Hook and Needle Organizer

I work best when everything is tidy.  Pretty ironic, considering how much I like to clean (not at all).  Nevertheless, I seek to get organized, and endeavor to clean in spite of myself.  So what was making a mess?  Try my collection of knitting and crochet supplies; an assortment of hooks an needles which I piled (neatly!) on the floor.  So I made something to contain them, over the weekend.

It's cute, it's functional, but not the most well executed item I've ever made.  Still, I'm pleased to have a home for all my things.















It's green!  I mean, literally, and figuratively.  I had tons of fabric left over from my wedding dress, and my table runner, which all coordinated.  Not intentionally, I just apparently have pretty defined taste.  So I drew up this little beauty, a tri-fold organizer.  It ties shut with some ribbon (also remnants from the wedding).

It has a place for long, straight needles (Left), double point needles and crochet hooks (Center), and pockets for circulars (Right).

I even discovered this little trick for labeling my circulars.  I'm still working on ideas for the others.  I had planned on putting in a zippered pocket to hold stitch markers and tapestry needles, but I was getting so very tired of working on this.  I learned many things that I will put to use if I make another one of these.  I'll show you the process in the next post.

Featured on Bernat's Ravelry Page!

I haven't logged in to my Ravelry page in a very long time, since I've just not been in a yarn craft mood.  I did it on a whim today, and found a request from the Bernat Studio to feature my ugly blanket photo!  That means people who are not logged in to Ravelry can see it.  I'm totally geeking out about this!  I kind of felt bad about calling it the ugly blanket, but since it's not that ugly, I guess it should be ok.  Check out this pattern here.

It just goes to show you how important the photos of your work are!

Thanks to Jesse for asking me to make it in the first place! :)