Comments on: 31 Days to Get Organized: Destashing Your Yarn http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/ Follow Owners Kathy & Steve Through Their Adventures in Yarn And Life Sun, 19 May 2013 02:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Mandy http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14076 Mandy Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:17:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14076 I did this recently: 1. Gave away a 30 gallon tote filled with new/unused yarn. 2. gathered up all unfinished WIPs that I had no intention of finishing, and FROGGED them all. I then rewound the yarn into 'cakes' using the Boye yarn winder. "new" yarn ready to be used! (Great for 'scrap' projects or gypsy rugs). 3. Gave about 150 granny squares to my youngest daughter. She loved the 'jump start' to an afghan. Ahhhh....ready to crochet again! I did this recently:
1. Gave away a 30 gallon tote filled with new/unused yarn.
2. gathered up all unfinished WIPs that I had no intention of finishing, and FROGGED them all. I then rewound the yarn into ‘cakes’ using the Boye yarn winder. “new” yarn ready to be used! (Great for ‘scrap’ projects or gypsy rugs).
3. Gave about 150 granny squares to my youngest daughter. She loved the ‘jump start’ to an afghan.

Ahhhh….ready to crochet again!

]]> By: SpicyKnitter http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14054 SpicyKnitter Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:35:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14054 If I am having a hard time parting with a yarn, I will roll some of it up into about a 2'' diameter ball and I keep the balls in a glass vase in my craft room. Then I can get rid of the rest of the yarn, but I will always have that little ball to gaze upon. It works for me. If I am having a hard time parting with a yarn, I will roll some of it up into about a 2” diameter ball and I keep the balls in a glass vase in my craft room. Then I can get rid of the rest of the yarn, but I will always have that little ball to gaze upon. It works for me.

]]> By: Faye http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14007 Faye Wed, 09 Jan 2013 02:42:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14007 The yarn or any other craft items you want to give away, or even the yarn or any other craft items you are throwing away, can be used in the art depts. of elementary schools. I'm sure they would appreciate everything you give them. The yarn or any other craft items you want to give away, or even the yarn or any other craft items you are throwing away, can be used in the art depts. of elementary schools. I’m sure they would appreciate everything you give them.

]]> By: Ariane http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14005 Ariane Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:00:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14005 I too am looking forward to suggestions as to who might use my unwanted yarn. I'd love to give it to a place that will use it for a good purpose - charity knitting or schools or something, rather than just to goodwill / thrift stores. And thanks for the series - these are great! I too am looking forward to suggestions as to who might use my unwanted yarn. I’d love to give it to a place that will use it for a good purpose – charity knitting or schools or something, rather than just to goodwill / thrift stores. And thanks for the series – these are great!

]]> By: Pam G http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14004 Pam G Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:51:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14004 really have lots of perfectly good yarn to give away...that's way I haven't destashed-don't know what to do with it!-looking forward to tips really have lots of perfectly good yarn to give away…that’s way I haven’t destashed-don’t know what to do with it!-looking forward to tips

]]> By: Laura http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14003 Laura Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:05:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14003 Great ideas. I sorted through my stash about two months ago and used (almost) all your criteria. I did not manage to actually through whole skeins away, only a few scraps, but still. I even went to the trouble of photographing a skein of each type of yarn so that I could add my own pic to my Ravelry stash. Which is where I keep track of all my skeins now and - so far, any additions to my stash in RL have made it to my virtual one online as well. I hope to keep that up in the future. Looking forward to your next tips! Great ideas. I sorted through my stash about two months ago and used (almost) all your criteria. I did not manage to actually through whole skeins away, only a few scraps, but still. I even went to the trouble of photographing a skein of each type of yarn so that I could add my own pic to my Ravelry stash. Which is where I keep track of all my skeins now and – so far, any additions to my stash in RL have made it to my virtual one online as well. I hope to keep that up in the future.

Looking forward to your next tips!

]]> By: stringnstone http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14002 stringnstone Tue, 08 Jan 2013 12:13:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14002 In the process of de-stashing and straightening (not even going to try cleaning) my workroom. Every so often when I find yarn I am not going to use it goes to the closet in the spare room and when there is a bunch it is donated to a nursing home, Goodwill, etc. In the process of de-stashing and straightening (not even going to try cleaning) my workroom. Every so often when I find yarn I am not going to use it goes to the closet in the spare room and when there is a bunch it is donated to a nursing home, Goodwill, etc.

]]> By: nanasbug http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-14001 nanasbug Tue, 08 Jan 2013 08:45:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-14001 Funny-before I read this, I was cleaning out my sewing/beading/yarn room. There were two large plastic bins under my sewing table. I couldn't even remember what was in them, but they always annoyed me when I was sewing. Yep--opened them up and found some very old white yarn. Lots of it. Wool that had almost felted itself. It is now happily in the trash can and my feet have more room. Funny-before I read this, I was cleaning out my sewing/beading/yarn room. There were two large plastic bins under my sewing table. I couldn’t even remember what was in them, but they always annoyed me when I was sewing. Yep–opened them up and found some very old white yarn. Lots of it. Wool that had almost felted itself. It is now happily in the trash can and my feet have more room.

]]> By: Suzanne http://blog.yarn.com/31-days-to-get-organized-destashing-your-yarn/comment-page-1/#comment-13999 Suzanne Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:19:00 +0000 http://blog.yarn.com/?p=12653#comment-13999 I've done a couple of big yarn destashings. In the first, I got rid of virtually all the acrylic yarn. I don't like acrylic, but other people really do, and it's great for charity knitting and teaching folks to knit. I also got rid of a lot of less-expensive cotton - another fiber I'm not crazy about. If there were colors I didn't like, out they went. I took it all to my knitting group and let them take what they wanted; then I gave some to the school's knitting club, and the rest I posted on Freecycle and ended up giving to another school. I’ve done a couple of big yarn destashings. In the first, I got rid of virtually all the acrylic yarn. I don’t like acrylic, but other people really do, and it’s great for charity knitting and teaching folks to knit. I also got rid of a lot of less-expensive cotton – another fiber I’m not crazy about. If there were colors I didn’t like, out they went. I took it all to my knitting group and let them take what they wanted; then I gave some to the school’s knitting club, and the rest I posted on Freecycle and ended up giving to another school.

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