http://www.favecraftsblog.com/guest-blog-organizing-your-crafts/ 1000s of free craft projects, home decor ideas and DIY tips Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:03:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.favecraftsblog.com/guest-blog-organizing-your-crafts/comment-page-1/#comment-2661 Carol Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:51:25 +0000 http://www.favecraftsblog.com/?p=2683#comment-2661 I often have large crochet projects that require many different colors. I have a method that helps. I have a stand, the kind that you attach embroidery work or a rug hooking project to. I went to hardware stores and snatched up their emply wire spools, these are large and fit easily over the bars for the embroidery stand. I wrap my yarn onto the spools and put them on the stand, each spool can hold several skeins. As I crochet, the yarn runs off the spools, no tangles and color change is easy. All is neatly organized. My husband made an adaptor, one end fits on a drill and one end fits into the spool end. I place the spool on the end of the bar, on the stand, and loading yarn onto the spool goes much, much faster. When my crochet project is finished, I roll the yarn off the spool and into a ball then I store it away. All neatly organized from start to finish. I often have large crochet projects that require many different colors. I have a method that helps.
I have a stand, the kind that you attach embroidery work or a rug hooking project to. I went to hardware stores and snatched up their emply wire spools, these are large and fit easily over the bars for the embroidery stand. I wrap my yarn onto the spools and put them on the stand, each spool can hold several skeins. As I crochet, the yarn runs off the spools, no tangles and color change is easy. All is neatly organized. My husband made an adaptor, one end fits on a drill and one end fits into the spool end. I place the spool on the end of the bar, on the stand, and loading yarn onto the spool goes much, much faster. When my crochet project is finished, I roll the yarn off the spool and into a ball then I store it away. All neatly organized from start to finish.

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