Knitting Patterns to Help Keep You Organized

I’ve been thinking a lot about organization this month and I wondered if we could knit things to keep our knitting lives in order. Because any excuse for a knitting project, right?

One of the most obvious things that knitters can knit for themselves to keep their knitting stuff organized is needle storage. You can make your own knit needle rolls like the Case in Point from Briney Deep Designs, which calls for sport-weight cotton. Reinforce the knitting with fabric (which keeps your needles from poking through as easily) with this pattern from DW Crochet Patterns, which uses three colors of DK weight yarn.

How about storing circular needles? You can try the Memories of Aloha knitting needle holder from Bellaricka, which is a cool wall hanging even without needles woven through it. This one uses cables and lace to make holes through which to drape your needles, and it uses DK weight yarn. You can even use a knitting needle to hang it!

Another option is this Circularity needle organizer from Lark & Lupine, which is a free download on Ravelry. It has stripes and cables to help you keep your needles organized, and you can embroider the sizes and cable lengths on the side of the wall hanging so you always know what goes where and can find what you need. This one uses aran/worsted weight yarn and would be a great stash buster.

Cast on Calamity has an idea fr making little sleeves for needles that include bobbles and eyelets to indicate the measurement in millimeters for the needles (example: a 5.5 mm needle sleeve would have 5 bobbles and 2 eyelets). My cat would probably steal these but it’s a cool idea.

Make a big felted wall hanging with pockets that can hold needles and other supplies with this free pattern from Berroco. Organiza uses bulky yarn and has six sleeves for needles and 14 pockets of various sizes that can hold needles, crochet hooks, scissors and other notions and supplies.

And if you like to keep all your supplies literally close at hand you can stitch up a Pandemic Wrister. This free pattern from Claudia Krisniski is on Ravelry and is worked in worsted weight yarn. It gives you space for stitch markers, yarn needles, cable needles and more right where you need them.

I rarely understand why something becomes a trend in crafting. Gnomes and geese are both cute I guess, but I never thought we’d be making them for all seasons. (See, for example, this collection of gnome knitting patterns, or these knit geese.)

Another one I don’t totally understand is sardines or little fish more generally. Sure, they’re cute, and the shape is fun, but I had no idea when I was sharing this pattern for a fish-shaped pouch last year that it would become a hugely popular pattern that people are still searching for on the site. It is pretty cute, though, so if you weren’t around then or don’t remember you should got check it out.

Recently another fishy knitting pattern crossed my monitor: the little knit fish from Classical Songbird Designs.

Just as the name suggests, these fish are little, about 4.5 inches or 11 cm from end to end. They look like little sardines and take about 12 yards of sock yarn to make.

You can even make a two-tone fish and use just 6 yards of each color.

This sounds to me like just about the perfect use for the yarn that’s left over after knitting a pair of socks, or a mini skein or several that have been sitting around unused in your stash.

The fish are knit flat in one piece, which makes it easy to stitch on the eyes with more yarn or embroidery floss before stuffing, and you can stitch up the sides while you stuff (though it’s not a very big piece so you could probably stitch and then stuff, finishing with the end of the tail).

Because I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one wondering, I measured an Altoids box and as the pattern is written the fish are a little too big to fit in it (the box is about 4 inches/10 cm long). But you could make the fish a little smaller if you want to make a box of them. Or just make a fishy bag to put them in!

You can grab the free pattern for the little knit fish at Classical Songbird Designs.

[Photo: Classical Songbird Designs.]

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