Another of the Interweave Press Harmony Guides.
Turn a plain knit garment into a stylish garment, easily, quickly and with flair with 150 stitch patterns.
Do you take your inspiration from a berry bush? A picket fence? A river lazily crawling through a valley, a hedge maze? No matter where you find your ideas, Knit Edgings and Trims will help you finish them off. Picots, appliques and braids. Fringe, tassels and eyelets. They’re all here. This is an indispensible resource, and… the best part is….I have a copy to giveaway. Or, you can get it straight from Interweave: http://www.interweavestore.com/Knitting/Books/Knit-Edgings-Trims.html
Let see, what would the criteria be. First of all, we’ll run this giveaway until the end of November. (by that time I’ll be off of the big boat and back at work). But, I also need your ideas. Recently I made a valiant effort. Valiant! Trust me, it was noble. I however did not succeed. You see, I have a collection. Gasp. Yes, a collection. I collect knitting needles and seem to have amassed a number of circular needles that when strung all together could stretch quite far. But, I have no way of storing them. How do you store your circs? What are your favorite ways of taming these unruly masses? (bonus points for handmade ideas).
Ready… set…. Go (oh, and don’t forget, this book comes from a NON pet-free home).
Ooh, this knitter could definitely use a book like that!
Oh, and as far as storing my circs – I just save the packages they came in and store them in there. For the few that I don’t have packages for, I just roll them into their most natural position and put them in the large pockets on my homemade knitting needle roll (there are tuts all over online).
I would love to win the book. My house is NON pet free too!
I hang them around the neck of my dress form, which is pretty impractical when I get the urge to sew. Luckily, that’s not a common occurrence!
I just tie pretty ribbons around mine. I could use elastics but ribbons are so much prettier and work quite nicely when I tie them tightly so they don’t come undone.
I would love to be entered in your draw. Thanks.
my grandma will live it!
I just have a bunch of needles in a drawer so I need help storing too. I would love to win.
I bought one of those hanger racks of canvas with the sizes clearly marked … I love it … as long as I put needles back when projects are done. I used to have a zipper case with compartments like plastic pencil cases and I found it cumbersome … and it was overfilled so it wouldn’t close.
this book looks very useful!
I too store my circs in their original pkging, I store them in a zippered clear heavy-plastic clutch size bag. I work at a bank and this bag is similar in size to a zippered deposit bag. The needles are flat and fit nicely in this bag. I would love to win this book!!
I only have one circ – hence, no storage problem. But I’ve heard of people using binders with page protectors – one circ per page (and you can label them too). I really like this idea too: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/circular_needle_holder
That looks like a great book!
I just store mine in a drawer. I’m always meaning to find a better system!
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I own mostly small (16″) circs so I just store them in a clear plastic zipper pouch I got when I was a Mary Kay consultant. (I love those little bags!) The others I store in a pouch I sewed from a dollar store placemat. (Fold one short edge 2/3 to 3/4 way up and sew up the sides. Add button hole and button (I used two) and Voila!)
To hold my circular needles, I use an old peg bag of my grandmas. I gave it a bit of a facelift by sewing in fabric strips as dividers and embroidering the needle size onto each section. I then attached a coathanger and hang it in my wardrobe! It looks elegant because it is vintage fabric, and it satisfies my (rather high) standards of organisation! It is also a space saving storage option, and best of all it is recycled (good for karma). Perfect.
I used a three-hole-punch and punched holes in medium size ziploc bags. I use a sharpie marker to mark the size on the outside of the bag. I use a standard binder to store the bags in. It sits neatly on the shelves of knitting books, looking like an unassuming binder of loose patterns…my husband has no idea of the magnitude of my circ needle addiction. shhhhhh.
I am too lazy to do anything but throw them in my knitting bag. When I do need one, it becomes the biggest mess you ever saw.
I would love the book, so put my name in the drawing, please.
Sandi
impatientcajun.blogspot.com
Storing circs…. pretty material eight inches wide and as long as you need (how many needles?). second piece of material4 to 5 inches wide sew at the top and then every 3/8 inch all the way down. Thread the needles through the wide loops. Put a loop at the top to hang this or it can be rolled up and stashed in a drawer. I hope this makes sense… I feel your pain…. Sindy
Would love a chance at the book.
I too struggle with what to do with my circs. I absolutely cannot stand them when they are unruley so I put them around hangers in my closet (I am single so don’t share my closet) and group them that way. I keep a needle sizer on a hook right by them incase there is a mix up and I need to check the size. I do this with all my 16’s, 24’s, 32’s and 40’s. It works well for me!
I love trims, so being able to make my own would be awesome.
I have inherited circs from my mom and they were kept in their original packages – seems to work for me okay. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
Since the size are not on the actual needle, in order to not get confused as to which needle I am using, I store them in their actual package (which has the size on it). I don’t have a lot of circular needles so I store them all in a large ziploc bag. Suggestion – if you do have a lot of needles maybe you can store different sizes in different bags and label the bags (4mm in one bag, 6mm in another etc).
