In the Midst of Mayhem

It is hard to believe that I am now on the fourth  full day of sorting out the craft room.  You should have seen what it looked like before!  It  looks worse than it actually is, for although things are scattered around the room I now have empty boxes to put things away in.  I have cleared out old wool and craft materials and heaps and heaps of magazines.  Why on earth did I cling on to this stuff  for so long?  I am sure a psychologist would have the answer.

This will be the last of my cluttered craft room posts.  The next time it will be featured will be when it is organized and a fully functional space!  The reason I am blogging about this rather uninspirational topic is to be a reminder to self to never let things build up to such a state again.  Once it is tidy,  I am sure I will take pride in keeping it that way.

Woolly

If I want to have a spacious and workable craft room, things really have to earn their keep.  Today I spent a great amount of time going through my wool/yarn stash.  The box above is all I am going to keep which contains all my crochet hooks and knitting needles and a selection of the more unusual yarns that can be used for dolls hair, tying up parcels and other small woolly projects.

The photo above is of a bag of unfinished projects including a knitted top that I started back in the 1980's!!!  I really hope that a charity shop can make use of them or even finish them off.

Yet more wool to donate.  I really can't wait to get rid of all this excess 'stuff'.  No wonder I am feeling woolly headed with all the materials I have accumulated over the years.  Right, I need to step away from the wool now and tackle the paper tower.

Clutter

I have had trouble dealing with clutter for years.  This photo is of the desk in the cluttered craft room.  The rest of the room is just as bad.  This is the room where I type up my blog posts.  Is it any wonder that my posts lean towards the negative?

After my massive cull of Martha Stewart magazines, I think I need to streamline my crafting things or at least put them in some kind of order.  I have no incentive to make anything when I am surrounded by chaos.  I sometimes wonder if I keep it like this on purpose as a way of excusing myself to create anything.  All I create these days is mayhem!

Next week normal routine returns with my son and husband back at school and work.  I think that will be a good time to restore some kind of order again.  Any tips on where to start will be gratefully accepted!!!