It doesn't take many years of knitting before one day you wake up to realize you have a lot of yarn. So you embark on a striped project campaign hoping to pare down, but end up buying more and more yarn because you don't have exactly the right colors, and finally you face one of knitting's truths: stashes are unbustable.

To handle my stash problem, I had to commandeer my husband's bureau. I use the top drawer for accessories, the second for sportweight yarns and finer, the third for worsted and thicker, and the bottom drawer for Koigu. Plus I have a basket for fine fibers like cashmere and silk and another basket for handspun worsteds. And still I'm spilling over!

So I decided, instead of heading over to the dreaded Container Store, wouldn't it be cool to crochet my own storage unit? I imagined something with the feeling of a handmade basket; I wanted it to be nubbly, beachy and beautiful, and so, I turned to Hand Jive's Rustic Silk. One hundred percent Tussah Silk, handspun and handdyed, it is a really special yarn. It is splendidly earthy and fascinatingly varied, like Mother Nature herself created it.

I love my new basket for yarn, but now I'm wondering if I'll need another one for afternoons in the park, days at the beach, and weekends in the country. Ahhh...more yarn...!

To crochet one of these for yourself, please visit my Crocheted Stash Basket Project Journal. Thanks! - Whitney