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kidknits
Chatty Knitter
USA
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 Posted - 03/26/2006 : 1:35:13 PM
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...you hear a crash in the basement and go down to find that the heavy-duty brackets (that you put up last time your shelves collapsed) have pulled out of the wall, and you now have to unload the shelves before more damage is done to the wall, trying to find space to pile up all the books....
I guess this is the knitting gods way of telling me it's time to pare down and winnow through the books.
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pieheart
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kidknits
Chatty Knitter
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2006 : 2:38:05 PM
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YES!! Thank you! I read your post and had the brilliant flash that I can put the shelves back up, move yarn (which weighs so much less) on to them, and then use my free-standing shelf units to store the books-----and I can keep all my books!
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chris
Permanent Resident
USA
2449 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2006 : 2:39:15 PM
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Originally posted by pieheart
Nah, I'm thinking bookcases.
pieheart
Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday----Dale Carnegie
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I'm with pieheart! But got the whole way and get solid wood, not pressboard. It takes longer for the wood to bow from the weight of the books! Ask me how I know!
chris
Keep on knittin', mama, knittin' those blues away! |
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Tabbico
Seriously Hooked
USA
960 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2006 : 3:17:23 PM
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You have too many knitting books when...
YOU CAN????  Next thing you know, you are going to be telling me that I can have too many skeins of yarn. Or too many needles. Or too many projects going at once.
Posh-tosh.
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ozknitter
Permanent Resident
Australia
3248 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2006 : 4:48:00 PM
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Hi,
Surely you can never have too many knitting books, magazines, wool, needles - pretty much anything to do with knitting.
I've got magazines from the 20's and 30's that I treasure and still look at.
I would never part with my knitting books.
If we ever had a fire, after saving the family and pets, I would save my books, magazines and wool.
Knit in peace and harmony.
Rose in Melbourne, Australia. |
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eggshel344
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
391 Posts |
Posted - 03/26/2006 : 6:40:42 PM
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You can't really have too much knitting anything, just not enough room to put stuff or time to use it- That's why serious knitters should get free big houses and not have to work. That's my philosophy.
*updated blog* http://www.samanthainstitches.blogspot.com/
"Failure is only an opportunity to begin again more intellegently."
When Henry Ford said that I doubt he had knitting in mind, but if the sweater fits... |
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eclair
Chatty Knitter
New Zealand
320 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2006 : 01:46:08 AM
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I think perhaps you are concentrating your books too much- perhaps distribute them more evenly throughout the house... then you can browse your collection in ANY room, rather than having to visit them in the basement.
I now have books in every room. We found when we put them all together in one room there was no space for furniture. |
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sandrasingh
Seriously Hooked
USA
740 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2006 : 04:33:29 AM
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Being that I taught for way too many years than I want to admit, before I got into the yarn biz, I must concur, you can never, ever have too many books! Keep on reading and when you're done save em, share em but always get new ones to read!
Sandra Singh
www.sandrasingh.com
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Knitty_Prof
New Pal
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2006 : 06:27:47 AM
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I agree, you can put the books in different rooms and then you have some little pleasures wherever you happen to be sitting. I had my husband build some very sturdy shelves that go from wall to wall and from floor to ceiling in several rooms - they are sturdy wood shelves, all filled with books. We selected a space that was in my home office(upstairs), a space in my weaving/fiber arts studio(just off my kitchen), and a space that is in a sitting room (first floor of the house) where there is no TV, but just a soft couch and chairs, a place for relaxing and being quiet. So I have books in all three rooms to enjoy. It's inviting and I love the way books look in a room. They invite you to linger awhile and to relax and enjoy reading or just looking at the pictures.
I admit that I do have the books in the different rooms - divided into different topics. I have a strong sense of ordering space, so the books are placed together in one room, by topic or genre. It's also that way because I spend a lot of time in my home office writing and doing research for the courses (fine art and poetry) I teach so have to have the work-related books handy so I can use when doing that. The weaving and knitting books are downstairs where I usually weave or knit and I have a little stack in my bedroom by the bed so I can look/read at night or in the mornings as I have time to do.
I love books! I have been weeding out some of my books at my office at the college, in anticipation of retirement. There are books that deal with subjects I no longer teach and I am whittling them down by giving them away. I still have lots more to go through and make decisions about, but it feels good to give them away and know that someone else is getting pleasure from them, too.
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DeAnn
Seriously Hooked
USA
831 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2006 : 07:01:56 AM
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That's why serious knitters should get free big houses and not have to work. That's my philosophy.
Amen!
DeAnn
Ms.D's Knitting Knotebook
When the chips are down.....
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kidknits
Chatty Knitter
USA
295 Posts |
Posted - 03/27/2006 : 10:04:08 AM
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Problem solved (and I don't really have too many knitting books!): I've moved the books to wooden Ikea bookcases that are bolted to the wall, and put my cones of yarn on the re-hung bracket shelves. Very satisfying, and I didn't have to get rid of anything (and still have room for more books). So, thanks for everyone's input and suggestions!
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luv2knit944
Permanent Resident
USA
1789 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 05:58:41 AM
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I could never part with my knitting books,magazines,patterns.Nor part with anything to do with knitting no matter what.Even if I lived in a box (which I'm almost there now).I' m very neat and organized,but can't find what I'm looking for sometims and forget what I have and end up with two of the same. I could start a store or library with what I've got already and keep buying anyways.
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silfert
Chatty Knitter
USA
136 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 11:08:22 AM
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Right on, eclair! Books everywhere!  When we moved to our house, we lined the entire front room with bookcases and made our own library. We also have a case full of music and history books in the next room, and another case in the dining room. Several thousand books, and a vast percentage are on knitting. Donations accepted. |
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ozknitter
Permanent Resident
Australia
3248 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 6:24:38 PM
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Hi Samantha,
What a brilliant suggestion, I agree wholeheartedly with you.
Knit in peace and harmony.
Rose in Melbourne, Australia |
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blackramfarm
Warming Up
USA
57 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 7:06:22 PM
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| Well, I was getting ready to unload some of my knitting/spinning/quilting books and old spin off magazines, but now you got me thinking I should maybe hold onto some of my stuff. You know you have too many books when you go to the book shop, buy a new book that looks amazing and then take it home to realize you already own it. |
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