DE-CLUTTERING MY YARN STASH! 🧶🧶

Today’s episode of the Midweek Ramble will be a bit different. Yesterday I decided to switch gears and record a spontaneous vlog thingamajig while I decluttered my yarn stash. I am getting ready to do another de-stash over at woolneedleshands.com (I’ll keep you posted) and wanted to share some of that process with you. Know going into this, this is not a how-to video on decluttering. This is not scientific and I am not Marie Kondo. I’m just a knitter with a stash that needs sorting and I wanted to bring you along for the ride.
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[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Hi everyone! Something a little different for you today. I hope you enjoy it! Just something to keep in mind: I filmed this on a warm day with both my regular podcast camera and my iPhone. The AC is running every so often which explains the occasional hum you may hear. Also, the audio on my iPhone isn't the greatest. This was spontaneous and actually quite enjoyable for me so I'll take the good with the...slightly subpar. 😉Enjoy! PS: I'll be having my de-stash on Saturday, July 1st at 8 AM PDT. www.woolneedleshands.com/taylersdestash

[@sylviamaxwell504]

Please don't unravel that shawl...bind off now.and wear it, thank goodness you heard me

[@truffles12506]

Hi, Just wondering if the destash is July 1 or July 5? I see both dates posted.

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

@@truffles12506 Hi! I moved it to July 5th at 8 AM PDT. ❤️

[@pampreviti2704]

I recently destashed and donated a TON of yarn to my friend’s 96 yo mom who crochets hats for charity. Win-win! 😊

[@JessicaT10118]

I love that your hubby bought you some yarn for your anniversary. He's a keeper :)

[@catherinecunningham7126]

Awesome!!!! Don’t EVER let that Fishermen’s wool in natural go because I have been trying to get some and just when I think I will I get an email stating that they are once again out of it! 🙄😂😂😂

[@ScrappyCruiserNR]

"I love an empty basket, it's just potential for..." and then the text on screen. I literally laughed out loud. LOVE your videos.

[@natalieglickman1445]

I love your room/crafting space! You must get those comments all the time. It’s so inviting and beautiful. I dream of having my own creative space like that one day.

[@saraw8503]

I was working on a sweater and sadly ran out of yarn and it is a discontinued yarn. I searched high and low. I was delighted to locate a sweet woman on Ravelry who had a skein to spare. She sent it to me and I finished the sweater. Because she is in Minnesota and I am in coastal NC, I felt she was the perfect recipient for the bundle of bulky and super bulky yarn in my stash. I sent that as a thank you. Why oh why, did I buy bulky yarn? I am streamlining my stash to hold primarily plant based yarns because we have far more warm weather than winter.

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

See? This is fantastic and why we should embrace destashing as much as possible. So cool that you were able to make this sort of swap. ❤️

[@dirgniflesuoh7950]

And I am the one everybody's decluttered yarn end up with. I receive yarn, fabric, patterns, tools, books. And I do my best to not add anything except to finish it off. 😂

[@angelinacrafts5385]

Thanks for taking us along on the sort/de-stash.

[@Mehaara]

I recently discovered your channel and have been binge watching while trying to finish some socks for Christmas. May I say that I love, love, love your space? I am dreaming of having a space to myself and yours looks cozy, inspiring, artistic, and just wonderful. I also really like the color grading of your videos. Together with your content, you have quickly become one of my favorite channels. Thank you!

[@syddlinden8966]

Lol! Every time anyone acts like their phone is lower quality footage all i can think is "oh gawd no worries hun, i remember when KZbin was all bootlegs and web cam recordings. You are so so good." Lmao 😂

[@Mollydogdesigns]

It was fun to watch someone else de-stash 😄😄. I recently did my own de-stash and donated it to a local non profit thrift store for all types of crafts. The only problem is when I go to donate items, I end up buying other crafty items 😳🤔🤔🧶👍

[@Kpup]

Gotta give your husband props for that amazing gift!!! I absolutely love that he did the traditional gift but kept your personality in mind. SO SWEET!! ALSO! Love that you're donating yarn to your local library - I host a knitting/crochet program at the library where I work and I know I would be thrilled to get your donations, I'm sure your local library will, too.

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Thank you! He’s a keeper, this man of mine. 🥰 And I’m always happy to donate yarn to the library or anywhere that has knitting classes. I think that’s so cool that you host a program like that at your library. We need more of that in places outside of yarn and craft stores. ❤️

[@thatonegirlelaine]

It's so funny this came up today. I ran into a friend at a big box store--she's a crotcher and isn't working right now. I have a bunch of yarn I'm gonna give her.

