Double Pointed Needle Holder

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If you knit with double pointed needles, you know that some times stitches fall off the needles or poke through things or whatever double pointed needles decide they want to do. I looked through my scrap bin and found lots of matching pieces I could use to make myself some sentimental double pointed needle holders. "Sentimental" because they're baby carrier woven wrap scraps! I have been wearing my kids since they were born and though we wear a lot less now than we did in the newborn stage and early toddlerhood times, the memories of wearing are fresh. Keeping our babies close. Melting away meltdowns. Hiking up mountains to get that breathtaking view. Traveling safely through busy streets. Getting into school faster with lil sis on my back instead of going at the uneven toddler-pace through a parking lot. So many memories. It's more than a piece of fabric. It's pieces of fabric woven into our lives.

All the heart eyes.

So here are some of my wrap scrap projects using the tutorial by the Nome Knitter: http://thenomeknitter.blogspot.com/2015/05/tutorial-double-pointed-needle-keeper.html.

Tips:

• Use interfacing lining the interior fabric if the fabric is thinner so you have less chances of the needles poking through plus it just gives some sturdiness to the fabric. I didn't use it for the heavier weight fabrics but I did for the lighter weight ones (coral/silver one). 
• If you're using precious wrap scrap material and don't have enough for the interior, use cotton duck or quilter's cotton for the inside. Choose a fabric that isn't prone to pulls otherwise your needles may wreak havoc on the inside (or your little crochet hooks if you're making pouches for those!).
• Add a little fabric loop on the outside for stitch markers. I didn't because I plan on having the holder inside a project bag that will already have loops for stitch markers.
• Not so much on the making but on the why maybe...when flying, knitting needles are allowed on airplanes in checked or carry-on luggage but currently TSA says it's up to the TSA agent to let you carry them on the plane...and that you might have been luck with wooden versus metal needles. So basically if you don't want to worry about your knitting needles getting thrown out or having nothing to do on a long flight, switch to wooden needles for the plane. Hence these little wooden double pointed needles. Pretty sure my super sharp red lace Chiaogoo needles wouldn't fly.

Six different woven wrap fabrics represented here!

If I am using double pointed needles with sock knitting, I prefer using 5 inch double pointed needles (opposed to longer ones) so I cut my pieces of fabric to be 4.5 inches by 6.5 inches (add 1.5" to the length of the needles that will be living in that holder). If you crochet, you can make a holder for your hooks as well! Just adjust the length of the fabric to the length of your hooks.

Cutest little sock cuff

When the project is still in the early beginnings, it can fit inside the holder with the needles!

As the project grows, the needles can be stored inside the holder while the project remains on the outside. This keeps the needles from poking other projects or falling off. 

Closed!

Happy making!
Stephanie

P.S. - For my Bijou Wear geeks out there, the fabrics featured are the following pairings:
Mythos Moxie/Spun Sugar Waves
Abstract Daybreak/Crossroads Invisibility Cloak
Windmills Blaze/Baskerville Shadow.

Wintry walk in matching Mama-made Mountain Mist Hats (pattern by Tin Can Knits). Decadence Showstopper woven wrap by Bijou Wear.

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