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Circular Needle Organization Idea

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circular needle holderMy circular knitting needle situation is rather out of control. I basically have a full drawer of a filing cabinet that is full of circulars and interchangeables (OK, and double-points, but still).

I’ve long wanted to make one of those wall-mounted circular needle organizer things, but I’m not really sure I have enough non-interchangeable needles to make it worth it. Mostly, I just really need to organize.

Allyson from the Sweatshop of Love recently made one of these organizers based on an item she found on Pinterest that linked to an etsy shop.

So there are no instructions here, just inspiration, but it really is a great idea if your circular situation is getting out of control. And I think Allyson’s version came out great.

[Photo via the Sweatshop of Love.]

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  1. I have the exact same problem… I decided to buy one ready-made, because, at the moment I was fed up with my circulars, I found that I could buy one for around $20. I’ve started the foraging for stray needles, gauging them, and hanging them up inside my guest room door. It’s a worthy investment, either in time or money.

Have you read?

Knit a Hat with a Flock of Chickens

It’s well known (among knitters, anyway) that knitters seem to love chickens as a motif and a subject of our knitting projects. The Emotional Support Chicken and all the other chicken knitting patterns are just the beginning of our devotion to farmyard friends. 

For example, there’s Farmer Dennis’ Chicken Hat. This free pattern from Stacy Black is a simple worsted weight beanie sized for adults and decorate with a couple of little rounds of colorwork fences and a flock of chickens strutting around the body of the hat. 

You don’t need a lot of any of the colors for the chickens, their facial features or the fences, so this is a great project for using little leftover bits from other projects. The main color for the body of the hat is less than a skein using the yarn suggested, so you might just have everything you need in your house to start stitching up this hat right away. 

The colorwork is presented as a chart, with a 16 stitch section that repeats around the body of the hat. All the color changes are shown on the chart but I think it would be easier to knit the whole chicken in the chicken color and add the eye, beak and other features using duplicate stitch when the knitting is done. That way you don’t have to carry those yarns around the whole hat for just a few stitches. 

As the name suggests, the original hat was given to a farmer who shared their eggs, but anyone who raises chickens or just has a thing for the fowl is sure to love this cute hat. It wouldn’t be too difficult for someone new to stranded knitting or reading charts to make, either, so if that’s you, give it a try. 

The pattern is available for free on Ravelry. 

[Photo: Stacy Black]

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