[@pjschmid2251]

Tayler: “I don’t have bins hidden in various places full of yarn” Me: looks down in shame 🙈

[@carrotlover7763]

I have wool I bought in 1999, when I went on my Honeymoon to Ireland, I have made two sweaters from it and I have a ton more of it. I become attached to my stash, but I am sure it could be better organized.

[@galewillis5367]

Such a wonderful video. I need to get a little more organized with my yarn and fabric for quilts. You are so inspirational😊

[@HeartofStitches]

Congratulations on your Anniversary. Good on you for decluttering. That is a superpower that I definitely don’t have.

[@thomasgregory_esq]

My aim is to learn how to crochet and knit… loving that Royal Purple yarn 😊

[@miketa87]

Looking forward to the de-stash! I celebrated my 36th anniversary yesterday, such a great day!

[@debbuckingham2313]

Tayler, you have inspired me to throw away garments that i had started (and did not enjoy the yarn) that have in no way brought me joy, yarn that I’ll never use, and tools that just hurt my hands. Yay me! 🥰 I loved this video!

[@ccpperrett7522]

Thanks, Taylor. I enjoyed watching you get organized. I unburied my quilting frame and got quilt top loaded. I started quilting it today. It is a scrappy quilt. I'm practicing free motion quilting with lots of different quilting motifs. I'm just having fun with it, whatever pops into my head.😂❤Getting it done. Part of my Swedish "death" clean, so my kids won't have to deal with it when I'm gone. 😅

[@alekfelis]

Happy anniversary! Love watching organizing yarn, but decluttering stress me, as hoarding yarn is my separate hobby 😊🙃

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Thank you! And I totally get you. You just keep on keeping that yarn. Yarn collecting is a big deal and that's a totally worthy hobby all by itself!

[@alekfelis]

@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS I'm testing for how long will be able to expand the physic laws and squeeze space from my cabinets. 😄

[@HornedPandaWasTaken]

I live pretty close to Green Mountain Spinnery. I think this is the first time I’ve seen a Vermont brand on a major KZbin channel. It got me all excited hehe

[@Bmutation]

I’m just binge watching every episode and I’m not guilty about it ))) Absolutely obsessed with your channel ! ❤❤❤

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Thank you so much! So glad you're enjoying. ❤️

[@Marqaisa]

I love the colors you used on the hibernation shawl and how you coordinated the colors. Nice southwest-y color combo. Great idea on binding it off and making it into a bandana. The colors suit you. Your written comments at unexpected times made me have to "rewind" and read your comments and laugh about it because it would be close to what I was thinking if I was doing this kind of destash/decluttering.

[@amethystowl8821]

I don’t like scrappy projects much either. What I usually do is to weigh my leftovers and then put the remainder amount into Ravelry, which then translates into yardage or meters and then look up patterns that will fit that leftover amount. Don’t know if this is helpful but just another idea. The other thing I will do often is to try and use up the yarn from the current project as soon as it’s done. That way I don’t have any leftovers. Right now, I am working on a pair of mitts from leftover yarn. That yarn was first a pair of socks and then a cowl and now finally, the mitts. I sure got a lot of use out of that skein!

[@noelleparris9451]

I'm glad you chose to keep the shawl WIP and turn it into a bandana/scarf. It looks great! 👍🏾👏🏾It will be just the thing in the Fall to spruce up your look (especially if or when a jacket is necessary).

[@Pipscape]

The little blue bamboo balls would be good for a summer weight bandana. Like the Purl Soho pattern in the rustic silk, or maybe one of those tiny neck scarves or bandana from Petite Knits. So pretty and cute! Keep it!

[@rushiaj1222]

Hey Taylor! Happy anniversary girl !! Your hubs did a great job on the gift. I so need to do clean up my yarn stash hoping this inspires me to tackle it.

[@shellmarb1]

I’m actually sewing as I’m watching this!

[@rushiaj1222]

Your scrappy bandana kinda reminds me of the shawl you’re currently knitting ❤

[@AnItalianKnitter]

I love the idea of going through my stash and see what hidden gems I can find in there 😂 I’m also not much into the scrappy aesthetic but I do like opening little packages so I’m thinking to create my own advent calendar with scarps and opening one each day in December and make a blanket out of them 😅

[@christinevalentine3373]

What a good exercise! Maybe you could put a dollar value on the yarns you are de-stashing so that you can use it as a tool to curb any future impulse buys? This works very well for me! The blue yarn for your husband’s sweater could be held double so that you can still use it if you wish. Great exercise and I bet you feel a lot lighter now you have all that ”stuff” out of your head!