Most of my circs are interchangeable sets, they came with a case. The rest I just keep in the original packages. I like a lot of the organizers I’ve seen, but don’t really need one yet.
I stitched up a knitting needle holder that looks like a fabric over-the-door shoe storage thingy. Of course the pockets are more narrow. I have my needles arranged by size and the circulars just drape nicely out of their pockets with one needle in – one out. Takes the kinks outta the circulars.
I like to use a CD carrying case with pockets, you can label each of the pockets with the size of the circular needles and just zip it up and everything is neat and tidy.
Please enter me – Thanks!
I have a zipper needle holder that holds a couple of long needles and a couple of cir.
Put my name in the hat also.
Thanks for the giveaway
I’m not going to be much help with this one! I just keep the bags/packages my circs come in and store the needles in the bags. My 40-something eyesight isn’t what it used to be and it’s torture trying to read the needle sizes directly from the needles. Fortunately, the needle sizes on the packages are written nice and big so I don’t have to go searching for glasses when looking through my circs. If for some reason the package has been destroyed, I put the needles in a 4×6 envelope and write the brand name and size on the outside of the envelope…in large print!
I am new to knitting and crocheting fo I do not have alot of needles YET! But this book looks very interesting….thanks for the chance to win 🙂
Please enter me for a chance at the book.
I keep my circulars in an old train weekend bag. I buy these at thrift shops and have a few of them. I keep my straight needles in one, My circulars in another, my braiding supplies in another. I could use a couple more. They come in funky colors and have a tray for small items.
Thanks.
I have all my circs (I really don’t use straights except for dps) in labeled zipper bags in a small flat-bottomed tote bag. Some of the zipper bags are original packaging, others are just plain freezer bags with cardstock labels to keep them rigid. This is not very good system, but for me, the all in one place part is important – also, I hang the bag on a hook that helps keep the circ cables out of kitty mouths.
BTW, one of the ladies in my knitting group has this book and it’s beautiful.
I like this idea from Cut Out and Keep:
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/circular_needle_holder
using old thread spools with numbers on them.
I must make one myself…love the book!
I try to keep the original packaging, of course some needles come in better packs than others. Then I put them in order by size and length, and in a plastic zipper bag that’s rectangular in shape and about the right size for needles. It’s not the very best way to store them, but it doesn’t add bulk when I want to take the range of needles knitting with me.
I thought I had a great idea, it was so great that someone else talked about it already. The zipper bags in a binder was the one. I find this method good for so many thing like my patterns, similar scraps of fabrics for crafting, for holding small projects so the pieces don’t get lost, my appliques, etc. Another good storage idea for things like pencil, pens small items are the silverware tray for an old dish washer, I scrounge from were ever I can find them.
Please put me on your list for the giveaway.
Well, mine are all organized in clear plastic boxes & ziploc bags. And I would love to have the book.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(dot)com
for my circs i have a needle case, it is fat and overstuffed so actually could use a second one but… have yet to find another i like as much (the one i have is by offhand designs). Otherwise i did invest a few years back in the Harmony circs and their case works great as a complete knit kit! enter me for the book please, could so use this for edges!
I don’t own any myself. I just started teaching myself to knit last month for my birthday. I bought one of those “I taught myself to knit” kits from Wal-Mart. I hope to get a good collection going eventually of needles and what have you, but so far I just have the two sets that I am currently using to make a very very basic scarf for my fiance and for my daughter. His is gray and black. Hers is a mixed pink and purple thing with bright blue. Looks like cotton candy all thrown together. Anyway please enter me for a book. I could use any help I get!
This book sounds terrific. I am always looking for something new to knit!
I actually just put them in a plastic bag, haha. I need tips for organization as well!
I am eagerly reading the comments & hoping to find the right answer for me. People have suggested to me to make a wall rack or one to hang in the closet with tubes of PVC pipe from the hardware store. Slip a circular needle into each one. I live in a small rv with a miniscule closet so that isn’t the answer for me.
Hope I get the book, though. I seems wonderful.
I just taught myself to knit and only own straight needles. I have to work up the courage to try the circular ones.
I would love to own this lovely book on edges and trims to jazz up my beginner projects.
Hi,
I don’t know how to knit much or how to use the one circular needles that I do have but if I had more I would make a round tote with pockets to hold them in. Ex- cut fabric into circles,as many as you have needles and big enough to hold the loop, then sew them all together and use binding or something like that for the trimming, add a strap and viola.
Michele
I just use a circular needle case. It is made of cloth and has dividers for the different sizes. It is very pretty.
I use the loose leaf lure file from the Bass Pro shop. It has see-through, zip-lock pockets that I can write the needle size on with a Sharpie pen. I use a different pocket for each size and length needle……..where in the world did I get all those circs? Yikes!!!
Karolyn in Sacramento where someone decided it’s Spring – temp today is 66 degrees!!!