Organizing a yarn stash
Practical guidance: organizing a yarn stash.
Key principles
- Record skein count, length and dye lot.
- Separate full skeins from partially used yarn.
- Export a local JSON backup regularly.
Step-by-step process
- Record yarn, tool and project parameters.
- Make a small test and measure it without stretching.
- Compare the result with the target and change only one parameter at a time.
- Record the decision in the project journal so it can be reproduced.
Common mistakes
The most common mistake is treating label or pattern data as a guarantee. Technique, fibre, stitch and washing can change the result.