[@LizEricBenKate]

Eek. I SO need to do this! Primarily because I haven't moved in 22 years, and did have the space for it, so just keep adding to the stash LOL.Thanks for the inspiration!

[@CazSantiago]

I just discovered Laerke Bagger when I checked out her new book from my local library. Do you know her work? She does amazing things with scrap yarn!

[@beakolbeebersbach6598]

I love her work. So I never destash. I just knit more scrapyarn sweaters 😅

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

I’ll definitely look into that! Thank you for the recommendation. ❤️❤️

[@cmb4280]

I organized my yarn at the end of last year because I am working thru it all this year. I am being cut-throat and I have no qualms about letting something go. I also went thru my knitting and crochet supplies and found a lot of needles/hooks; I wouldn’t mind recouping some of the cost, but have thus far been unsuccessful…alas, tis better to have less clutter than to hold onto the things hoping I get some of the cost back. All that rambling to say…my goal is to have no stash (like when I first started knitting) so I can buy yarn for the next project and immediately cast it on. Happy belated Anniversary! Dye up some aubergine to go with the mohair and knit an anniversary sweater!

[@dianecurl3939]

Thank you for the look at your stash. I always find it interesting to see others' stash and how they organize it. I have to say as fun as the yarn was I was drawn to your needle organizer. That was a cool idea, and I have to say I plan on giving it a try.

[@virginiaschell886]

It's getting hot here in Kansas, nearing 100 f. My knitting was kaput, until I looked at my stash. Thanks to your Ravelry tutorial, I fiund a free sweater, grabbed a big skein of yarn and got knittiing. Now Im looking at my bookshelf of yarn and thinking of decluttering all the random balls of yarn for donation. 😊

[@fionadickson5615]

Your husband is a keeper!

[@dawnupperman524]

I have 3 categories when I clean out my stash. Assign to a pattern, donate or sell. I like to keep some for waste yarn. Love your categories.

[@carolinedubose5136]

Wow Taylor!! Good for you for going through your yarn stash! I seriously need to do the same thing! I also need to go through my huge fabric stash as well! I'm currently working on my cotton dishcloth yarn in hopes of knitting at least half of it up!

[@martyjangles]

That new Rowan mohair is divine!!

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Isn’t it though?! I’m in love!

[@christinegivens9048]

13:58 OMG! Was just wonder if there was such a thing as a neck lamp. Yaaas!

[@mikelafiddle]

I organized my yarn stash today too! Right before I watched this. Something must be in the air

[@alisonsmith376]

Ok, sweetest anniversary gift ever. And Queen Elizabeth II washcloths, fabulous! 😊 🧶 🇨🇦

[@mundanemornings]

I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this video! I am moving soon and absolutely dreading having to de-clutter all my yarn.. Watching this is giving me motivation!

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Oh good! Happy moving! ❤️❤️

[@rachelmitchell2144]

Super inspiring! I’ve decided summer months with super hot weather is declutter time for me. It’s too hot to really enjoy outside in the Deep South right now. Thanks for helping with the declutter mojo. Can wait to check out the de-stash! ❤

[@saraw8503]

I did this recently and pattern matched yarn bundles. I purchased two gallon ziplock bags and married the yarn in labeled bundles. Then all the bags went in a plastic bin labeled projects. I can stay busy for a year or more. But my local yarn shop is so wonderful….I still buy yarn. Habits are hard to break.

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

LOVE this!

[@azknitter]

I just did a major destash of yarn, fiber, material and cross stitch. It was donated to a charity that helps with hospice. It feels great to free up space and give things a a good cause. I love your craft room!

[@ASA-bl3hw]

I am currently binge watching your channel 😂

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Yay! Thank you. I hope you enjoy! ❤️

[@maryfoster5189]

I love the destash! Doesn't it feel good? My daughter came over and helped me with mine and it was great!

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Yes! It feels so good!

[@judithtaylor6916]

Dont get rid if your sock yarn. As Stephen West had a great knit for a coloured sweater.

[@lieslnew8247]

Love the work you have done here. I did something similar a little while back. Even went so far to load the stash into Stash on Ravit so I could pattern match. Love the look of the WNH destash. Some beautiful yarns there. ❤❤

[@alessandracauzzi2215]

It's super beautiful, worth all the unraveling!

