The last couple of weeks have been fun in the Knit-Room – more screwdriver action than knitting 🙁
I do have lots to show you though- Prepare for photo overload 🙂
New carpet is down and nice Mr Ikea has left me a huge pile of stuff to build.
All there was to do was to put the “stuff” in the room according to my cunning plan – you will remember this…
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…surprisingly little went wrong – except for me forgetting that there were light switches and power sockets 🙂 So every thing shuffled up a bit and I lost some space in the bottom left corner 🙁
First we got the Beddinge sofa bed and my my new Norden table in place.
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Norden will be used for my sewing machine when it’s leaves are up and as somewhere to stand my coffee for the rest of the time! It weighs a ton – Didn’t realise that when I bought it -so not so easy to move around – mainly because of all the really solid, cunningly concealed storage draws…
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Thankfully, the table fits and makes a bedside table with the sofa bed open too! (You had me worried there, Jacqui!)
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“Where’s the wool??”, I hear you cry!
Ok, Ok….
The yarn is in the wardrobes! We built them to have 8 big lidded pullout draws to hold yarn and some shelves for other stuff, plus some hanging space in the middle for the occasional guest. The wardrobes are from the Ikea PAX range where you buy the frame and chose all your own fittings for the insides….
…And,Yes, I said “8” draws for yarn…
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I have been good though and only filled 7 of them!… and a big box of handknit cotton but I’m hiding that… One draw has been used for my fabric stash too – mostly left over from making curtains.
Wanna see?
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When not in use, everything is neatly obscured behind frosted glass doors…
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The draws have been filled roughly by gauge…
- a 4ply draw
- 2 x DK draws
- an Aran draw
- a Chunky draw
- a miscellaneous “wont fit anywhere else” stuff draw
- and of course – an entire draw of my beloved KidSilk Haze…
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By this point in the yarn sorting frenzy, the men in my life were flaking out…
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Thug wasn’t much help either….
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He did have a chat with me about ornaments though-
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Thug recommended this display for the table made up of an old vase and my beautiful glass needles…(clever cat, that one!)
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Last thing to show you for now are the books….
They have a new home in two Billy bookcases, complete with beautiful doors (I love those doors!!)
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I also learnt something alarming about Billy bookcases. If you build them, then try to hang heavy doors on the front, they fall over onto you when you’re screwing the doors on! There was much squealing but no harm done. There is a good reason Ikea give you widgets to screw them to the walls -take note!! 😯
I took the opportunity to update my Ravelry library while I was putting all my books and mags away.
I was a little surprised to discover I own 85 books, 83 magazines, 51 booklets and 5 PDFs 😯
Those of you on ravelry can see the true horror here -> Susan’s Ravelry Library
Here’s some random shots of the insides of the Billys (just in case you’re feeling nosey and want to see what’s inside;-) )
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Even Boofle and Monkey have settled down on the window-sill -Well, they are both knitted!
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I am so thrilled with the results of the Knit-Room.
I feel a very privileged knitter to have such a room 😀
I love seeing pictures of beautifully organised craft rooms. I dream of my own. *exits, hiding 8 balls of Kidsilk Haze, hoping nobody will notice*
Oh I am so jealous I could spit. Your knit room is fabulous, and it doubles as a guest room. Why can’t my guest room look so pretty – oh yes it’s half the size and has a a double bed in it. Never mind there is room underneath it for yarn and nobody knows its there!!!!!
Good job!!! The knitting room looks phantastic (and I’m a bit jealous too)!!!
It looks fabulous!
i love it…. the storage inside the table, the billy bookcases, the cat ^..^…. but most of all your lidded yarn storage is purrrfect! Happy knitting 🙂
A Knit Room. Sigh.
Wow, it’s fantastic. I’m feeling very jealous now. It’s all fitted together perfectly.
Ooooohhhhh, beauuuuutiful!
I’m so glad the table fits and I looooove the drawers in it!
One day I will have a knitting room, one day.
I have to ask, can you actually knit with glass needles or are they purely pretties?
Jacqui
I have used them!
I used them for Orford –
https://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/07/23/ohhh-new-needles/
and
https://susancrowe.co.uk/2007/07/31/orford-slips-off-the-glass-needles/
And also on the see-though sweater –
https://susancrowe.co.uk/2009/03/01/knit-bloggers-block/
But I have to admit, larger than 5mm they are too heavy for me and make by tension too loose. Hence being dedicated to a beautiful display….
Susan
Ohhh – should have added – they are the same stuff as pyrex – borosilicate- tough as old boots!!
Very nice–so organized! And I thought I spied a kidsilk haze drawer :o) The frosted glass is great–you can see it all, but not really.
Love that picture of Thug. He is just the cutest.
Lovely room! Enjoy it! Mine is already messy – I need more space to spread out stash! Purrs to Thug for his excellent design ideas.
It looks FAB-U-LOUS!!!!
Wow, great job on pulling your room together. Sigh — if only I had a spare room!
Oooooohhhh! It looks lovely. I have a spare room… it’s full of junk. I wish it looked like your room.
Mind you, your stash makes me feel a little better about mine!
I’m glad I’m not the only person with so much wool in stock. But unfortunately, my material stash is a lot bigger though! You’re a lot tidier than I am though :-))
You are obviously a perfectionist and care so much about detail – I thought you’d like to know that the slide-out things are drawers. ‘Draw’ is a verb.’ Drawer’ is a noun….
Anna
Oh my gosh, you’re right! Consider my incorrect grammar corrected!
I know how irritating it can be to see words used incorrectly – Thanks.
I really chuckled at a T-shirt I saw recently.
In Starbucks, a big, burly yob of a guy had a Heavy Metal style aggressive skull type design on the back of his t-shirt with two fists, letters on the fingers spelling “YOUR NEXT”. It wasn’t just me who noticed, people were pointing and snickering. Some how I didn’t think he’d appreciate me pointing out it should say “YOU’RE NEXT”….
I have also just organised my stach. It does make life a lot easier than crawling under the beds !!! My faux leather draw units came from Wilkinsons & are just the right depth for wool. I have renamed my room to ” Susan’s Knitroom — KEEP OUT !! “