DIY Yarn Sack Organizer

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By Arwen O'Reilly Griffith
Posted November 14th, 2012
Category Knitting, Craft, Sewing

I love this clever (nay, brilliant!) DIY yarn organizer, or yarn sack, made with an eyelet for the yarn hole. With a young child and dog in the house, this could save my bacon. I have a plastic one someone gave me years ago, but this makes so much more sense for travel, and is cute to boot!

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7 Responses to DIY Yarn Sack Organizer

Alyson on November 14th, 2012 at 3:38 pm said:

What happens if you want to take the yarn out of the bag mid-project??

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katbaro on November 14th, 2012 at 5:52 pm said:

Alyson – I’m the person who made these bags & I have to admit that is something I never thought of. I’m not sure how often it would come up, but you are correct you can’t take the ball out while mid-project.

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- Laura Cochrane on November 15th, 2012 at 11:07 am said:
  
  Well, it seems like you could technically take the ball out of the bag; it would just still be threaded through the eyelet of the bag. It doesn’t seem like it would be a problem, though. This would be great if you’re a knitter with kittens!
  
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Liz G on November 17th, 2012 at 8:19 am said:

I think this is a great idea. Doesn’t it need to be lined with plastic or something slippery though? I work with fuzzy yarns and they would just cling to the fabric and refuse to roll… wouldn’t they?

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Amanda Cheatham-Hurd on December 18th, 2012 at 11:38 am said:

Liz G, you could always use a quart-size freezer zip bag as a liner and thread the yarn out of a hole in it before threading it out the hole in the cloth bag. I use freezer bags all the time to protect my yarn (mostly from me and my drink!).

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- Liz G on December 18th, 2012 at 11:42 am said:
  
  Yes, good call. I’m thinking of maybe doing it at the sewing-the-bag stage; I might use a piece of shower curtain or other thin vinyl as a sewn-in liner.
  
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Sally Ickes on January 22nd, 2013 at 5:59 pm said:

Is this bag lined? And are the directions to be found somewhere? Thank you.

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