I made a knitting needle roll for Gran Newton. Now, I'm not sure how practical it is or if she'll ever use it, but I think for traveling it will come in handy. I searched the web for ideas, and sort of took bits and pieces combined with my ideas to get what I wanted. My primary help came from this website.
I will do my best to give somewhat of a tutorial on this, although I'm sooo not an expert. I think I forgot to take pictures of some steps, so bear with me.
STEP 1: Purchase 6 different colors of fabric, quilting quarter size, which is about 17 1/4 in. by 19 1/2 in. after washing; ribbon enough for 2 lengths that measure 28 in. each; and bias tape (bought or homemade), a little over 3 yards.
STEP 2: For the outside (a) and inside (b) fabric, you will keep it the same size. The other fabrics will only need to be adjusted for height. Here's what I did.
For fabric (c) cut to 14 1/4 in. by 19 1/2 in.; this will be the top pocket for long needles
(d) cut to 11 3/4 in. by 19 1/2 in.; this will be the medium size pocket
(e) cut to 9 in. by 19 1/2 in.; this will be the short pocket
(f) cut to 6 1/4 in. by 19 1/2 in.; this will be the little pocket for circular needles or double-pointed needles
STEP 3: Make a 3/4 inch hem at the top of each fabric (the shortest side), except for the back and lining.
STEP 4: On the back side of the lining, using a fabric marker or pencil, draw dividing lines on which you will sew to create the individual pockets going lengthwise down the roll. So, I measured out 10- 1 inch divisions, followed by 3- 2 inch divisions, followed by 2- 1 1/2 inch divisions, marking it from bottom to about 14 inches up (leaving about 3 inches at top for a fold over flap to keep the needles from falling out).
STEP 5: Pin the lining and the three highest pouch pieces together, aligning them up at the bottom edges.
STEP 6:Turn over and sew over the dividing lines on the back of the lining. (this picture is what it will look like when you turn it back over)
STEP 7: Pin the final pouch in place, aligning it at the bottom edge, and sew on the back not over every division line, but only over every 4 inches, leaving the last one at 3 inches wide.
STEP 8:Pin the outside fabric to the back side of the lining. For the ties, fold them in half and pin them to outside fabric at left edge.
STEP 9: Pin the bias tape all the way around, covering the ribbons, and sew. Then turn the tape to the inside and hand sew to attach.
STEP 10: Fold over the top three inches of fabric and iron (or sew a stitch if you like, I didn't get around to it!)
And here's the final product; cute enough for a cat to snuggle with...
3 comments:
oh my, Gab! that is Perfect! I really can hardly think of a better gift for mom. I haven't been doing much knitting these days, but when I start up again, I think that I need to make one of these (thanks for the tutorial!) it would keep me way more organized . . . and we all know that "the organized crafter is a productive crafter!" (uh, I just made that up, but it's true, isn't it?)
also, I love the way that you did the color transfer from the gold to the blue. nicely done!
Gab, this is funny. . .yesterday as I was arranging my needles in my new needle roll, I thought, "Gab needs to write a post about this creative project and she should include pictures of this one since the fabric is so wonderful"--and here you did it without my suggestion, imagine that! thanks for the gift!
I agree that this is aMAZing. AMAZING! I've been looking at the same sort of thing on etsy for the last couple of months -- except for circular needles instead of for straight ones (since circulars seem to be my needles of choice these days).
and also? great job with the tutorial (I see your camera was still working!). The pictures make me want a pretty summery blouse out of one of those fabrics...although I can't quite decide which...
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