Comments on: Organizing knitting needles

By: Leah

Leah — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 14:35:37 +0000

The first thing I thought when I saw this was that it would be perfect for storing brushes and trowels (I’m an archaeology student, and there’s so many little odds and ends that you have to bring into the field with you that this would be perfect)

By: Bethanie

Bethanie — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:26:49 +0000

I have a very similar case that I got here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/sarah....._shop_more . These are great for keeping things organized. Now if I could just find a way to organize my overflowing yarn basket…

By: klutzgrrl

klutzgrrl — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:29:40 +0000

oh I love this. I need one! thanks for the drumstick tip – good if you’re on a budget, but if I can I’d love to support a nice etsy crafter.

I’m not keen on circular needles – for some reason I find them impossible to handle. But I really like the little short sets of pins for socks.

By: Delores

Delores — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:20:55 +0000

Namaste makes a circular needle case that is small and attractive. I believe they also have a case for straights or dpns. They are not expensive and come in several colors.

By: Cari

Cari — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:00:34 +0000

This is another nice option for needles as well as yarn/projects:

http://www.nantucketbagg.com

They look very sturdy.

By: C Bennett

C Bennett — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 00:04:21 +0000

You can get a similar bag sold as a percussionists’ stick/brush bag. I’m sure it would be available at any Guitar Center or other music store, and they are sturdy and versatile.

By: Ange

Ange — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:14:54 +0000

I bought a paintbrush case like this on sale (donated the brushes) just so I could have a knitting needle case.

By: priest's wife

priest's wife — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 21:09:27 +0000

love this! Got to start knitting again

By: rachel

rachel — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:58:41 +0000

This is a thing of beauty!

By: Gillian

Gillian — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:40:20 +0000

With my first glance at the picture, it looked like a house with a slanted roof. Maybe I could get artistic and do something to achieve that.
@ Mackenzie, if you’re still looking for tubes, look at a store that stocks buttons in tubes. That might work.

By: Terry

Terry — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:34:39 +0000

I have my knitting needles standing in a crock so I can see them. The pairs are rubber banded together. My circs are in their original packages standing in a basket and organized by size. My crochet hooks are in a pretty mug.

By: WilliamB

WilliamB — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:59:34 +0000

Longtime knitter and CDO (like OCD but in alphabetical order as it should be) type here, with my review of what works for me.

For long and short regular (i.e., single pointed) needles I like these hard sided cases –
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi.....tterer-20/

For circular needles I like these soft cases. Mine doesn’t have the convenient labels like this one, so I wrote needle size on the sleeve. These can hold more than one circular needle per sleeve.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi.....tterer-20/

For double pointed needles, cable needles, and crochet hooks I have something like a cigar tube, one tube per size. I used a paint pen to write the needle size on each end and around the middle. The ones I have were special-ordered from someone who used to teach at Meg Zimmerman’s knitting camp – they’re clear tubes with a screw top. If I don’t have something closed at both ends I loose my dps.

For all my paraphenalia – needle tubes, oversized needles, buttons, yarn needles, scissors, markers, stich sizers, tape measures, etc – I (finally!) found a flexible box marketed at a scrapbooking organizer. I keep my yarn in sweater bags, organized by project or type (ie, a sweater-sized lump of shetland). These are in a set of metal mesh cubbies from Target.

Hmmm, maybe I should submit photos for workplace of the week.

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:48:16 +0000

My mother had one of these when I was a little girl…it was made of a beautiful burgundy brocade fabric and I used to love to unroll it, reorganize (!) her needles and re-roll it. Wonderful…

By: Lena Brown

Lena Brown — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:50:16 +0000

thank you for the wonderful feature!

More organizers are available here in many colors.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/lenabrowndesigns

By: Janine Adams

Janine Adams — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:13:14 +0000

That’s a beautiful and functional needle/tool roll.

I love circular needles and have a worm binder from Bass Pro Shops that holds most of them. I also have two sets of Knitpicks circs that are housed in the cases they came in. But I store my straight needles (single and double-point) in glass vases atop the Elfa drawer system in which I store my yarn. That’s worked really well for me for several years.