Storage Solutions

I have a lot of yarn.  It's hidden in every room of my tiny little apartment.  There's some in my crock pot because I rarely use it and it's mostly just a covered storage bowl under my sink.  Most of my yarn is in my bedroom.  I have a huge closet and exactly half of it contains almost all of my stash.  

I knew I needed to improve my yarn storage, and the impending trip to Rhinebeck seemed like the best time so I don't have to leave the yarn on the table while Jack tries to do his homework like I did last year.  I decided to take all my yarn out of my closet to really see what I was dealing with.  I wanted to sort, organize, take an inventory, and know exactly what I wanted to purchase next weekend.

This is what all of my yarn in my bedroom looks like.

Admittedly, it was more than I thought.

I anticipated needing a better storage solution and I happen to know someone very skilled in woodwork who offered to make me a shelving unit to combat my ever growing stash.

See that?  That's 56 cozy little cubbies for my yarn.  I was able to donate almost 2 garbage bags to charity causes and this is the yarn that I know I will eventually knit through.  The best of the best, if you will.  Now everything is organized and sorted and neat and it makes my OCD jump with joy.  

And now I have 9 single cubbies and 1 double cubby to fill with Rhinebeck yarn.

For anyone doing the math, I know there are 10 empty single spaces.  See that little guy down there on the left?  Third up from the bottom?  He might already be full...