing; he laughed.
So glad I found your video today. Didn’t know Ravelry had a yarn inventory feature. I will have to look into it. Enjoyed your organizing process. Thanks
Cool!
I didn't know exist thus amazing function there!
But I have a question... Can I add all the wool that I have?
I mean, even the "not trademark wool"?
And... I saw you have the sewing stuffs too.
Did you find the same system for the fabrics, sewing yarn, tools, buttons and something like that?
For what you know, can we "take" that system and change it for that purpose (and also diamond painting and ironing beads)?
I have a very similar size stash and if it brings you Joy, it brings you Joy. If you're overwhelmed, then you are overwhelmed. Sometimes for me just removing the things that I don't like from the stash makes it feel new and fresh.
I feel you 😂
While my stash is not as big as yours, it has gotten out of control. I have forgotten a lot of what I have and when I start a new project, I buy more yarn for it.
I finally started organizing it and putting it in my ravelry stash. I am determined to not buy more until I work through much of what I have.
It takes a lot of time to do this, but I think it will be worth it.
I wish Ravelry would have an option whereby you could make your stash contents PRIVATE - so you're the only one who sees what you have. This would be a lifesaver for me because it would save me a LOT of time in terms of calculating how much yarn I have left from projects, etc.. Ravelry won't make changes to their software unless people speak up. If you like this idea, write to them and make the suggestion and then maybe more of us could use the stash page.
Obviously the "Sell or trade" portion of the stash would be public - but other than that, I don't want the whole world to see what I have in my stash. That's the only reason I don't post my stash on my Ravelry page.
Great stash! I've been using Ravelry for years and love the Stash page. I export my list once a year to do an inventory check. There are usually a few skeins that need updating from projects I've finished but don't show as used up, or I've given away and forgot to log. I also keep track of where I bought the yarn from and what date. Right now I have 301 skeins, not counting a lot of partials I'll turn into scrappy blankets.
Nice going. First time watching you. I watched for the knowing how to work Ravelry. I didn't know there was such a thing. I just go to see all the new patterns that I might be interested in. I don't have any pictures of my yarn so this was fascinating to see. I don't think there are very many people out there who would tell about their stash and put it in a thumbnail like you did. That is why I clicked on it. So thank you for that.
I've arrived on this video randomly and I ended up putting my stash on Ravelry (the whole skeins only, I have several partial but some are so old I don't even know how to register them anymore XD). At least I did it before I had TOO MUCH to register it all XD...
I started with 3 projects 20 years old. Two were partially completed. I promised myself they had to be completed before starting a new project. Those 2 are now completed. My stash got out of control during Covid. I bought pre-loved complete packs of yarn. My problem is finding patterns to match that discontinued Yarn.
Thank you for this candid and helpful video! I love your vibe and overall presence and appreciated the Ravelry cataloging tutorial you shared. My yarn stash is similar in size to yours and I’ve been wanting to catalog it digitally somehow. You’ve sold me on using ravelry to do so. Thanks for sharing!
Oh wow! I thought I had a lot of yarn 😂. I was searching for”organizing yarn” and stumbled across your video. Very helpful! Subscribed.
I love how you explained Ravelry stash feature. I was very intimidated now I’m not. Thank you
Really interesting. Thank you for sharing. It's so hard to navigate around Ravelry and discover everything when your not use to it.
Ravelry is so overwhelming because there's so much cool stuff there, but it's hard to know where to start. Glad it was helpful!
I love this idea about adding to my Ravelry Stash!! Thank you!! I see what I will be doing soon!! :)
Your video came up in my timeline and I’m glad it did. It’s good to see someone with a yarn stash like mine! 😊 A few years ago, I moved and went through the same process of making the inventory on Ravelry. It is such a useful tool. Once you get the bulk of it done, it’s so easy to keep it up to date. I love the shelves you used and that you organized by weight. I would worry about open shelves for long-term storage (moths) but love the look of it in your craft room. Unfortunately, most of my stash is in ugly plastic bins.