{"id":3903,"date":"2020-05-25T18:32:11","date_gmt":"2020-05-25T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=3903"},"modified":"2020-05-15T18:33:03","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:33:03","slug":"lets-get-organized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2020\/05\/lets-get-organized\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s get organized!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When stuck at home for weeks, it’s a great time to get organized, right?\u00a0 Who else thought you were going to get a whole lot of cleaning done?\u00a0 Right…… time slips away pretty fast.<\/p>\n

Well, I really wanted to get SOMETHING done, so I decided to tackle the room that has been my staging area for Annetarsia stuff – designing, teaching, preparing samples for classes, etc.\u00a0 This was Deborah’s room, but after she moved away to college, she moved to the opposite coast, so she is very rarely home.\u00a0 This room was a MESS.\u00a0 Now, I wish I had taken “before” photos.\u00a0 I knew where everything was, I had a “system”, and I couldn’t figure out how to organize things to look neater but still be able to put my hands on what I wanted, quickly.\u00a0 Finally, I had Bill come up to the room to look at it with me, and give me a fresh perspective.\u00a0 It worked!<\/p>\n

All of the stuff I need to teach each class got washed and packed up neatly into separate, labeled bins, and put in the attic.\u00a0 Who knows if or when I will ever teach again, but now I am very prepared and organized.\u00a0 Getting that out of the room really opened up space.<\/p>\n

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This is one of 5 bookcases this size, that are filled with my knitting\/craft book collection. Oops, 6, if you include my weaving books! Yes, I have a lot of books. I’ve started giving some away, to good homes. But, I bought them all for a reason, and I’m in and out of the bookcases, constantly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My Chic Sheep yarn stash. I have leftover bits from intarsia projects, partial skeins in front, full skeins in back. I’m glad that I have a stash, because this yarn line might be going away, and I absolutely love it. So easy to work with. Get some fast, if you don’t have any!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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My daughter, Deborah, gave me this hand-drawn poster for Christmas a few years ago. We are all Tolkien fans, and I have identified with Smaug, the dragon for years. I can “tell” when something is missing from my stash, and I can’t rest until I find it. This sums it up, pretty perfectly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is now a usable guest room, even if you are a normal human being who doesn’t want to be surrounded by mounds of yarn and projects.\u00a0 I’m super happy with it, and will move on (maybe) to my yarn and knitting needle stashes.\u00a0 Yes, I have more than one yarn stash, and they are in other rooms.\u00a0 Hey, yarn, knitting needles and notions are tools, and everyone who works with tools knows that they are important, and they take room.\u00a0 Show me a man with only one screwdriver!\u00a0 No apologies, people.\u00a0 I am very grateful to have acquired a pretty spectacular stash over the years, and I plan to enjoy it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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