[Nfb-krafters-korner] Dealing with Yarn Sta

River Woman riverwoman at zoominternet.net
Fri Oct 29 00:14:37 UTC 2010 

Me, too. I try to put everything in a LOGICAL place, like things with like 
things...it has to make sense. I sure agree with you Ninn. Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "linda" <the_ninn at tx.rr.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Dealing with Yarn Sta


>I love organization!  Organization means simplicity.  Simplicity means
> peace.  I am a great believer in the old adage, "a place for everything, 
> and
> everything in it's place!"  Rocks my world!
>
> Keepin' it simple,
> Ninn
> The_ninn at tx.rr.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 7:16 AM
> To: List for blind crafters and artists
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Dealing with Yarn Sta
>
> I am just organized by nature, I am a Virgo. We are obsessive and 
> compulsive
>
> with our organization. Cannot tolerate disorder of any sort - have to put
> everything in a logical order.  Lynda
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "linda" <the_ninn at tx.rr.com>
> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Dealing with Yarn Sta
>
>
>> Linda - just color me green!  Such organization is what dreams are made
>> of -
>> no joke!
>>
>> Sorting it all out,
>> Ninn
>> The_ninn at tx.rr.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 6:51 PM
>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Dealing with Yarn Sta
>>
>> Witness here!  Yes, Amen
>>
>> Here is how I have my yarn stashed, mostly.
>> I bough pull out drawer containers at Dollar General for about $6.00 
>> each.
>> My husband built shelves on my walls in my office.  Each shelf will hold
>> three of the drawers across horizontally.My wall holds 21 of the drawer
>> containers.
>>
>> I have some peripheral vision, so I can see contrasts, but nothing in
>> detail
>>
>> and nothing clearly, and not much color. I made large labels that are as
>> big
>>
>> as the drawer - used white paper and used the Big Mamma marker - labeled
>> each drawer, such as "Socks" "Mohair" "Dishcloth" Noro (My favorite, so I
>> have three Noro drawers) and like that. /Ths works really well for me.
>>
>> In addition to this, I have some of the large totes you mentioned. Also
>> have
>>
>> some nice basket type of storage things that stack on each other, and 
>> have
>> matching lids. Three to the stack.  Plus, I have yarn in a yarn basket,
>> all
>> in baggies and each baggie has yarn for a future item I plan to knit.
>>
>> My needles are all stored in ONE place. A container that fits onto the
>> shelves - I have a second set of shelves on a different wall in my 
>> office.
>> These shelves hold the flat containers that were probably meant for cup
>> cakes.  They were at Dollar General, too, and about $3.99 each.
>>
>> In each of those containers is ONE PROJECT - everything I need for that
>> project.
>>
>> On this second wall, there is a shelving unit that has five shelves, up 
>> to
>> the ceiling.  This unit holds all the cupcake type of containers, and 
>> some
>> other larger containers.
>>
>> That is how I store my stash.  I know I could probably knit from my stash
>> for the next five years if I put my mind to doing it and quit caving in 
>> to
>> my desires to purchase MORE yarn.
>>
>> This is why I want to de-stash over the next year and see what I can
>> actually accomplish with it. I think it will be really fun and
>> enlightening
>> to do this -
>>
>> Lynda
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "linda" <the_ninn at tx.rr.com>
>> To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'"
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 7:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] patience, patience, patience
>>
>>
>>> Okay, now you're just singing my life with your words!  I have really
>>> come
>>> to appreciate people who are on time, you know!  And, as for looking for
>>> things that I have laid down - I hate those days.  I drive myself crazy
>>> spending hours looking for something that is right there in front of 
>>> me -
>>> in
>>> a place I have looked a hundred times.  I have not figured out the
>>> "barracuda" factor on it yet, but it would be nice to know, then I could
>>> just look there X number of times and get it over with.  I think I can
>>> safely say that my white hair is directly attributable to this
>>> excruciatingly frustrating exercise.
