The Crafty Bits: Needle Rolls (F)

So I mentioned that I had bought myself some new crochet hooks. They're beautiful and wonderful to work with and are lovely to behold and much longer than a standard metal hook. This unfortunately means that my hook roll? Totally useless. Which is a bummer because my hook roll is one of the first things I made on my ultra fabulous sewing machine. It's a set of coordinated batiks, lined to protect the hooks and was quite the accomplishment in and of itself.

So on Sunday, needing a bit of a break from knitting and having another little sewing project that was urgent, I broke out the fabric, pins, notions and got to work. Now, having made one of these in the past I assumed that this would be rather painless and also rather mistake free. Yeah, I know...I should have known better. That's not to say that this was the train wreck that usually happens when I'm anywhere near a sewing machine...but Fons & Porter I am not. Anyway, regardless of the stuck fingers and temperamental seamstress I eventually wound up with not only a roll for my hooks, but also one for my DPN's! (DPN=Double Pointed Needle)

The blue roll is a set of batiks I picked up years ago (the purple was used for my previous roll); the knitting chicken roll is fabric from my mother-in-law.

Other than a still mystifying transition between the bottom inside flap and a poorly placed tie around on one roll, they work and look great!