My New Fiber Studio - Yay!

OK. So having been laid off, fired or whatever from my job at St.Gregory's has had at least some advantages. Sure, we may lose the house at some point, but for now, I've organized my fiber studio in hopes of making some money to help replace the salary I no longer bring in.

The Storage Bins

 The loom has come out of the corner and moved into center stage where it could actually be used. The yarns all came out, were inventoried into Ravelry (Thank you Gabrielle, couldn't have done it without you!!!), what needed to be frogged was, yarns were re-skeined, washed and inventoried as needed. Fresh sachets were added to bins to keep nasty critters at bay.

Bookcases & worktable

All the books, booklets and magazines were inventoried into Ravelry as well. Most of the non-craft books were moved out into other bookcases throughout the house. A worktable was set up with a thin top that allows me to attach the skein winder and ball winders. This is also where I will set up a weekly photography station and my light box as needed. Marge stands guard in the corner.

I love these spacious cupboards from Ikea. See how tall they are? They're really deep, too! Look below at the big tubs that fit in them.  My daughters sneak in here every morning as they're getting dressed for the large mirrors. The right side cabinets have more tubs, sewing machines and serger, drum carder, and files.

Cupboard

Cupboard interior

ReIn-Yarn-ated™Yarn waiting to be re-skeined

Ashford Traddy with all the extras 

The Spinning wheel is back out of it lonely corner in the bedroom and will be ready for action soon. It needs a nice polish and probably a new drive string. I'll use my handy dandy padded fake leather storage bench as a spinning stool for the time being.



All in all, the room is large, but crowded. It's a great space with tons of light. One window faces north (by the work table), and the other faces east (the back of the loom). There are also small light high above the bookcases on the west wall that let in the afternoon sunlight. I should be able to get some great work done in here. All I'm missing is a real office chair and a comfy, cosy chair for knitting. I have no idea where I would put said chair, but alas, tis a dream.

Enough for today. Time to get some actual work done. Can I really call it work?