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XavierMusketeer
Chatty Knitter
USA
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 Posted - 03/15/2004 : 12:51:13 PM
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My stash got a new home yesterday. My (deceased) grandmother's antique cedar chest. It needs to be refinished sometime, but looks good enough for now!
Photos of it may be seen here: http://knitting.xaviermusketeer.com/chest/
Plenty of room for all of my stash (although I keep the WIPs in a basket), and room to spare...for now. |
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Clara
queen bee
USA
4362 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2004 : 12:57:25 PM
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How beautiful! Just think of how good the yarn is going to smell - not to mention how happy your grandmother must be, sitting up there in the clouds watching her cedar chest be filled once again.
Great thread topic, by the way. C'mon folks, show us your stashes! (Notice how I avoid any mention of showing my own... )
Clara
Your friendly Knitter's Review publisher
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OKnitter
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
398 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2004 : 1:10:23 PM
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Beautiful!!! Kinda makes me want to get organized myself 
Ana
Knitting in Florida |
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jade
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 03/15/2004 : 2:58:43 PM
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The cedar chest is lovely!
No way am I going to show my stash to anyone.
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Lelani
Permanent Resident
USA
2005 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2004 : 3:05:44 PM
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Xavier, i just saw your post of this picture on Live Journal. I loved it. I still love it here in Knitters Review as well.
Lelani
"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today." White |
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Licensed2Cook
Permanent Resident
USA
3554 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2004 : 3:46:32 PM
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I'd have to spend the day cleaning before I could shoot a picture LOL! I wish I had your beautiful antique chest, it's lovely!
Dee |
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Sylvie LG
Warming Up
France
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GreysMom
Chatty Knitter
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2004 : 3:50:11 PM
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That chest is amazing. I really love it! I wish my stash had a home as nice as that. Currently, my stash is living on the floor in the corner of the family room, in some boxes in the as yet unfurnished living/dining room, and in boxes in my bedroom closet.
I've got to get organized!
Kim |
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Tam
Permanent Resident
Australia
2810 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2004 : 12:06:25 AM
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The chest is gorgeous and makes a reat coffee table too.
Happy Knitting,
Tam in Melbourne
2004 Stats: 5 FOs, 4 WIPs
Women are like tea bags - you don't know how strong they are until they are in hot water. |
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Sylvie LG
Warming Up
France
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Posted - 03/16/2004 : 12:54:33 AM
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Tam,
I just notice today the sentence under your signing! And I'm laughing alone in front of the computer, will show that to my 3 men this evening, they'll think I'm crazy!
Hugs,
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XavierMusketeer
Chatty Knitter
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2004 : 10:08:43 AM
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Originally posted by Lelani
Xavier, i just saw your post of this picture on Live Journal. I loved it. I still love it here in Knitters Review as well.
Lelani
Hello to another LJer! What's your LJ username? I'd love to check out your journal. :) |
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XavierMusketeer
Chatty Knitter
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - 03/16/2004 : 10:11:32 AM
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Originally posted by Sylvie LG
What a great place for yarn! 
Well, do you intend to limit your stash at the size of your cedar chest?? Of course you don't have to answer if you don't wish to...
The chest is pretty big, my yarn currently only fills about half of it. And, I tend to not accumulate yarn just to have it, most of what I have is for specific projects (it's just a matter of when I get around to those projects! ). So, I think my stash will probably rotate enough to not overflow the chest too much! |
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VaxGirl
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
511 Posts |
Posted - 03/17/2004 : 11:29:40 AM
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It looks so pretty and organized. Like Clara, I was also thinking about the great cedar smell, yum!
"SmellyCat, SmellyCat, what are they feeding you?" |
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CATE
Gabber Extraordinaire
416 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2004 : 11:50:44 AM
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It's a beauty! I really love things that are passed down from one family member to another.
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sunbonnet45
New Pal
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Posted - 04/01/2004 : 10:13:43 AM
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| Talk about deja vu! My grandmother had the very same chest (or one that looks so much like it). It was passed down to me, and now my daughter is saving her "hope chest" things in it. Very spooky to see my grandma's cedar chest on the internet. The chest was a high school graduation present to my grandmother from her parents. |
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Martheme
Sustaining Member
USA
1565 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2004 : 10:55:48 AM
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Hi,
Great Chest! I'd think twice before touching the finish, I've been watching lots of "Antique's Roadshow" lately and they mentioned that ususally its best to have the original finish. . . might want to have an expert look at it!
I'd show my stash but I'm not sure I could get it all in the same room for a photo . . . anyone have a wide angle lense handy?
Martheme
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sedgwick
Warming Up
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Posted - 04/01/2004 : 11:31:14 AM
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The stash in the chest is gorgeous, just like the chest. But, like many of you, I will never show my stash; that is, until it's knitted up into something. I moved into my current home about 2.5 years ago, which gave me the opportunity to accumulate my stash all in one area. That's handy, but still a little scary. Who knew there was so much?
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jburns2@nycap.rr.com
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Posted - 04/01/2004 : 12:06:28 PM
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I have just returned to knitting. Gave it up 30+ years ago when the children were small. I just couldn't resist these beautiful funky scarves and made them for all my "girls" and friends for Christmas. It soon became a disease and I was unable to stay away from yarn stores. My stash is presently housed in bags, but I stopped buying in the beginning of February. Unless, of course,I have to buy something to match what I have already purchased. I took a spring/summer scarf class and am enjoying the thought of knowing that I can give gifts right through the summer. My business is teaching beading, so eventually I will incorporate beads into my knitting. This is all very exciting and I am finding beaders in my classes who are also knitters.
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knitterpatsy
New Pal
USA
23 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2004 : 3:37:10 PM
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Great place for your stash! Is it big enough? I have mine--OK part of mine--in an antique chifferobe. Then there are the dozen or so baskets and the bags in my sewing room, big basket by my chair with things on needles, and . . .. Trust me, you don't want pictures. I have an old railroad chest that I'd like to use, but it has a nasty smell. Any ideas on making it smell good?
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XavierMusketeer
Chatty Knitter
USA
114 Posts |
Posted - 04/01/2004 : 6:18:09 PM
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Originally posted by Martheme
Great Chest! I'd think twice before touching the finish, I've been watching lots of "Antique's Roadshow" lately and they mentioned that ususally its best to have the original finish. . . might want to have an expert look at it!
While that's generally true, I searched to find an approximate value of the chest. It's not worth enough to worry about it. It's one of those things that has more value staying in the family and being cleaned up and used rather than potentially sold. |
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fmarrs
Guardian angel
USA
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Posted - 04/01/2004 : 8:51:24 PM
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I bought a chest just like that 6 years ago at an auction. It was in terrible shape as it had stood in the rain for months so it only cost me $200. With the shape your chest is in, perhaps you should treat it gently and check a few more sources for its value--for insurance purposes. Unfortunately something that size will only hold my leftover balls of yarn. I have to get started on some multicolored items.
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