how do you store your yarn? I wanna see

[recycledbook]

pictures would rock!

i want to know how you all stor it i cant figure out where to put it all

right now mines all in laundry baskets but it just turns into a mess in them so HELP

[frogger]

no pics, but wool is in a cedar chest and the rest are in rubbermaid totes, one for acrylic, one for cotton/natural fibers.

I like the "see through" ones since I can glance and see what colors I have.

not the best system, since if what I want is at the bottom, I usually don't have the patience to put it all back in there nicely so I can see it again.

[lovesdaffodils]

Stuffed into a clear plastic bin. :

[MsHiss]

In tupperware type drawer thing and in two old fashion picnic baskets. Active and semi-active projects are in several tote bags..

[Indigo73]

Several 20 & 30 gallon totes with cedar & lavendar sachets.

This is from last summer, but essentially it's the same. Just a couple more totes, no bags on top and the basket is next to "my" chair with active projects in drawstring bags.

[rootzdawta]

Here's how I store mine.

[dillonandmarasmom]

I have one of these. And I just recently switched from Rubbermaid tubs with lids to little bamboo baskets. DH actually suggested it, since the storage is in our bedroom. He is into aesthetics, and I guess the little tubs sticking out about 6" from the cubes weren't cutting it for him.
I also have a space bag in the closet full of wool. I stick satchets with various herbs in them inside the baskets to keep the pests out. I'll try to snap pics later...

[recycledbook]

Originally Posted by rootzdawta

Here's how I store mine.

wow id have to have a ton of those

i guess i was looking for some way to promise thy would not tangle any ideas there besides ziplock bags? i take some of the ends to the ball that works sometimes other times it just wrap the und under a few strand but then its hard to find

[BeanyMama]

has anyone had a problem with wool and pests? my yarn is in a big rubbermaid thingie and I'm dying to put it in a big cute basket so I can stare at it but I'm scared of moths and such. My wips are exposed and have been fine...

[geekgolightly]

Originally Posted by BeanyMama

has anyone had a problem with wool and pests? my yarn is in a big rubbermaid thingie and I'm dying to put it in a big cute basket so I can stare at it but I'm scared of moths and such. My wips are exposed and have been fine...

I did have moths when my stash was exposed. It was very hard to stuff it in totes, but stuff I did. I love my yarn and love to look at it and touch it whenever I want, but I don't want to breed moths!

I am a yarn hoarder, unfortunately. I have since stopped buying yarn and purposefully pick projects that can use what I have so I can get my stash down to a reasonable level. I use a number of these
http://www.target.com/Sterilite-70-q...e=1&rh=&page=1

and I separate them by categories.

• sock yarns and super nice colorways

• worsted

• bulky and dk (it's easy to separate them when looking, rather than putting dk with worsted)

• current projects that are on hold. i have these separated in the tote in plastic baggies. its easier to sort through and doesn't get messed up.

i also use a red tin heart box (old russell stovers candy box) to contain my notions.

and then i have a small box which contains current projects that i am actually knitting. a sweater, a scarf, a blanket.

[Indigo73]

Originally Posted by BeanyMama

has anyone had a problem with wool and pests? my yarn is in a big rubbermaid thingie and I'm dying to put it in a big cute basket so I can stare at it but I'm scared of moths and such. My wips are exposed and have been fine...

I had moths munch on my clapotis when it was a WIP... a couple of knots not too bad.

[bellee]

My wall is down now beacause my hobbies seem to ebb and flow with the moon

But this is how I was storing my yarn in my hayday: http://bp1.blogger.com/_AeXmybUbYpo/...h/DSCF6260.JPG

[rootzdawta]

Originally Posted by recycledbook

wow id have to have a ton of those

Yeah, I make a conscious effort to have my yarn stash fit in that. I've a small house. Declutter. Declutter. Declutter.

[mom2sol]

My mother gave me a dim sum basket (the kind they use to walk around and sell it in, it's big!) they brought back from Hong Kong when I was like 5. It has six levels and they are all filled up! I love it, it sits right next to my chair in the living room, looks nice. No one would know it's all filled up with yarn

[rootzdawta]

Originally Posted by mom2sol

My mother gave me a dim sum basket (the kind they use to walk around and sell it in, it's big!) they brought back from Hong Kong when I was like 5. It has six levels and they are all filled up! I love it, it sits right next to my chair in the living room, looks nice. No one would know it's all filled up with yarn

Oooh, that's fab!!

[gypsyhips26]

I have my yarn & such in a couple of cute baskets from Pier 1 with lids that have a latch to keep 'em closed. Pretty & functional! Woo-hoo!

[ColoradoMama]

Originally Posted by lovesdaffodils

Stuffed into a clear plastic bin. :

Me, too, with lots of little cedar balls in there.

[slsurface]

Originally Posted by lovesdaffodils

Stuffed into a clear plastic bin. :

Ditto. Although make it three bins (in the basement) and I have cedar balls in with the yarn too. Plus I have a large wicker basket with yarn for my "current" projects in the office.

[rachel]

I store most of my yarn and fiber in 2 of these: http://tinyurl.com/4shelfcabinet
The ones I have look a little different -- I bought them 6 years ago when they were $50 (now they're $85).

[mamasthree]

Well, as much as I would like to have my beautiful yarn on display, moths & other yarn munching buggers have forced me to use those giant ziploc bags. And I still need to make more lavender sachets to go in them.

But, for yarn I intend to use soon, I bought a stack of "hat boxes". I still put the yarn in ziplocs, but at least the hat boxes are pretty to look at and I can get to them fairly quickly. The big ziplocs are in a closet in my daughters' room.