It's a start

I ran into some frustration this weekend in regards to my cleaning and organizing project.  You see, I have so much freakin' stuff, if I clear off a surface, I literally don't have any place to put the stuff I'm trying to clear.  I kind of turn in a circle, not knowing where to start.  You have no idea how frustrating that is.  My only option, since I have no more storage, is to move up.  I didn't get done all that I wanted but I did put up some shelving and cleared off my wool/fiber area.  This is the before picture:

And this is the after:

I'm so proud of myself I can hardly stand it.  I still need more storage but it's a start.  I learned it's nearly impossible to put shelves up by yourself.  I needed my neighbor to mark the spots for the holes while I held the shelf level.  Once that was done, it was a breeze to drill the holes, hammer in the anchors and screw the shelves into the wall.  Well, maybe not a breeze - I was dripping by the time I was done - but don't they look great!?  Damn, I'm good!  I finally have some place to hang my ribbons, storage for the 6+ pounds of yarn blanks I just bought, as well as some open shelf space.  My computer desk is to the left of the table and coming out at right angles to the table and I'm already planning on putting up a third shelf to hold computer stuff.  I'm not quite there just yet but I expect I'll be studying the rest of my condo later this week looking for potential locations for new shelving.

Saturday at our guild meeting, I bought 4 oz. of roving that had me walking up to people, handing the roving to them and saying, "Touch this!"  (You can do that with spinners - they don't think you're a wacko.)  The roving is 75% angora/25% Merino.  Oh.  My.  That's part of the reason, I suppose, that I didn't get more done this weekend:  I just had to start spinning it up.

Naturally, I have no idea what I'm going to do with the yarn when I'm done spinning it.  That wasn't the point.  I just really needed to experience the spinning and the touching.  Okay, yes, I groped the fiber.  What of it?  You would, too.  Trust me.

Comments

[elizabeth]

I could use your organizational skills! We cleaned the house this weekend and it all looks good - except for all my fiber stuff everywhere. I would say I have too much, but I can't imagine getting rid of ANY of it!

[Jacki]

I can completely relate on the organization front. My house is small, so vertical storage was the only way to go. The fiber ball looks wonderfully squishy. Can't wait to see the finished yarn!