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I'm so impressed that you've managed to finish! And it looks great, I love the pictures wall! You could crochet a bunch of squares and one day put them together.

It’s looking so good ❤❤❤

My craft room is also my bedroom, my parent's storage room and also houses my mom's treadmill 😅

DK Acrylic is great used together to create bulky yarn in colour ways that suit different decor to create baskets of all shapes and sizes. It’s a great way to use scraps!

Sampler throws might be a good way to preserve your grandmas work.

You could make pillows put out off the projects you don`t want to finish, or perhaps make art for the Wall with some of the smaller samples

All the Handspun and acrylic yarn would be brilliant for making blankets for animal shelters. That way, you can mix and match colours and know that the animals will just be grateful for the warmth and comfort. As a 64 year old, I prefer straight needles too! It’s how we were brought up. Even my socks I knit on DPNs. The vintage needles you should definitely keep 😍 The Aran blankets will be quite easy to make if you just concentrate on one panel at a time, with no time limit put on it. It will be an honour to use up your nanas’ lots of materials. Jinny - UK

I loved seeing all of the things you have inherited from your grandmas. ❤❤ Your kitty does the same thing as mine, when I am tidying my craft space she needs to present!😂

I think a project vlog of you finishing one of your grandmothers blankets would be great!

They have stick on/easy remove battery operated disc lights for your closet. I use them to make dead space like closets easy to see. Stair wells too. ☀️

You could make market tote bags from the yarns and the toweling fabrics patchworked together as linings. Anyone can appreciate a tote bag .

A beautiful gentle video. It was so precious to witness you go through your grandma's books. So many sweet patterns, some funky vintage ones and some hilarious ones. 😊

I inherited my grandmother’s knitting accoutrements too. I had the long aluminum needles made into earrings for all of the women in my family by Ness Boutique because I knew I wouldn’t use them. Just an idea if you decide you don’t need some of them for actual knitting!

I just donated a huge amt of yarn & patterns to a local knit group held in a library. I had many of those you just showed.

just wanted to say I really appreciate you going through exactly why organisational solutions you'd previously implemented aren't working or need to be tweaked. Most of the time people treat organisation like a before and a perfectly aesthetic after, like before it was a mess and now it's perfect. When in my experience organisation is a system that needs to be actually functional and can always be tweaked and improved as you use a space and determine if it works or not. And often needs to be when we try things that don't work or our needs change.

I am loving this series on redoing your craft room. I also loved that you shared going through all of your grandma's books. My baba (grandma) was a prolific crafter and taught me a lot of what I know and love today. When she passed, my grandfather let someone clear out all of her craft supplies and WIPs so I didn't get that experience. It was wonderful to experience a little of glimpse of that through this video. Thank you!

So glad I found your video today. Didn’t know Ravelry had a yarn inventory feature. I will have to look into it. Enjoyed your organizing process. Thanks

I commented above that I just discovered your channel today...and I am sooooo glad I did!!! I am so encouraged by your undertaking and that you are showing us the real process, emotions, and steps that you are taking rather than just "before" and "after" pics! And I am so blessed by your reverence for how you are sorting through your grandmother's things! I cried with you! I am a grandmother to 13 grandkids and I am an avid crocheter...I am 60 now and have been crocheting since I was about 5 years old! I have taught most of my grandchildren o crochet...boys AND girls...and they have all seemingly enjoyed the process! At Thanksgiving last year, I was making new stockings for Christmas like a crazy woman and one of my teenage grandsons came into the livingroom where we were all visiting and said, "Grandma, WalMart called and said they are out of green and red yarn and they are wondering if they can buy some from you"!😂 They know their grandma is a yarn-hoarder and they love me anyway! I hope they are as reverant when I pass away and leave things behind as you are with your grandmother's things. Bless you, dear! I will be waiting for next weeks episode of the destashing saga!

You always gotta treasure the family items that mean the most to you -- I'm glad you found her afghan pattern.

I’m loving this craft room series! I can’t believe you found the book with that afghan pattern, how very special. I’m so looking forward to part three!

Yay, I’ve got my cup of tea ready to watch this….

From the way you held that afghan pattern book of the one your beloved grandmother knit for all of you, I knew you were holding a treasure. Just the way your hand pressed against the book, it was as though you were feeling her, letting the memories flow into you. It's no wondered you cried! I would have, too.

