Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Storing circular needles

After much frustration with circular needle storage, I discovered an excellent, and most convenient system: zippered three ring binders and heavy duty page protectors. I keep the binders on my book shelf where they are always handy--no fishing through drawers. So far my needles fit into four binders, which are labeled with adhesive address labels. They tend to peel at the edges, but can be changed easily if the acquisition of more needles necessitate rearrangement.


At first I sealed the page protectors in the center to create two slots for needles (lower left picture), but later discovered that it is better to keep each needle in its own page protector to keep it loose and not tightly wound (lower right picture). They come out ready to use--no need to warm and unkink the needle before casting on a project.