When Tom saw this, he immediately asked when I'd taken up fishing. Imagine his disappointment when I displayed my gazillion knitting needles.
Here's the official description of the product:
Organize your tackle in binder fashion. Includes eight heavy-duty poly bags with metal grommets, oversized non-corrosive zippers and box stitched strap handle. The Jumbo size comes with four mesh zippered pockets for additional storage. Constructed of 1200 Denier material. Two replacement bags included.I ordered additional bags so I'd have one for every needle size. The sleeves are 8.5 x 11 so I printed numbers on regular printer paper and inserted them behind the needles to make it quick and easy to find my needles.
The only drawback is that I need to remember to put the needles back in the binder after a project. Too bad there's not a big Harry Potter magnet that would levitate prodigal knitting needles and then make them dance their way into my tackle binder. Now that would be a great solution to a real-world knitting problem.
The Shimano Tackle Binder is available in most fishing or sport stores or from Amazon.
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I use a Shimano as well and I love it. Whenever I take it with me to classes or workshops, I'm always asked where I got it.
ReplyDeleteBefore there was a Shimano, there was the KnitTote,,,same thing, also originally sold for tackle, then repurposed for knitters in a prettier color. I balked at the price for a long time, but when I sucumbed, and loaded it up with all of my needles, some 40 years old, I realized that I had many many of the same size and length because I would forget that I already had them, or because I couldn't find them. Often these were in the sizes I rarely use, such as larger than 10 (I hate to knit with big needles), because I would assume that I didn't own any. I've saved a ton of money just by getting organized.
ReplyDeleteYou should move this to the Rav site, so more people know!
This made me laugh, because I used to have a list of where each and every one of my needles was, if it was currently swatching or involved in a project. But somehow, over the years, that plan sorta fell apart ;)
ReplyDeleteThere isn't a Harry Potter spell to put away the needles, but there is one that will bring exactly the needle you need from the binder.
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http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning_Charm
(Guess what I was doing with my family over Thanksgiving.) :)
What a great idea. I'm putting that on my christmas list.
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