[@valeriehowden471]

Destashed a few weeks ago. Gave my extras to the kids in the crochet class i was teaching. I think i will start a bin of scraps for the fall class - would make great motifs or appliques. Especially with lots of different colours. Edit - btw, your background music has some serious Twin Peaks vibes!😊

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

I love that you found good use for the extras. Very cool. And I’m also loving that you felt Twin Peaks vibes with the music. My David Lynch-loving self is pleased. ☺️

[@paulalafontaine8020]

Love the funky music choice to go with!

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Thank you! ❤️❤️

[@sylviamaxwell504]

Love scraps and the challenge...your shoe mojo will come back...and do hang on to them...and the soft green bamboo would be gorgeous with ivory or browns 😍

[@takkariarmstrong8736]

I’ve outgrown my two buckets of yarn already. I need to get a shelf.

[@julieoliver11]

Thank you Tayler, this inspires me to sort through my yarn to donate/sell the stash that realistically I’m never going to knit!

[@lynnmcentire4014]

Before you get rid of your scraps think any doing a Carmel cardigan like Selma from Little Big Knits did. She used an advent but I used my scraps.

[@angiemcdermid4845]

Inspiring. I feel now that after I finish a project, I don’t necessarily have to keep the leftovers to weigh on me. It’s a scrap down year so that’s great. I’ll make one scrappy project and the. Donate the yarn for its third incarnation thanks

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Oh good! I'm so glad you're feeling this way now.

[@chantaler.8118]

Loved the travel into your stash and destash! It gave me ideas of what to do the next days or so, thanks! 😅

[@jane8760]

I redid a de-stash and it felt good to get it out of my yarn cabinet. However I am still driving all the bags of yarn around because it is all still in my trunk! Donating it to a local senior center and need to coordinate this with my sister in law. What I have left in my cabinet has pattern matches(ish) 😂

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Pattern matches(ish) is perfect. And I chuckle because I know what it’s like to have it in your car as you get it to where it’s going. You’re like yarn Santa 🤶. ❤️

[@wildflowerhoneyfiberco]

Yes on keeping the shawl for a cowl! Looked Awesome! ❤

[@sunrhyze]

I'm wondering how many people bought one of those neck lights a couple years ago, when they were The Current Thing That All Knitters Must Have, and now not only never use it but can't even remember where they put it. I'll start: me. I'm one of those people.

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️

[@chrissyfarmer2949]

LOVE the new repurposed throw Bandana!! Good save!

[@joygilbert1947]

Love the idea of the pattern match. normally just keep the yarn in boxes by yarn weight. Thank you for the great idea.

[@jennenns654]

oooh. thank you for your stash tour. I feel like I need to do this. however my stash is much, much larger than yours so it might have to be done in parts. haha

[@jeffersonmorant]

That’s so thoughtful of you Jenn, Thanks for your positive review,How are you and how’s the weather over there?

[@lisamiller1804]

I love the built-in cabinet you keep your stash in! Is it something you made or did it come with your house? It's really a cool way to display and organize everything :)

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Thank you! My husband built that with my dad when we were first married. It was my first wedding anniversary present. ❤️

[@phoenixofthegraveyard]

I love worsted scrap yarn for knitting cat mice toys. They take about 1 hour to assemble, and they are suuuper cute. My cat approves!

[@AnnBanann65]

You inspired me to do this while I’m on summer break from school, so thank you!! Sewing FYI to share - when you do start to sew, find the McCall Learn-to-Sew patterns!! They will go step by step with you to make the process more beginner friendly. 🥰

[@emiliesmith8671]

Make a weekender with the lucky. That’s what I used (red) and I was inspired by a lys during a yarn crawl. I absolutely love it. I made the size 3 and used 5 skeins.

[@sidneyerickson4883]

KnitDallas is my local yarn shop, isn’t it the greatest? Meredith (the owner) hosts us on Wednesdays and Sundays, sweet group of yarn lovers 🖤

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

It is truly a treasure! Such a gorgeous shop. ❤️

[@vadec5909]

I should do that too!! But It looks exhausting !

[@rusticwool4637]

You’ve inspired to get my stash in order! I’m not a scrappy gal either but I keep them because I feel bad. I’m going to find the scraps a new home, thank you!

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

I’m so glad this has inspired you! ❤️

[@JeaWis]

Some yarn can be kept in a “pile of ambiguity” you like it sort of and aren’t ready to get rid of it.

