April Check In

[yourlibrarian]

How have things been going crafts-wise? Anything to share?

What sort of storage or tools do you find particularly useful for your work? Has your use of these evolved or do you still use the same items you started out with?

Comments

[bookscorpion]

I am a huge fan of transparent plastic boxes because otherwise I will 100% forget that I have stuff - out of sight, out of mind. Ikea Samla my beloved.

I spun and plyed a few yarns, including my first ever fractal yarn, and have started spinning a threeply yarn of fat singles where the colours are inspired by a chaffinch.

[yourlibrarian]

Cool that you tried out something new this month!

I also use transparent plastic boxes. These were, to be frank, not originally bought for crafts but for clothes (and with the idea of future moves). I have a good sized closet in my current apartment and wear fewer kinds of clothes (or shoes) now, so only a few are used for underwear, socks, etc. The majority are used for the beading materials.

I also have one smaller set of 3 drawers with clear fronts where I store plastic baggies from bead stores, tools and items like wire, and one where my partner keeps painting materials. The plus for these is that the drawers are on wheels, which makes it particularly handy.

I actually am using the same set of tools I first started out with 20 years ago (though I added a few in the first few years). However I will likely have to get a new fine wire cutting tool. My thick wire cutters hardly work now and the fine ones are no longer cutting cleanly.