It’s day 4 of KCBW6 and we’re over half way! Well done to those who have made it this far and welcome to those who are just joining in. We’ve been having loads of fun already so be sure to check out the posts from the previous days and check out all of the other lovely blogs that are taking part over on the facebook event.
Today’s topic is about our craft bags!
Time to delve into that most treasured collection of tools, notions and oddments as you are asked to spill the contents of your knitting or crochet bag, caddy or other method of organisation and put your crafting unmentionables on display.
My Needle Roll
Now as I am fairly new to all of this I don’t think I have too many “unmentionables” yet although my collection of craft supplies is growing rapidly! Instead I thought I would kill two birds with one stone by showing you my needle roll which is not only where I keep all my knitting and crochet supplies but its also something I crafted myself!
In fact it was my first project on my new sewing machine back in January. I went to my local fabric shop and scoured the scraps bin. They usually charge only a pound a metre for anything you find in there but as I was buying lots of other sewing supplies at the same time they threw in these lovely silver and purple fabrics for free!
There are lots of tutorials online for needle rolls so I read through a few of those and decided to just dive straight in. I cut the silver piece for the back and sewed and then alternated the purple and silver pieces for the pockets sewing in slots of different widths to hold all my supplies.
One important piece of information I had gleaned from my pre-reading was that I should sew a flap at the top to stop my needles falling out! A piece of advice that I’m really glad I took!
I’ve found my needle roll really useful and it has space for all my long needles as well as some larger pockets at the front to store my circular needles. I can also store all my crochet hooks as well as a couple of pencils some small scissors and a tape measure!
It is also the perfect size to fit in my screen printed tote bag which i use to carry my current project with me.
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Hs Handcrafts 
Lovely job! I keep meaning to make a needle roll but other projects keep jumping the queue.
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I’m really glad I made mine, its so usefull and it means i dont keep losing my needles! (why is it always one that goes missing never the pair!)
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I love your needle roll. I think I will have to make one myself!
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thanks, it only took me a couple of hours and is a great way to use up scraps :)
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Oh, I wanted one to crochet/sew a needle roll for so long! Yours is beautiful :-)
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Thanks!
H.
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You did a great job :) I have a lovely hook roll one of my besties made for me, but my hooks actually tend to live in a pot for easy access :)
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I do often find it is left open on the floor so that I can easily find everything but for when I do eventually tidy up or want to take it with me it is ideal :)
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Wow, that’s lovely… and very organised. I have a needle roll but I’m never very good at putting the needles inside the flap or together so I have to rifle through whenever I’m looking for a pair!
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Ah, I love it!
I am also planning to sew a needle roll for me (someday…) and I will now definitely keep in mind to make that flap :)
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I’m glad you like it,
The flap is such a simple thing that makes a lot of sense to stop your needles sliding out but would be so easy to forget if you came up with the pattern yourself!
H.
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I enjoyed your post and love it that you used your hook/needle roll as your home page art.
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I need one, and I love your design :-)
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Thanks, I wanted to make sure it fitted all the needles I had so just kind of made it up as I went along rather than follow a pattern
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nice :-)
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This is pretty. What a good idea, too. I just have mine in a pistachio bag!
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