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

I love the “pile of ambiguity”. 😎😎❤️❤️

[@comfycozytoo]

I would totally buy mini skein yarn for socks.

[@mori3uck489]

I use my scraps and knit the “Easter Bunny” by Claire Garland. My kids and nibblings love them and call them scrap rabbits

[@veradoling79]

Love the Patterns you showed. I've been thinking about getting back into sewing.

[@heleng9008]

Woah, all those open bins/shelves. Don’t you have, ahem, the *m* word in Nevada?

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Nope. We don’t. 👍

[@heleng9008]

@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS ok, moving there.

[@Theresa3251]

What do you mean by the m word?

[@heleng9008]

@@Theresa3251 A flying insect that eats wool.

[@phoenixofthegraveyard]

Omg. I love that scrap yarn. ❤️

[@MarinaGvozdeva]

Great minds think alike 😂 I was cleaning my stash and reorganising it last night as well 👍

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Yes!! Look at us! ☺️

[@marymack1]

Throw those scraps on the Sentro :D

[@star_athena]

Mad respect! When are you coming over to do mine? ❤😂

[@karenalbery2773]

I dont necessarily want to destash but i definitely desperately want to organize. Unfortunately right now i dont have space to keep my yarn accessible. Its packed away in totes that are hard to get out and riffle thru. I really like to let the yarn inspire the project but with it all constantly out of reach i sometimes buy more to make something specific because i just cant get to the things i have. It makes me sad. I wish i could narrow things down sometimes but i always end up making different kinds of projects in every weight both knit and crochet so my stash is kind of large and random. And sometimes i start to feel guilty with all these videos about destashing, unburdening , simplifying, organizing, mindful making and buying, and only buying supplies for one project at a time. No one makes videos on yarn collecting or unapologeticly currating a large unorganized stash lol

[@liziking306]

This is in my to do list. I need to do some yarn organizing. My target month is around Fall Season. Crossing fingers I get it done before the end of this year. 😊

[@dsherrill2988]

I think that Green mnt spinery yarn would make a beautiful long cardigan ❤ your yarn shelf is about the same size as my setup, I’m trying to get my stash to all fit within it 😂

[@sylviamaxwell504]

Make a headband to match the frankensweater and if you made a huge investment on the plum color...make something else, for you or someone else

[@sussisteenfeldt5361]

Love your video 😊 and you definitely inspired me to get my own stash 😅😂 I am a new knitter, so I dont have a lot of yarn yet.

[@sylviamaxwell504]

Doing the same thing, have bundled up yarns for projects, for me and😊 for my students and for friends, just not with pattern match...GASP...keep your sewing things, the changes are minimal in patterns to make them in "style" and sewing is fast...compared to needle/hook..and just do it..you'll love it...

[@MommaBelle]

When my yarn mojo peters out, I return to cross stitch-another ridiculous stash..

[@diannecarter1754]

I’m going to do this with my Friday night this week! Might sound boring but I’m excited. I need to have better intentions for my yarn 🤫 someone will benefit from my lack of follow through.

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

This sounds like my kind of Friday, to be honest. ☺️☺️

[@ASLchica09]

I find that's one of the perks of making Amigurumi (I crochet). But for some projects, you only need the smallest amount of yarn, and you're good to go for many more projects! Or there is the occasional game of yarn chicken, which is always fun.

[@bgoquick]

Personally I like the use what I can of my scrap yarn for amigurmi just because it generally doesn’t take up much yarn but I like the concept of donating yarn you know you aren’t going to use. If I could create a charity thing related to yarn I would love to do a pay it forward where you could donate the materials to craft or help teach others how to make stuff sprinkled with doing group projects to donate to other charities like hats blankets and scarves to the homeless or something like that

[@fazzybear3]

He's a keeper!

[@TheSablelou]

Great job!

[@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS]

Thank you!

[@carolinarios2994]

Oh my God your rug is só beautifull I need one for my house😅

[@emmawinn6129]

I love your yarn stash shelf!! Was it purchased or did you make it??

[@judithtaylor6916]

As the saying goes 100 ways to skin a cat. I placed the yarn in zip lock bags to keep out dust and moths. Then documented by Ply/weight of incomplete balls/amount/colour/guage to help me match to a pattern. If I find one, I put in with the bag ad a future knitting project. Thank you, I didnt know you can combine Noro yarn with mohair. Love the Terrazzo pattern. There is a great striped cardigan pattern on Ravelry for all that left over yarn.