A Very Crafty Vella

Since the beginning of my reignited excited about knitting I have had some storage problems. The first and most pressing was what on earth to do with the hundreds of balls of wool I have already acquired. A quick Google search and a trip to my local storage shop later and the problem is solved. It's a shoe storage bag but works very well for wool in my opinion. Only problem is its already full and there's not that many doors in my house! Better get knitting...

My knitting needles have been driving me nuts for ages. I have heaps and they're strewn all over the house. So today with the help of a little googling and the sewing machine my parents bought me for my birthday, I made my own knitting needle storage. I think its quite cute really. It didn't take me long either.

If you're looking to replicate, you should check out these sites. This one has a design that requires fabric that is double sided. This one uses two pieces each of two different fabrics. I kinda joined the ideas together. Next time, I'd make sure I sewed my backing piece on last so that it covers up all the lines from the needle pockets I sewed on the inside. I thought this blog had a particularly cute and colourful needle pouch but she didn't include a pattern. I think she's going to sell them if you can't be bothered to make your own!

Now I just need to go and find all those knitting needles and file them away.

Dino the dinosaur is my latest creation made from wool left over from the Union Jack cushion I knitted and a little bit of green I found at my favourite wool shop. The pattern was in a book I borrowed from the library called "Kitted Dinosaurs" by Tina Barrett.


This particularly creature is apparently a Spinosaurus, the largest meat-eating dinosaur. They had a sail running down their backs to disperse heat, attract mates and intimidate other dinosaurs. I have my doubts about dinosaurs in general, but we shall leave that for another blog post and just accept the above as doctrine - it was printed in a knitting book about dinosaurs after all!

I'm hoping to knit some more dinosaurs if the library will let me keep the book long enough. In the mean time, I hope the little boy who received this dinosaur for his birthday finds it to be lots of fun. When was the last time you received a knitted dinosaur for your birthday?!