Saturday, February 26, 2011

Needle Cases

I recently inherited Grannie's knitting needles. They had originally gone to mum's friend's mom, but she doesn't knit anymore, so mum's friend sent them to me. I wish I'd taken an interest in knitting years ago, since Grannie was a wonderful knitter and it would have been nice to share that with her, but now at least I have this connection.

Anyway. This new windfall of needles means that my already rather messy needle collection just got messier. The small drawer I've been using is no longer enough to contain them. Though, it didn't really contain them anyway, they mostly just migrated all around the house.
So that got me to thinking about needle cases! There are a bunch of cute sewing tutorials around the internets, so I thought I'd compile some here for later reference.

I think I want a small one for travel purposes for one set of each size, and then something more substantial to house the entire collection. And then some other solution for the circs.

The one demo'd here is really nice-looking. Would make a good travel case, I think.
I like the look of this one for the circs, since it keeps them hung up but also covered up (it offends my OCD tendencies to have the needles all hanging out everywhere).
This one is pretty simple, so might be good for an in-the-drawer hold-all.

Another option I'm considering is just getting some trays that fit in the drawer or some kind of tool box. If I've got a pretty roll-up for toting needles around, I might as well just keep the ones that are staying at home in a sturdier location.

Anyway. This wall-of-text entry will soon be supplemented by a picture-filled round-up of my recently-completed projects. Once I take some more pictures, anyway.

2 comments:

  1. i've had my grandma's crochet hooks, and they are more precious to me every day. tho i knit way more than i crochet ;-)

    i saw a cute pattern on ravelry for a small crochet bag one could adapt for a knitting needle case. i'll send you the linky if you like.

    i'm relieved to know that someone else's needle collection is not contained!

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  2. ps -- i've got goldfish on my blog as well -- don't you love 'em?

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