2024 Stash Tour & Knitting Plans // Organizing My Yarn

[@mairaurena4488]

Your stash is very pretty and it looks really nice on the shelf. The only think is that the sun might lighten up the yarn color so maybe consider moving the shelf to a wall that doesn’t get direct light. Raverly is where I get all my patterns and it is very helpful if you enter your stash and then you can search for patterns based on your stash.

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! Hopefully, I'll be changing out the yarn on the shelf often enough so it won't be affected by the sun! I need to get better at using Ravelry!

[@sabinabirnie3761]

@@norwegianknitteryou could put yellow film ( transparent like they do in wedding gown shops) on your wool to help with fading.

[@miriambartley6622]

I enjoyed seeing your Drops collection. 🇨🇦

[@windyrainStorm]

Wow so many yarns!, 😍😍 you are such a pro in knitting!!

[@norwegianknitter]

It's a lot of yarn🙈 Thank you🥰

[@jennis.strickpodcast]

I've never watched a stash organization video but it was pretty interesting actually 😁 mine is organized but I think a walkthrough would actually be fun 😊 for the pattern finding, I can just suggest the Ravelry advanced search. If you know what you want to knit, for example adult raglan shaped sweaters with braids, you can filter that pretty nicely there. This will give you a lot of designers patterns. And if you sort the results by popularity and not choose the first page,but rather a few pages in, you'll find a lot of smaller designers who still have amazing patterns available. Or sort by the rating. 😊

[@gabrielebruhl1218]

Wow this looks like a lot of money and endless possibilities to knit😀great organisation. If you see what you have harvested you can make great knitting planed projects👍. You did awesome

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you!!

[@lisagill5787]

Thanks for this video! Love hearing about other people’s knitting plans and yarn organization.

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you🥰🫶🏻

[@NedaMay]

Your new craft room looks great. What a lot of work, but so satisfying. Looking forward to all the beautiful things you will make.

[@norwegianknitter]

I'm really pleased with how it's turning out! Can't wait to see how my yarn room and knitting will evolve in 2024🫶🏻

[@TheIvyKnits]

I would love to see your favourite baby / toddler knits!! Its not something you see a lot of, and im a mum with a toddler id love to knit him something

[@norwegianknitter]

I can absolutely make a video about that!! I love baby/toddler knits🤩

[@KnitTherapy]

I enjoyed your video per usual 🥰 my tip for the hank yarn you can get inexpensive pegboard and hooks from ikea that would look cute on the wall or add floating shelves for more storage💓💓

[@norwegianknitter]

Ooo, that would be super cute!! Thank you🫶🏻

[@lisefrydenlund4147]

Godt jobba, litt av en jobb å rydde i alt garn, få oversikt og notere prosjekter osv.... gleder meg til å se alt fint du strikker utover i 2024.

[@norwegianknitter]

Takk! Det tok mye mer tid enn jeg trodde😅

[@maritnst2792]

🧶heia! Very nice episode, and thank you for letting us see all your yarn, and all your plans with the colors and types of yarn! If you use boxes in the shelf there will be walls to hold the yarn in place ( turn the top of the boxes towards you and the yarn will smile at you😊🧶) use the boxes you already have, or buy a few more in grocery stores ( ikea, Nille, Rustad ) Good luck 👍 anyway!

[@norwegianknitter]

Hi! Thank you! That's a great idea!!

[@Fuinamarth82]

With the bright green, I'd definitely go with dinosaur jacket for tour kiddo, and if you leave open borders (no ribbing) you could add lenght to change size for some time when they grow!

[@norwegianknitter]

That's a good idea!!

[@letiziamaudcanouet3217]

What a stash!!😆😆 It is wonderful to have so many projects and by my side it wake up me during the night 🤣🤣🤣 When will you start the spring/summer knits? Thanks for the video and happy winter 💙🤍💙🤍

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you🫶🏻 I love looking at my stash, haha. I can sit in bed and just stare at it, thinking and planning what to do with it🤩 Spring is pretty cold here, so I use my wool sweaters, but fewer layers! I always start my summer knits way too late, I'm usually finished right before fall start🥲 The goal this year is to start soon enough, maybe May?

