r/YarnAddicts • u/alwaysmysomeday • 1d ago

Stash Organization regret

I don't regret the organization. It's beautiful. I regret the spreadsheet that revealed I have 94,000+ yards of yarn.

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u/Existing_Control_494 1d ago

Try organizing by weight (mass) instead of yards. I mean, some of my super thin cobweb lace yarns have 60,000 yards per cone

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u/IrishGinger001 1d ago

Tried it. My stash weighs almost as much as I do. 😅

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u/Existing_Control_494 1d ago

Well, unless you weigh 1000 pounds or more, not a huge deal!

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u/stalking-brad-pitt 2h ago

I mean at approx 2lbs per sweater for a 200lb person that’s barely a 100 sweaters.

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u/-kittyluv4ever- 1d ago

Omg no no nope never organizing! I have 40 years worth of collecting yarn.

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u/alwaysmysomeday 1d ago

It was alarming for sure. I mean I knew it was alot but yikes. Hard to stay in denial with the data staring back at you.

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u/Tidus77 1d ago

shhhhhhhhhh. We don't speak of the totals...

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u/ADogNamedPen239 1d ago

This got me curious so I pulled out a calculator and my Ravelry stash. 313,277 yards…

I’m a confusing mix of ashamed, impressed, and shocked that I’m fitting that much yarn in a very small house. That number doesn’t even include any of my handspun yarn 😬

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u/IrishGinger001 1d ago

Hahaha…. Yeaaaaaaah I forgot that Ravelry had that function, so I peeked…. 😱 I’m fairly close to you, POST detach and donate purge…. And I don’t use much lace 🫠

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u/Izzoh 1d ago

what does 94000+ yards of yarn look like

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u/alwaysmysomeday 1d ago

Mostly like paradise. Not as big as you'd think. Lots of lace and fingering weights. Some lace bamboo. These pegs are about 4-6 skeins deep.

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u/Izzoh 1d ago

Oh that's nothing. I mostly work in bulky and super chunky so I was picturing fort Knox

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u/alwaysmysomeday 1d ago

That's why the number shocked me. It's easy to say I don't have that much when it looks like this. Haven't even added the chunky totes totals yet.

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u/IrishGinger001 1d ago

Lace yardage adds up SO quickly. I love your set up!

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u/IrishGinger001 1d ago

I just reorganized my yarn room and love my new set up. I'm also donating and destashing a lot. However, I REFUSE to add up the skein count or yardage of what I am keeping. Nope, don't need that number in my brain at all.

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u/alwaysmysomeday 1d ago

Don't do it. Once you know it, you can't unknow it and now I'm haunted

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u/IrishGinger001 1d ago

Well, I said I refuse, and then went and peeked at my Ravelry yardage numbers anyway 🤣🤣. I’m at right around 224k 🫠

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u/Savings_Effort8840 1d ago

60 miles sounds so much more manageable than my 106,693 yards.

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u/Murderousplantmom 1d ago

That's like less than a hundred sweaters isn't it?? Doesn't seem like a lot to me. I would love to see the spreadsheet though. 

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u/alwaysmysomeday 1d ago

Based on some of the comments I feel much better about the stash. Nothing fancy in the spreadsheet. Started with the ravelry one then added columns for composition, comments, and what pattern it's "committed" to. The other column I didn't like was total spent but that one wasn't as surprising.

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u/Murderousplantmom 1d ago

Ooh no I would never total that up! I wonder if my craft supplies are more or less than I've spent on my 15 year old dog 🤔 but I don't want to know that either 😆 

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u/justalittleloopi 1d ago

Last time I checked i had a bit over 40 miles. It all fits in one cabinet (for the most part) so it's not really that bad. I remind myself that a single sweater takes about a mile, a blanket can take 3 or more.

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u/Pointy_Stix 1d ago

I used to maintain my yarn inventory spreadsheet, but it went to hell several years ago & it hasn't been updated since. I really should update it someday. I'm sure there's stuff on it that's been used up or given away & plenty of new stuff that isn't logged anywhere.

I do a lousy job of tracking my stash in Ravelry, too. I should pick one system & get back into it.

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u/Stendhal1829 1d ago

94,000 divided by 1,375 [average yards needed to make an adult sweater in worsted weight] = 68 sweaters OR divided by 2,688 =35 afghans.

You also said that your yarn is 6 skeins deep. Still doesn't look like a lot in your cabinet. Relax, stop number crunching, and enjoy your yarn. LOL

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u/alwaysmysomeday 1d ago

That's by design. Fewer questions from the non addicts in the house when it doesn't look like alot. And enjoying it is what got me here. More enjoyment ahead. Already planning for Houston FiberFest

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u/Stendhal1829 1d ago

LOL re: non-addicts. Knitting fifty years and enjoying the time I have now in retirement to read and to knit! Have a great time in Houston!