>>>
>>> I, too, have a stash problem.  Doesn't everyone?  My daughter and her 
>>> two
>>> children moved in with me 3 years ago and took over my two extra
>>> bedrooms -
>>> you see where this is heading - and I lost all of my extra closets for
>>> storage.  My bedroom has become my only place for my "everything" and my
>>> stash is beginning to take over!    I think my skeins are reproducing!
>>> Do
>>> skeins have gender??  LOL
>>>
>>> Seriously, I hate to keep my yarn in bins - too much stacking and
>>> unstacking.  I have started using those large heavy-duty plastic 
>>> zippered
>>> bags that you get comforters in.  My stash is divided by yarn type.  For
>>> instance, I have all Vanna's in one bag, all wool in another, all cotton
>>> (Sugar and Cream) in another, etc.  I also use the smaller ones that
>>> sheet
>>> sets come in for project bags.  They are clear and I can sort of see 
>>> what
>>> is
>>> inside.  Because my closets are full, I bought two of those canvas shoe
>>> holders that drop down and open into square compartments and hung them
>>> from
>>> the ceiling.  I stash yarn In this holder for which I have a project in
>>> mind.   However, best intentions aside, I still need a way to figure out
>>> what color the yarns are. I do have peripheral vision, but am color
>>> blind!
>>> My daughter recently got an I-Phone and has an app on it for shopping.
>>> She
>>> took pictures of bar codes in the grocery store the other day and it 
>>> gave
>>> us
>>> the info on the item.  I am wondering if it will do the same for my
>>> stash!
>>> Anyone know if the I-Phone will work for me?
>>>
>>> I need to find a "YAA meeting somewhere - can I get a witness!
>>> Ninn
>>> The_ninn at tx.rr.com
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of River Woman
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 3:51 PM
>>> To: List for blind crafters and artists
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] patience, patience, patience
>>>
>>> Yes, for me it will be three years this week. Waiting has become a way 
>>> of
>>> life now and at first it was so difficult to know you had to wait for so
>>> many things that were beyond your control. I still get anxious 
>>> sometimes,
>>> then I tell myself to relax and go on with something else. What bothers
>>> me
>>> themost now, is losing things. Not being able to find something that I
>>> normally would have found without delay.  I lost the piece of pottery I
>>> had
>>> bought for my grand daughter's birthday present...have not yet found it,
>>> so
>>> today I bought another one which I will give her. Where the first one 
>>> is,
>>> anyone's guess! I also searched for a very long time this morning for 
>>> the
>>> Addi Turbo Needle I had bought for the Life Line Class - fainny found it
>>> exactly where it should be, but I had searched that place several times
>>> and
>>> did not find it there...often times things are where they are supposed 
>>> to
>>> be, but I miss them again and again. Yes, I understand the waiting game,
>>> too. Lynda
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
>>> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 11:22 AM
>>> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] patience, patience, patience
>>>
>>>
>>>> Man, I will definately say I went blind 13  years ago and I HAD to
>>>> learn
>>>> a
>>>> lesson in patience.  Wait for a ride, wait to borrow someone's eyes 
>>>> for
>>>> a
>>>> second to look at this or look at that, crawl around on the floor
>>>> feeling
>>>> for something I dropped, wait to save some money to get this or that,
>>>> that
>>>
>>>> I
>>>> just can't live without.
>>>>
>>>> OK enough of my wining.  Take me out in the bacdk yard and shoot  me.
>>>>
>>>> I think I will go put on Pandora radio and sit back and knit that other
>>>> slipper for one of the Princesses.  Thank you so much for that class in
>>>> cozy
>>>> slippers.  I am making my first pair out of the 8 ply cotton yarn of
>>>> Peaches and Cream.  The girls loved it when I got it.  Pinks and
>>>> purples
>>>> and I
>>>> got solid pink and solid purple for toes and stuff.so they can  tell
>>>> whose
>>>
>>>> is
>>>> whose.  The oldest just wants it in the varigated yarn.   I feel the
>>>> calm
>>>> coming over me...
>>>>
>>>> Joyce  Kane
>>>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>>>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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