Oh, them needles, them needles, them HEAPS of needles!

I have so many needles! I love picking up old needles and tend when there's a cache of yarn and needles at an op shop, will take it ALL! Subsequently I have a lot of the same size. However I wasn't aware of just how many extra I had. 10 sets of 3.25mm DPN does seem a little excessive :)
So, I finally got myself together and came up with some hanging storage.















The DPN holder was made out of an old block-out curtain and the circular needle holder from half of a sheet. It's much more efficient than anything I've had before and I can really SEE what I do and don't have! Especially with the circular needles. They are an absolute bitch to store in a way that you know whether you have the one you need.




















I've hung them at the end of the passage where my wool room is but because Brianna's using it as her room at the moment there isn't any room anyway. So I can sit back and bask in the ambiance of my superior organisation...
...of course, my house is still messy though :)
Happy Knitting :)

My New Market Banner!

Take one old white sheet and multiple colours of felt collected over the years and what have you got?
With a bit of creativity...A new Market Banner!
I printed off large prints of the temp san font I use and then Brianna and I cut out the letters a bit larger than the prints. Then I ripped the sheet in half length ways and we pinned them into place.
Nice :)










Then came the tricky bit.
I sewed each of the letters down with thickish crochet cotton. 13 letters of all sorts of shapes and thread that didn't really like being dragged through all the layers. I think I still have bruises on my thumb!






Then I washed it and hung it out.














I am VERY happy with the result! The Q is a little puckered but everything else is great!
Now all I have to do is sew in the sheet edges, attach some ties so I can tie it to my tent and then we're done.
Sighhhh.
And I am at peace with the world...well, at least for a minute or so :)