A Great Day's Work (But Only The Beginning!)

The last time we were together, the Stash Studio looked like this. . . 

It still looks pretty much like this, but I spent the whole day Tuesday organizing my loose patterns.  I took my cup of coffee upstairs, sat in a chair and just waited to see what spoke to me.  As I looked on the floor, this is what I saw. . . 

And that was only the start.  I have hundreds if not thousands of loose patterns.  I have patterns from Ravelry and Patternfish; from friends and magazines.  Every time I knit something, I make a copy of the pattern and put it in a plastic sleeve.  So, I saw many, many, many loose patterns.  In addition, I saw this.

A shelf of notebooks filled with disorganized loose patterns.  Remember the kitchen junk drawer?  That is exactly what the loose patterns became. I made a trip to Staples and bought notebooks, plastic sleeves and labels. Then I spent the day going through every notebook and looking at every pattern.  I sorted them by scarfs, shawls, cowls, sweaters, etc.  In a stack of loose patterns on my table, I found all of the information from my Stitch Together event at the Detroit News.  All of the patterns, the newspaper clipping, the sign in sheet.  It was all there.  Well, I spent a little time reminiscing about the fabulous Jocelyn Brown and my memorable day.  

As I was looking through the notebooks, I kept seeing patterns I meant to knit; patterns I loved but I forgot about; patterns I made and had intended to make again. I spent the whole day reviewing, organizing, remembering, reminiscing.  It was great.  I went up and down the stairs about 50 times.  It was great.  I was in the OZ (organizing zone) and I loved it.   

This and 

this became this.

I have a notebook for scarfs, shawls, cowls, sweaters, short sleeves sweaters and vest, accessories, knitting information, 2015 Stitch Together AND In The Queue. The In The Queue notebook is for all of those patterns that I really want to knit and I don't want to forget.  All of the those patterns I saw in the notebooks that made me say, "I love that! I really wanted to make it but forgot."  So I wouldn't forget again, I made the "In The Queue" notebook.  I may have to replace the white notebooks with the colorful ones as I love them and think they look great.  

In the "Knitting Information" notebook, I reviewed my notes from the knitting classes I've been to.  I found my notes from my favorite class of all time with Sally Melville.  It made me realize I need to tell you all about the wonderful things I learned from her.  

Next post will be about major project number 2 that I discovered "in the junk drawer in the kitchen."   It really was just as exciting as this one.