[@joanncampos8675]

Love your stash I wish I had some yarn to crochet I have a few skeens but your stash is nice ❤ I want to make a blanket but don't have enough yarn lol

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you❤️

[@lyndabethell3471]

I love your stash! I wish I could get that lovely yarn in my country, you’re very fortunate. For patterns I use mostly Pinterest and Ravelry, or sometimes I use the search on Instagram. I love your channel. Keep on knitting and filming.❤

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! I feel so fortunate as a knitter to live in Norway where we have so much nice yarn and easy access🥰 That's for the tips on where to find patterns!

[@nadusjash3665]

Thanks for this stash tour ! Great work with organizing and writing down everything you have🤗 it would be nice to see your knitting supplies like needles if you'll have some organization of it one day😉 I love Drops Daisy! so hope your enticement will turn to pleasure too, when you'll do your project

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you!! If I ever find a way to organize my needles so they're actually organized, I'll show it! I hope I'll get to test Drops Daisy soon! I'm so excited🤩

[@ninja_revert]

Have you thought about saving all of your scrap yarn and using it to make a scrappy blanket?

[@norwegianknitter]

I have! But I have scraps in so many different yarn types & and thicknesses, so I don't know how I'd do it😅

[@ninja_revert]

@@norwegianknitter why not do several scrappy blankets?

[@norwegianknitter]

Good idea!

[@Xvrowen]

Great video. With some of your small left over yarns you could always make sweater with stripes. You make such beautiful sweaters!

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! That's a great idea!

[@michaelazivna]

Hello, Oline, new here. I enjoyed your podcast, I like your stash, lots of awesome Drops yarn👍 I also like the projects you're picking. Enjoy all your knitting, I'll be watching other parts to see how you're doing 👍

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you so much!

[@SwamiMommy]

Flax sweater by Tin Cam Knits is lovely for your son. It’s free and comes in all sizes

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you!!

[@kt55466]

Thanks for this tour of your stash. I also love the way sunlight shines on it. To prevent discolouration over time, though, perhaps use boxes you can store the yarn in on the shelf ? I like to get patterns from ravelry, where you can find quite a broad variety of designs/designers. Thanks again for a really great video.

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! Hopefully, since I only have knitting plans on the shelf, I'll be changing the yarn out often enough to avoid discoloration! I really need to start using Ravelry it seems!

[@danielacrucesperez6901]

Ravelry is amazing for inspiration and to look for projects with specific amounts of yarns, thats how I found the sophie scarf and the edda bag. My current project is the Obba sweater by aegyoknit. I have also been thinking of having a basket for on going things

[@norwegianknitter]

I need to learn to use ravelry!! Aegyoknit has so many amazing sweaters! I'd love to make something from them this year! I haven't had a basket for WIP's more than a week, but it has been a game changer so far🤩🫶🏻

[@star_cruiser1997]

Sibling sweater by Laura Penrose has baby and adult sizes, and it's stripes all over. Plus, very nice shoulder line

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! That's exactly what I've been looking for!

[@oldwitchknits-Ursula]

Love seeing people's yarn stashes and hearing about the plans! The sibling sweater by Laura Penrose might be a good striped sweater for your son. I made my Eva cardigan in Peer Gynt in the colour Golden Brown and love it. I don't think the colour is discontinued in Peer Gynt.

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! I think the sibling sweater is perfect!! I'll have to check out peer gynt then!! Maybe I could even make my fiancé something in golden brown🤔

[@heatherr9201]

I use Ravelry to find and store most of my patterns…. I have gotten pretty good at using their search functions too… the wooly worker has a great video on how to use the search if you want help

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! I'll check out those videos!!

[@blueasthemoon]

I think the pink hand dyed would work well as the moon set tee and 2 skeins is plenty.

[@norwegianknitter]

Ohh, yes! That would be really nice🤩

[@sommer904]

Loved your video 🥰 For one skein of fingering weight yarn you could also try a sophie scarf!

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! Sophie Scarf is a good idea🤩

[@moirarossi5009]

Thank you for sharing your yarn! I think you could like Susan Sommer's RustyTuku, it's a striped sweater with a nice construction. And than I have in my list Irene Lin, Cocoamour, Lili makes things and Ankestrick (her Naima sweater is really nice. She has released the Dk version too)

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you for all your suggestions🫶🏻🥰

[@Schnuffelkuh5]

I think you have so much yarn that it's enough for a new wardrobe not only for you but also for your son. Do you understand what I mean? It's a great video but it's also alarming. I think a yarn diet would do quite well. First, knit all the great projects you've listed and only when your stash is filled with leftovers and then would I think about buying new yarn. Ask yourself the following questions before your next yarn purchase. What exactly will come this? Do I already have a similar item in my closet, maybe? Do I relay need new piece ?

