I tried using Knitting Buddy but I found the needle & crochet hook inventory section too cumbersome to enter and maintain. And, there weren't enough editable fields for me to input additional information that I wanted to keep. Eventually, I simply abandoned it.
Then I tried seeing what I had in my Raverly.com account. It was better because it was easier to enter in all my information, but it could not be customized to include additional information I wanted about my needles (in addition to all the other things I had as well (accessories, my interchangeable needle set, etc.).
In the end, I built my own spreadsheet. What does it have? It has the following categories:
- Needle type (DPN, Straight, Fixed Circular, Interchangeable)
- Accessories (of various types like darning needles, cable needles, gauges, point protectors, stitch holders, stitch markers, etc.)
- Crochet Hooks (yes, I've inherited a whole bunch of those as well as having a few of my own)
- Other Knitting paraphernalia (like my Lucet)
I also have another spreadsheet (in the same workbook) that shows all the US needle sizes and all the Japanese needle sizes (I want to eventually have a set of these too. :D And, yes, they're actually different sizes!) and marked which size (and what type of needle) I had in 'em (simply because I'm not anal enough, right? :P). :) I think I'm just going to up-load this to my phone and/or to Google Drive and up-date as I go from there. If anyone's interested in seeing my (crazy) spreadsheet, shoot me an e-mail; I'll be happy to send it to you. :)
So what about my stash, you ask? Well, there's no such thing as the perfect app (especially if I want it on my phone) and I figured that if I built my own thing (like with the inventory), it would simply take too much time (and also be too cumbersome). I found that my Raverly notebook, stash section was good enough for what I needed. It allows you to enter in the yarn name, brand, weight, how much you have, notes you want to add about it (like what my gauge is for this particular yarn using a particular size) and I can even up-load a picture of it. That's all I need and as long as I have internet access, I can see what I got (or at the very least, make sure I pull up that page before I got somewhere that I don't have internet access (like when I'm in Japan). :)
Well, I think that's enough anal-ness for today! :P
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