Getting Ready to Move Some Yarn (Around)

I have a lot of yarn.

A lot.

More than some people, less than others, but I'm not going to argue that it's a lot. I may even have crossed the line into SABLE (stash acquisition beyond life expectancy).

I have a lot, but it makes me happy, I haven't gone into debt for it, and I'm perfectly happy with the situation. However, storing it is a bit of a thing.

I am fortunate that my mother shares my feeling that yarn is decorative as well as useful, and doesn't mind it being in our shared spaces, because if I had to fit it all into my office and bedroom, there wouldn't be room for much else. Even with the storage options I have, though, this year I have come to need more.

In large part, this is because someone I know was getting rid of most of her yarn, and offered it to me. I brought home one car-load in December, and another in March.

And I do mean car-loads:

Both times, this resulted in a ton of sorting, deciding what I wanted to keep, pulling out what I was sending to knitting friends up north, and then having local friends come to "shop the stash" before giving what was left to a local woman who has a knit-for-charity group.

Considering how much yarn there was, I didn't keep a large percentage for myself. But even a small percentage of a large amount is not small, and I have this bin:

It's big, and deep.

So I have this much yarn to fit into my already full yarn stash.

Which means I have been pondering storage ideas, and popping onto Facebook Marketplace now and again to see what might be around. And the other day, I found someone giving away an old TV cabinet.

I picked it up on Saturday and brought it home.

Here it is next to my fabulous find from last year; it's not as pretty, but also, did I mention, this one was free?

The top is a little worn, so I put some pretty tea towels a friend gave me over it. Why not?

I didn't start moving yarn yesterday, much as I wanted to: after picking this up, I went to give blood, and while I didn't feel bad, I was kind of low-energy the rest of the day, so just getting the cabinet in was as much as I managed. Today, though, looks hopeful! 

I will get before-and after shots, but in the meantime, here is an interesting sign they had up in the bloodmobile:

I'm B+, and I didn't realize that was so uncommon!

Meanwhile, instead of the little gift card or coupon they usually give, this time, the thank-you gift was a beach towel:

Subtle!