Organized Chaos

I. have. a lot. of. stuff.
It isn't really that I have more than the average person my age, although I might...it is more just that I am living at home and so most of my "apartment" stuff is in boxes occupying my brother's room...and the rest is confined to one room- and even though it is a good sized room- it is not the biggest bedroom ever.

This is conflicting with the fact that I like to be organized...I like things a certain way. There is a long standing joke in our family about my dad and I both having a bit of OCD. We just like things how we like them...nothing wrong with being particular :)

So a little over a year ago I bought a new TV, and shortly after bought a TV stand with LOTS of storage space! This led me to buy organizational baskets (50% off at Jo Ann Fabric)....

These baskets worked wonders, holding things such as wii remotes and accessories. They worked wonders  until I started knitting. I was not prepared for the amount of room that yarn and knitting needles/other tools take up. Primarily because most projects do not use the whole skein/ball of yarn. I am not even 6 months into knitting, looking at the big picture- I haven't made that many things

Because I do have  lot of stuff and a small room, I am constantly rearranging, reorganizing, etc. As I was doing that this afternoon I realized just how much yarn and other knitting things I have...and how much space it takes up....

And that isn't even all of it!

Not all of these baskets even fit, and have had to be placed on another book shelf

So despite my bank account hurting from buying all the knitting stuff I already have, I think I should probably use up some of this yarn before buying more. The only problem with that is that I have 4-5 projects that I am dying to knit....none of which use any of the yarn you see above....and some require needle sizes/lengths that I don't have yet...

Self-control...a wonderful lesson to be learned by knitter wanna bes.

So I caution those of you entering the world of knitting...be prepared for knitting overflow in all of your previously organized areas.