I just stumbled on your channel this AM as i am looking for encouragement and insight to "de-stash" my own craft room! I am so embarrassed to say that...i have sooooooooo much more yarn than what you have... its really a bad bad problem.😢 But I'm determined to donate and sell a lot of this stuff! And to make it manageable! You are so brave to share all of this struggle with so many! I think my pride (and my shame!!) would inhibit me waaaay too much! But I'm gaining a TON of insight from watching what you have already done! Excited to see the finished room and the rest of the "process"!! 🎉

I feel like you could do the same grid concept for your fixed circulars but do it on the side of your wire shelving that your yarn is stored in.

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Oh boy that old bookcase looked so flimsy when you lifted it down the stairs! I'm glad you have a sturdier (and much prettier!) bookcase to replace it. I'm looking forward to the second half of the reorganisation!

Yay 🎉

thank you for taking us along on this journey! I'm excited to see your vision come to life. Also, I'm taking notes for my future crafting space.

Where did you get the sewing machine cover with Simplicity on it?

the hutch is beautiful, what a find! i don't know if you ever used the website craftster back in the day but there was a thread where people shared before and after photos of organising and cleaning up their craft spaces and it was so satisfying to see. this video is taking me back to that thread.

Hi from Farmington NY! I am so inspired to make a pillow similar to yours. Thank you for the inspiration!

Have you considered putting your yarn cubes on the wall where your chair currently is and then move the new bookshelf to the space behind your closet door? You might find that would open up your beautiful window area, create a focus area for podcasting with the yarn wall, and give you a better placement of your chair near the window for more natural light. Just a thought! Love me some reorganizing!

If you get another over the door bracket, you will be able to hang the metal frame for your needles on it , theu will look good hanging, all together.

I'm excited to see your books. I need to get a couple more heavy duty bookshelves so I can do the same. I have knitting, crochet, and weaving books and they have outgrown my 4 bookcase by a lot. Part of me looks at what you are doing and thinks, I'd be moving the yarn cubes and everything lmao. My boss was showing off how we are organizing a booth we are vending at, and she had made to scale pieces for a few of our large thing so we could space them out and make sure there was space around the outside, etc. So I would totally be there with graph paper and little pieces representing various shelves and chairs scooting everything around.

I love that new piece you got. I wonder if you put the bookshelf against the wall where the chair is now and tuck your chair between the two pieces?… would that work ?

I love that kitty knew you were frustrated and needed a cuddle. Nice surprise to know I’ve been here since the beginning. Love the hutch.

Thanks!

So excited for you! LOVE the hutch, and looking forward to seeing more videos in this series! 😍

So happy you are back !! If you go to Rhinebeck, I hope to meet you ! Tip : I have some weird anxiety about putting something on my walls )… it is a commitment issue)….But I have NO problem tapping a small nail into my book shelf and THAT is what I hung my circular needle organizer on !

Yikes! I really need to do this too! But I'd rather watch you!

I love this video. I’m subscribed, but I think I last saw your craft room when you first organized! It is inspiring me to organize my room this summer :)

Yay can’t wait until the next one!!!

I don't think the hutch is that out of place. But the hutch being too big for the space actually accentuates the maximalist grandma vibes, it reminds me of the apartments lot of single elder ladies live in after they downsized but held on to a few belived pieces furniture that used to belong into a bigger house, and now the proportions are a little off. Like some kind of dollhouse effect ♥

Love that hutch!

There's a name for us ? 😂 Been working on my craft room 2 weeks ! Im in the same quandary I need better storage. My bookshelf is overloaded . Im putting lacd weight and #1 on the upper shelf in my clothes closet.Then I need industrial shelves for my quilting stuff. That will leave the closet for #3-5 wt. I have a foldup table to work on in the middle. I think a press pad will leave the ironing board behind the door. It takes a lot of thinking thru unless I can get a cupboard in the living room . 🎉

Stash busting series ?

….can’t wait 👏

omg all that handspun for $35 what a steal!! i think you were pretty restrained though, i think it would be easy to spend like $100 and justify it by saying it's so cheap, but i guess it's not just the cost of the yarn you also have to think about where it will be stored and how much of it will you realistically use. i think the skeins you picked up are really lovely and look forward to seeing their final destinations.

Every knitter goes to fiber festivals thinking they won't buy more yarn...yet we all leave with more yarn! It's too fun not to get something.

You did well. I would have lost my damn mind at a sale that good! 😆