I've been sewing! I have this love/hate relationship with my sewing machine. I hate using it but I love sewing so it's rare I make something, enjoy it and find myself pleased with the finished object. But I've been having so much fun making needle rolls I just can't stop.
Mind you I have NO idea what I am "doing", I am not using a pattern and I am pretty sure there is a better way to make these. Still, I find my process efficient both in a time sense and in a use of fabric sense.
I have made three now and learned something new each time which is really exciting. Like on this one I just added ties to keep it closed.
But on the second one I used an elastic loop and (vintage) button.
I think either method of closure is fine, they are just different. The elastic one was inspired by one of my favorite needle rolls I bought at Rhinebeck years ago for my double points which was made by Crippenworks.
Both cases are just for straights but I can't wait to make some for Double Points and Circulars. My knitting 'basket' is a dreadful mess and these are so fun to organize with. Simonne thinks that all the needles are going to bed though and keeps tucking them into various slots. Cute.
There they are all 'tucked in' as Simonne would say. These two cases are on their way to new homes. The other one I made for myself. It was the first one I made, my practice one let's say. Still I love it, just like the first things I knit that might have been less than perfect but oh so satisfying. What are you making today?
