Silly Things

Ok, now I'm just trying to kill time, or avoid starting another project or finishing one. So I was cleaning out my closets and drawers and was about to toss this tank top sweater when I saw that the fiber was silk/cashmere! Hmmm, says I remembering there was a "how to recycle sweater yarn" site. Sure enough the sweater qualified. I figured since the yarn was cobweb weight it would make a nice lace scarf. It also had a cowl neckline which added on more yardage. I've got a nice almost 3 oz ball from the unraveling. Nice color and sooo soft.

Oh, I Can Make One Of Those

I've needed a holder for my circular needles forever, and found this while looking up the above site. The holder is made out of a pair of jeans. The longer the better (thank you, Dale!) to hold all the sizes. I hadn't filled all the slots when I took these pics. I used my embroidery machine to do the numbers. (as always: click on the pics to enlarge.)

I took the front leg jeans fabric and made a double pointed needle holder. It's much like a tool roll. I got both of these 'Oh, I can make one of those', projects done in one day, and cleaned closets while I did it. Well, you have to do something while the embroidery machine is running!