{"id":644,"date":"2009-10-19T07:24:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T12:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/?p=644"},"modified":"2011-01-25T16:46:35","modified_gmt":"2011-01-25T21:46:35","slug":"organizing-the-weaving-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/secondwindjewelry.com\/jewelry-weaving-blog\/2009\/10\/organizing-the-weaving-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizing the Weaving Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"

This past weekend was the annual Allegany Artisans <\/a>studio tour. The 22nd year for the Artisans, it was my first time with this group. I took off the week before to prepare. <\/p>\n

Ok, mostly to clean my house. A task I despise, I always put it off as long as possible. Obviously, now was the time. I did spend pretty much the entire week cleaning, although I gave myself lots of breaks and interspersed cleaning with things like making yummy soup.<\/p>\n

Anyway, my weaving studio (previously known as the computer room) was in major disarray. Most yarns awaiting my attention were in the packing boxes they were shipped in — not a pretty sight. That wouldn’t do for people coming. In order to organize the yarns and get them out of the boxes, I had to empty four shelves. Books and records had to go. The albums just got moved upstairs, not to be parted with. I went through many shelves of books to decide which I no longer had any need to keep, and filled three big boxes of books to give away. And then even found someone who wanted them – a win-win for sure.<\/p>\n

On one side of the shelves I put all my coned yarns, by yarn type (rayon chenille, bamboo, cotton, cotton flannel), with a bit of space left for some bins of odds & ends.
\n\"coned-yarns\"<\/p>\n

The other side holds bags of all my handpainted yarns, all from my favorite yarn painter, Tammy of Yarntopia Treasures<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"handpainted-yarns\"<\/p>\n

After I was done, I wished I’d reversed the sides I used, since the coned yarns make a prettier picture for visitors to see, but I wasn’t about to change it.<\/p>\n

My house is now beautifully clean and fit to be lived in again. Now I can get back to weaving!<\/p>\n

How about you – does cleaning float your boat, or it is a necessary evil to be avoided when at all possible? (Leave me a comment to be entered into the October contest<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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