Sorted — sort of

One of the annoying things about all my craft supplies is that they're not organised. Both yarn and fabric live in three different places, none of which is logically arranged, and my general sewing stuff lives mostly – but not entirely – in two drawers. Plus there are assorted bits and pieces – beading equipment, cutting mats, patterns, ribbons and plenty more – stashed throughout the house. The result is a lot of frustrating and messy rummaging whenever I want to do anything, which of course exacerbates my constant procrastination problem.

Yesterday I decided to take in hand one small but frequently used section of it: my knitting needles, of which I have a lot. They had been stored in three different places – how sensible! Some were randomly scattered, others still in their packets, some in a plastic box (I don't like plastic storage; it's practical, yes, but not pretty, especially the box in question, which was designed to hold one's toothbrush and toothpaste).

Now they, plus accessories such as needle gauges, cable needles and stitch holders, as well as my crochet hooks, are all here:

 

When it's not in use I can roll it up quite compactly. The roll doesn't fit some of the other doodads, such as the cables and tags for my interchangeable needle tips, but I made a matchy-matchy zippered pouch for them. 




That leaves my fixed circular needles, the ones you can't unscrew, which are a bit more of a problem. I haven't yet come up with anything that really works for these, so that's a problem for another day. In the meantime, a small section of the craft hoard is sorted.

That feels better.