I love to crochet! Just check out my handmade shop and you will see all the items I love to make. I have lots of yarn and am always looking for new patterns to use.

Many of the items I make use 2 balls of yarn – I like to use sock yarn – which is thin, and using 2 strands, get a nice heavier feel to the hat or scarf or bowl that I am working on. I also like to use 2 different colors of yarn together – gives a different look.

With 2 cats in the house, it’s often times difficult to keep the yarn away from them. The other day, I was getting ready to make a new hat with this gorgeous super wash wool that I bought from J L Yarn Works.

I rolled the yarn into 2 balls – and I’m ready to go – but it doesn’t work real well, with the balls of yarn in my lap

So I mentioned to hubby that I needed something that I could use to put the balls of yarn in – that would protect them from getting tangled, keep the cats away, and allow me to work. I mentioned that I had seen something in a knitting shop that I could use, but since I’m not near one, it would take awhile to see if I could find anything.

My hubby never throws anything away that he thinks will have a use later. He’s not a hoarder – just very organized.

A few minutes later, he brings in a big plastic jar, that at one time held wild flower seeds – we must have bought that when we first moved out here. Since we’ve been here almost 14 years – you can imagine how long he’s had it stored in the garage.

Nice and roomy

here’s the lid – I can have the strands coming out thru the opening

Since I had already started my hat before the new container got washed, I just took the lid off when I was working and was able to store the hat in the container when I wasn’t working on it. Neat, clean, organized. Isn’t hubby a dear

Sandi