Yarn caddy/tote

What does everyone keep their yarn in? I usually just buy yarn as I need it since our space is so limited, so normally I keep mine in plastic grocery bags, but I have about 10 skeins, and 9 of them are very thick and hard to find room for, so, what does everyone use and where did you get it?! :thinking:

I have this one from Target. This is a set of two so itā€™s more expensive. I only got one and it was about $25 I thinkā€¦not postive, it might have been less. My stepmom also got me a rolling tote from Joanns.

I have two bags I keep my yarn and supplies in. One is on wheels, lots of space, some nice storage pockets. Got it online at Joann.com The only thing I donā€™t like is it doesnā€™t roll well except very slowly on a very even surface.
The other is a nice shoulder strap bag I got at A C Moores. I like it much better. Plenty of space, nice pocets, and 6 spaces for yarn-in-use with holes at the top for it to feed out of.
Sorry my descriptions arenā€™t too good.

I have two bags I keep my yarn and supplies in. One is on wheels, lots of space, some nice storage pockets. Got it online at Joann.com The only thing I donā€™t like is it doesnā€™t roll well except very slowly on a very even surface.
The other is a nice shoulder strap bag I got at A C Moores. I like it much better. Plenty of space, nice pocets, and 6 spaces for yarn-in-use with holes at the top for it to feed out of.
Sorry my descriptions arenā€™t too good.

I have a large Rubbermaid container that holds my stash. WIPs are in various knitting bags scattered around the house :oops:

I recently moved to a new place and I am so excited because I have a spare room. My mother likes to call it the guest room. I call it the yarn room!

But we lived in a fairly small place before and bought a folding table to be used as a craft/activity desk. I put a nice long table cloth on it, and then undernearth I stored all my yarn in plastic bins. The bins mentioned in this thread from target would be perfect under a table.

But I also have a small bag that I keep whatever is my current project in for mobility sake.

my yarn stash is kept in a 18-gallon rubbermaid storage tub. I put batting and fabric ofer the lid so when itā€™s closed itā€™s a comfy ottoman. I keep my WIPā€™s (and yarn for them) and my needles and tools/notions in a rolling yarn tote that my best friend gave me for Christmas. (thereā€™s a pic of it on my blog, scroll down to my ā€˜Yay! Christmas is overā€™ post, link to my blog in my sig)

Since others are saying where they keep their WIP I will say I keep mine in a pile on the coffee table! :roflhard:

Yeah well, the only reason my stuff is hidden away is because I have so many unfished projects, they wouldnā€™t fit on the coffee table! My New Yearā€™s Knitting resolution was to finish all my unfinished projects before I start a new one!

I wish I could do that. But I canā€™t, because if I did, my kids would pull the needles out of my projects and start sword fighting with themā€¦:roflhard:

I wish I could do that. But I canā€™t, because if I did, my kids would pull the needles out of my projects and start sword fighting with themā€¦:roflhard:[/quote]

:roflhard: :roflhard: OMGā€¦that is too funny! Glad my ā€œkidsā€ are now 26 and 29! :wink:

I keep mine in the same Sterlite tote as Jan in CA ā€“ it works really well, and I use the smaller drawers for needles and pattern books (both Mom and Grandma passed their stuff down to me, so I have TONS of needles ā€“ mostly in impossibly small sizes!) I keep them in my bedroom and my husband doesnā€™t even notice them ā€“ except when heā€™s piling his dirty clothes on top instead of putting them in the hamper!

I have a large Rubbermaid container that holds my stash. WIPs are in various knitting bags scattered around the house

This is me too! (although I have the WIPā€™s in plastic grocery bags :rollseyes: ) Iā€™m almost done with Fiber Trendsā€™ Maggies Tote that Iā€™m hoping will hold my WIPā€™s.

If I kept mine on the coffee table, we wouldnā€™t be able to see the TV. :rollseyes:

I have crates, laundry bags, etc., but recently I found the pop up laundry hampers here and thereā€“dollar store, Walmart, etc. and they are great for yarn because you can see whatā€™s in them.

You are all so good to use ā€œrealā€ containers. I use an old round leather suitcase for my major stash (picked up at a yard sale), it looks nice on top on my amoire. I plan to look for others in the spring and make a stack next to my knitting spot for easy access. Then there are a number of WIP projects in old wicker baskets sprinkled around my house. I feel they make good decorations because the yarn colors and textures look so pretty. I also have a few plastic bags with yarn that I need to keep looking at directly under the coffee table, because, who knows why? That is about as good as it gets for me! :?? :smiley:

For my yarn waiting to be put on needles I keep it in a 3 drawer pull out like Jan posted but mine was only 10 so is prolly alot smaller LOLā€¦ for the WIP ummmā€¦ some are in my knitting tote, my little knitting pouch I carry on my hip, and various other bagsā€¦ If I kept it down the kids would decide to ā€œhelp meā€ like last time and thats not pretty sweet but not pretty :shock:

Ingrid, I love those pop up things I keep the kids stuffed toys in them and also laundry looovee themā€¦ and keep one in the car for groceries less trips down the hill then back up the hill :lol:

Iā€™m just starting to ponder this question as my stash is getting rather large. We have an office/craft room in our apartment (3rd bedroom) and right nowā€“all of my yarn is in large michaels bags organized by type of yarn (acrylic, wool, furry stuff :smiley: , etc.). The michaels bags just sit on the floor. When I knit I have a recliner that I sit in in our living room (itā€™s mommyā€™s chair) and beside it there is usually a project bag or two. All of my needles are laying on the floor right now b/c I needed to see what I do and donā€™t have but I plan to make a needle roll case soon to put them in. Iā€™m thinking that Iā€™m going to graduate to wire bins or something next (Iā€™ll probably put them in the closet of the craft room.

My sister uses these from IKEA. Cheap and easy to hang in closets/etc. I am considering getting a few. I mean $4.99? Sweet!

Great ideaā€“dontcha just love IKEA?? We just got an IKEA store here a few months (almost a year) backā€“I could live there!

Carmen my girls have those in their closets for beanie babies. I never even thought about putting yarn in there but alas I am quite new to this.

Right now my stash is on he small side compared to most of yā€™all so I keep it in one of those plastic file boxes. The lid has a top compartment which is perfect for holding cable needles, safety pins, crochet needles, sewing needles etc.

I have been carrying my WIP in a small pretty gift bag but a friend of mine says that Old Navy has small canvas totes with a zipper interior pouch good for the small stuff. They are on sale for like $7 I think.