I'm excited about my new hook/notions storage solution

Natasha · February 18, 2007

I was in Michael's today with that 40% off coupon burning a hole in my pocket, but couldn't really find anything I needed or wanted. I happened to look down on the embroidery aisle, and on the bottom shelf I saw these crafter's totes (bottom left of the page). It was $19.99 before my discount.

It is perfect :clap for holding all my different sets of hooks and notions, as it has two removable zippered pocket pages that are secured with velcro on the inside. Now, every single piece of my crochet gadget stash is in one place, which I can easily pick up and carry with me. It's 12 inches by 15 inches. So many times when I know I'm going to be starting a project away from home, I'll grab whatever hook catches my eye. Now I'll have all of them with me and can really try the different hooks to see what works best.

I have one pocket page left, but the pockets were really intended for thread, I think, because they're small, but my bright idea :idea is to cut a length of each type of yarn in my stash and label it, and store it in those small pockets, so I can easily 1. :think remember what I have and 2. :yarn match colors.