This product, advertised on Ravelry and available from Knitwitch, looks like one of those "must-have" products, like square knitting needles, heart-shaped stitch markers, and an electronic row counter.
The store owner, Brittany, writes of the product:
I gotta tell you, I have been using one of these yarn bowls and I'm wondering how I ever did without it! It is wonderful to not have to chase your ball of yarn all over the place AND it keeps the cat from laying on it! My yarn never gets tangled and the bowls are absolutely perfect for putting on the floor board in the car. They hold hand-wound balls wonderfully!
I typically keep each of my WIPs in tote bags (or gift bags if I have several projects going at once) and this works well for most days. I always have a project to take with me to work or to church, the movies, or wherever I know that I might have a minute to pull out my sticks. The yarn bowl wouldn't work for this; but, at home, where I constantly fight to keep the dog hair off of my work, these handy little pieces of pottery might work out well.
Wouldn't it be neat to keep a yarn bowl like this, some needles, and a ball of pretty yarn on your desk at work? Talk about temptation!
Finally, I am getting around to writing about Christmas projects.
These are pictures of two shopping bags that we gave as gifts filled with Italian food items from Claudio's Market in South Philly.
I had a difficult time making these bags because I really couldn't find a pattern that I liked.
I ended up creating a hybrid pattern that used both kntting and crocheting; crocheting for the bottoms and handles and knitting for the sides. Working them this way seemed to give the bottom some stability, and the body of the bag seemed to stretch very well when I used a YO knitting pattern
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