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How do you safely store crocheted afghans?

I have a number of crocheted, knitted, and sewn blankets made by my mother-in-law and others. I want to store them for "posterity's" sake. They will need to go in an un-airconditioned/ unheated room. Will "rubbermaid" work? Do I need cedar chips? etc, etc, etc?

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1. Posterity is all very wonderful and you are fortunate to have such talented relatives. If the items are worth keeping, then aren't they worth using and/or displaying? My dear, departed step=mother made us a black and white afghan as my father lay dying in the hospital of cancer. when the estate was being wrapped up, she gave us this as a"thank you" gift. It has pride of place and is much-loved. It only comes out in the spring because it clashes with the winter comforter. It is washed and then stored in a Rubber Maid under-the-bed container. I use zipped, transparent blanket bags in which bed-in-the-bag combinations are marketed for other bedding. We have a cedar-lined closet and the blanket bags are put on shelving in this closet. Step-mom made personalized afghans for everyone in the family. As they matured and left home, they took them with them so that they would always have a memento of that lovely lady. Would your relatives want you to "hide" their efforts? Perhaps a shelter for battered women or for children in crisis could use some of your collection.