[@norwegianknitter]

It is absolutely a lot of yarn! And I'm going to knit as much as possible from stash this year! But I have less yarn in stash then I used in 2023, so seen in that context, I don't think it's quite as "bad." My son also needs a new warderobe every year because he grows, and so do my friends' babies, who I knit a lot for! I do try to only make myself things that fill different needs for me, but I can definitely get better at that!

[@sallyevans6042]

The sibling sweater by Laura Penrose has stripes from the top. She has a kids and an adult version.

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you!! That's basically exactly what I've been looking for!

[@Woeschhuesli]

I was amused by your electric blue/grey striped sweater that reminded me of my English school uniform when I was a child ;) It was really interesting to hear about all your knitting plans and your stash. You are better organised than I am, I think! I do keep similar yarns together, both by brand and weight, but I have no idea how much or how heavy it is. I think maybe I don't want to know lol. Have you thought of using book supports to partition your projects on your shelves? ;) Or could you hang the blue shelf and use transparent holders so you can still the yarn and it doesn't fall out? Or maybe your hand-dyed skeins could stand upright in that... Just a couple of thoughts! If a colour is too bright, you might find that by holding a mohair strand with it, it mutes it considerably, maybe a beige with the pink instead of another pink? I think is was Jana from Kettuknits who held green and purple together and it looked like lavender, it's amazing sometimes. I'm also looking forward to making myself a sweater with Daisy but first I have quite a long list of other projects to finish!! A knitter's life, I guess... until the next new and shiny thing takes my fancy hahahahaha..........

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! I haven't really thought about it yet, I'm waiting for my second shelf to get here before I decide! The blue shelf is actually going to be a book shelf for my son in his room. Mohair is amazing. It blends really well, even if it's different colors! I hope the pink I chose is light enough to make the pink Flora a bit lighter, but still be a pink sweater. I have the same problem with my drops Daisy, I really want to knit with it, but there is always something else at the front of the line😅 Happy knitting🥰

[@Woeschhuesli]

@@norwegianknitter I think the pink you are about to knit is perfect, it does mute it, as I used the same combo. I was thinking more about the really bright pinks you wondered about how to use... apparently peach is the new "in" colour, so maybe that!! Anyway, it will be fun to figure out!!

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! I love looking at my yarn and trying to figure out projects for it!

[@sarahjaneexton151]

I went through all my stash and cataloged them in ravelry… took me 2 whole day! 😬😬😬😂

[@norwegianknitter]

Took me two days too😅 I think that's a sign of too much yarn😂

[@sarahjaneexton151]

@@norwegianknitter me too 😀I should be ready for the violeta cast on from Wednesday as my mum has just dropped by for a visit xx

[@norwegianknitter]

Wednesday is the day I'm aiming for, too!

[@annanesting9848]

Nice video 😊 I would like to ask, since you have drops karisma and drops lima, which one would you recommand to knit a Riddari sweater? I know that lettlopi will be way too itchy for my skin, but I would like a yarn that looks thick and rustic, but softer 🙃 also drops is super affordable and give a nice range of colors

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! I prefer Drops Lima in almost every way, I think it's also the most rustic looking out of the two. And it's super soft!! I love drops for their affordability and range in yarn types and colors🤩

[@joanncampos8675]

Hello my name is JoAnn im a new subscriber nice to meet u❤

[@norwegianknitter]

Hii JoAnn!

[@KnotablueKnits]

Fyi, 400 yards= 366 metres approximately

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you!!

[@eivetjafrasenja]

My houseband call you the 'but' lady 😂

[@norwegianknitter]

🙈😂😂

[@KnitTherapy]

😂funny that my man knows her already too I always cast on my room and livingroom tv’s 😅

[@tayfunisk6400]

Hello 🎉

[@norwegianknitter]

Hi🥰

[@tayfunisk6400]

@@norwegianknitter 🎤🎶

[@nuriagiraltlen3671]

try ravelry

[@norwegianknitter]

Thank you! I will🫶🏻