More stash cataloging

Not only did I finish two works in progress this weekend, but I also cataloged some more of my yarn stash.  Here is one section done.  Underneath the yarn stash you will see part of our library.  I have a lot of books.  Before I started buying yarn, and fabric, and beads, I bought books.  These are the non-fiction books, cataloged and shelved according to the Library of Congress system.  The "shelves" are actually book boxes.  If you look closely you can see that they are stacked to maximize the amount of shelf space.  I used to have a lot of book shelves to hold all of my books, but moving (which I did with startling regularity) was a real pain.  Then, when I was in graduate school at Ball State (just two hours from my parents) my Mom suggested that I turn all of my bookshelves into book boxes, and build more.  So that is what my Dad and I did.  We put together something like 140 book boxes over a long weekend, including the staining.  The boxes are just that, boxes, with backs, and removable fronts.  When stacked they form book shelves, take them apart, pack them with books and put the lids on and they become book boxes, all ready to be loaded onto the moving van, turning my library into a moveable feast.  I have three more sections just like this one in my studio and the photo only shows the top half of the books.  The boxes are stacked five high.  Yeah, we have a lot of books...

And yes, that is my warping board hanging from paint stirrers that are being held down by the yarn boxes.  It is easy to take down if I need to get at the books behind it, and it is out of the way, and yet still easy to use.  That is part of the castle of my loom in the far right of the photo.

And here is a beauty shot of the Diadem shawl.  I used the flash to get a better contrast on the lace pattern, but the colors still came out pretty accurate.

Organizing the Yarn Stash!

Well, I have had a very productive weekend.  I have been cataloging my yarn stash.  This is my work area in my studio.  The hardware on the right side of the picture is the back end of my loom.  The white paper is for taking pictures on, and you can just see my Dell Mini in the top of the picture, resting on a brass stool that we brought back from Pakistan.  I sit on that stool when I am threading heddles on my loom.  To the left are two completed boxes, with an open box in the foreground that I have not yet started on, plus yarn scattered about waiting to be cataloged and stashed.  And here are some completed boxes.

Those are book shelves underneath, and part of my warping frame for weaving.  At one point I did consider trying to organize the yarn by weight, but that was too much effort.  Just knowing what I have and where I have it stashed will have to be enough.  It is all being cataloged on Ravelry.  If I know the project that I bought the yarn for I add that information to the notes.  The yellow note cards are numbered and identify the box.