On one on my email lists, people have been chatting about how they sort, store and organize their crochet hooks.
Here are a few pics of how I store mine, as well as a nifty new gadget that I really like for carting my hooks around with projects:
For quite a few years now, I have been using this plastic pencil box to carry crochet hooks and needlework tools in my purse.  It’s not lovely, but it’s efficient!

Recently, my best friend gave me a set of dpn tubes for my sock knitting, and they are great.
The folks (nancys knit knacks) who make …read more

My best friend just gave me the neatest little gadget.
‘DP Wip Tubes’.
‘whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?’
They’re a simple and oh so  clever gadget for adding happiness to sock knitter’s lives.
They are interlocking notched tubes that you slip over your dp needles. They  keep your sock from accidentally womitting it’s stitches.  Bliss.
Here’s a link for them: Here it is:
nancys knit knacks
I am delighted with mine, as I take my sock knitting with me wherever I go.  Someone is very clever!
Thumgbs and dp’s up on this one!

I’ve just finished writing a series of posts about small looms that I love.
Here’s the list of loom links organized by the cost of the looms:
$0 – Looms made from recycled stuff
Under $5 – Plastic Potholder Looms
Under $15- Peggetty Loom Book
Under $20- Harrisville Potholder Loom
Harrisville Peg Loom

Under $25 – Harrisville Backstrap Loom
Under $30 – Schacht Mini Loom
Weavette Looms
Under $40- Wishing Windows Loom
Under $50 – Schacht School Loom (Frame)
Under $100 – Inkle Loom
Historical Vesterheim Museum Cradle Loom
Over $100 – Rigid Heddle looms
To see some of the guzbillions of projects that I have …read more