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Now That’s a Great Yarn Storage Solution!

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wall yarn storageI’ve seen and shared a lot of different ways to sort, store and display yarn through the years, but this has got to be one of the coolest and cleverest solutions I’ve seen. Bonus: it doesn’t cost a lot, makes all your yarn accessible and turns your stash into a giant work of wall art.

Lorna at Knits for Life recently shared her solution for yarn storage. She bought a pegboard from Ikea, wound all of her yarn into cakes, then arranged it by colors on the wall.

Now her yarn is accessible, beautiful, not taking up space in the closet, and she can knit off the wall! Isn’t that cool?

I can’t quite get past the part where you have to wind all the yarn you own into center-pull balls, but otherwise I would so do this. What about you?

[Photo via Knits for Life.]

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  1. Looks lovely. However, I wind all my yarn by hand so I fear mine would NOT look so lovely 🙂

  2. Oh snap! I’ve both a winder and a swift; this would be do-able if I had the wall space. But how does she keep off dust (and/or cat hair, if her home’s so equipped!)??

  3. I like the idea too and wind mine with a winder so I have center pull. But yea, how does one keep the debris off the pretty yarn?

  5. I love this idea but I too wonder about dust bunny buildup. Oh, what would happen if I tripped & knocked it all down? Yes, with me that’s a possibility. I still love the look though & would love to try it if only I had an empty wall.

Have you read?

Use Your Sock Yarn Scraps to Knit a Colorful Scarf

Using your yarn stash is important to me throughout the year, but as I start to feel the end of the year coming on I get more excited about using things I already have in the house. Maybe that’s because I don’t want to go to a store in the thick of holiday shopping times, or I like the idea of having a little space in my stash when the new year rolls around.

It’s super satisfying to use up all the little odd balls you’ve made over the year (or years), and I have several stash busting blankets I work on when it’s cold and will maybe finish someday.

If you’d like to start a stash busting project that’s perfect for using up odd balls, check out the Soukish pattern from Neisha Abdulla. This pattern is made for fingering weight/sock yarn, and it’s worked in a tube with allover color work.

This is great for a couple of reasons. You don’t really have to weave in your ends when you can hide them in a tube (this is one time you might even get by just tying a knot when you change colors!) and you can change colors whenever you run out of yarn and it will look good.

Of course the pattern is made with blocks where the designer changed colors, but you can change yours more or less often as you need to make it work for your stash. You can use blank charts to design your own color combinations, or even your own stitch patterns if you like. You can also adjust the length of the scarf as needed or turn it into a cowl based on the amount of yarn you have.

This project looks like a lot of fun and would be a great thing to have on hand to stitch up and then to wear during the cold, gloomy months.

You can get a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Neisha Abdulla]

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