Part of the appeal of moving into our own home was having a space for my crafting. A space where I could create projects, store all of my materials and my hoard of yarn, and really just have a gentle place to reflect and find my 'calm'. As anyone who has followed this blog would know, I began selling reclaimed yarn in June of 2020. This was kind of an effort of trying to make something productive out of vacant time that I had due to the covid-19 pandemic. Plus I've always had a passion for doing this, and wanted to share the idea and the yarn with other people rather than hoarding the yarn for myself. I am at my best when I'm working on something, and I usually have the hardest time trying to relax without having some kind of project in my hand, or a notebook beside me to record my thoughts and ideas. I've never really thought that this was strange, but I do envy people who can just sit down and watch a movie without the need to have something in their hands. I guess that's just the way that I work.
I've crocheted since I was nine, so the concept of not having yarn around me is really foreign. I've always been really envious of those designers or crafters who have walls of yarn perfectly color coded and organized, or all of their crafting supplies organized and cute little plastic bins with label drawers. I'm not quite at that point. Money is still a huge factor in the choices that I make and the crafting space that I develop. Plus, as much as I love a yarn shop, it's not really economically feasible to have my own yarn store one of my bedrooms when I can just support my LYS.. But as for decorating, I have been able to use the supplies that I have on hand, and I'm pretty proud of how the craft room organization has become a place where everything has a home. For example the closet that was in the craft room, is currently my shipping and packaging area. I have started keeping my envelopes, recycled boxes, and any kind of reclaimed packaging material in the closet. It works well because these types of things are usually not something that is beautiful to look at, so I can just shut the door and move on with my day after I use the items I need. My fiance did buy me two large five foot bookshelves, which I have stuffed with yarn and have utilized one of the shelves for the vintage crochet books from my grandmother. When she passed away I inherited quite a bit of her pattern collection.
Here are a few photos of the progress. Go easy on me, like I said it will probably be a work progress for a while considering I am not really spending a lot of money on this project, and just making do with what I have. I think there is merit in not spending a ton of money when a current space already kind of works for what you need. I try really hard not to be wasteful, so I am pretty satisfied with where it is right now. Most of all it's actually functional for me, and that's really all I need.
As far as actual work in progress projects, I have started organizing my PDF ideas so that I can start developing more patterns. I would really like to start offering patterns that are not so simplistic, or quick and easy projects. I really want to take on some of the creative ideas that pop into my head whether that be late at night when I'm trying to sleep, projects that I've been inspired to create from video games or watching television (which I rarely do) or just random ideas.
One quick and easy projects that I did do this week was create little tiny coasters to go inside of the cup holders in my couch. This was just a quick and easy way to keep stains from gathering in the cup holders. I'm not sure if this really qualifies as a project worth sharing, but sometimes simple ideas are actually the most helpful.
