Get Your Knitting Life Organized with WEBS

I am not one of those knitters with a stash that’s neatly listed on Ravelry. I’d love to be, but I just don’t have the patience for it.

Also, I’d have to come face-to-face with every. single. one. of my skeins of yarn, and I’m not sure I’m ready to do that.

But I do perennially wish my knitting stuff were more organized. And I am working on it this year as I clean out my office (though right now there’s a considerable pile of knitting “stuff” hanging out, waiting for me to muster the courage to get in there).

If getting more organized is among your knitting resolutions, check out this great series on 31 days of organization from WEBS. It was published a few years ago but it’s full of great advice on evaluating UFOs and storing the ones you want to work on; destashing, identifying, using, organizing and getting rid of yarn; organizing books and patterns; using Ravelry as an organizational tool (I’ve written about that, too); storing tools; even taking pictures of finished projects.

There’s so much great stuff there to get you motivated and on track for cleaning things up and clearing things out this year.

Do you have any great yarn or knitting organization tips? We’d all love to hear them!

One of my favorite things to make on a circular knitting machine is scarves, because they’re a great way to use leftover yarn and certainly faster than knitting by hand.

But if you pay attention to the colors you’re using and how you are using them, you can make fun knitting machine scarves that look like something different when you roll them up.

One of the first versions of this I saw was the sushi scarf, are there are a lot of variations on this one. For example this one from Flower and Anchor that uses five colors of yarn, or this one from Three Threads NE that uses four. These generally are made to look like California rolls, but you could change up the colors to make them different things if you like. Just make sure the outside of the “roll” is black or green to indicate the nori. I found another version on Pinterest if you’re looking for a free pattern, but there’s no image of it rolled up.

Another popular variation is making a scarf that rolls up to look like a mug with coffee, tea or another fun beverage inside. This collection of three mug scarf circular knitting machine patterns from Idaho Cottage Creation includes green tea, a pumpkin spice latte with whipped cream and a candy cane colored confection (which honestly reminds me of the Grinch since it has a green mug!). Again you can change the colors of the mug part and the drink part. The little handle looks like it’s crocheted on these, and it doubles as a loop you can thread the scarf end through when you wear it.

Again there’s a version of the green tea scarf on Pinterest with crocheted elements. I also found a latte done with a striped yarn and a red mug that’s pretty cute and gives you an idea what a different beverage would look like.

I also love this pumpkin pie scarf designed by Jodi Favish Saunier. It has a bit of crocheted edging to give it a fancy crust but you can omit that if you don’t crochet. These are all on Facebook but she also has a watermelon and lemonade pattern that are super cute.

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