feeling good about recycling

[fritzerbear]

I have been oogling over the plastic yarn keepers at the various craft stores, but just couldn't justify the price. Then I made a discovery! Any wide-mouth plastic yarn with a screw on lid works.

 

I went to my local Sonic and asked them to save me some of the gallon jars (I like the cherry jars better than the pickle jars because it is easier to get the smell out and cherries just smell better, but either one works). My husband drilled a hole in the lid and then put a rubber grommet around the hole in order to keep it from snagging my yarn. It works like a charm, and I feel good about recycling!

 

I count myself so fortunate to have a husband that is completely supportive of my crocheting addiction ... ummmm, I mean hobby!

[ratdog]

Way yo use your noggin!

 

Now you can buy yarn to go inside with the money you didn't spend on the holder itself!

[Becky Morgan]

Our Convenient sells their gallon mayo jugs for a quarter. Those make excellent yarn jars (and they wash theirs right away, so they don't really have a smell. Mmmm, cherries!). The grommet is a good idea--hadn't thought of that!

[love.2save]

I just cut a hole in the top of a coffee can and use that.