Pincushion with Thread Catcher Bag

Pincushion with Thread Catcher Bag

This sturdy pincushion has plenty of space to store pins and a wool felt strip for your needles.

The hanging pocket is a perfect place for storing easily-misplaced tools like seam rippers,

embroidery scissors and thread snips, and the detachable scrap bag helps keep stray threads

and clippings from littering your workspace.

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How To Make a Yarn Bag

Yarn Bag

Earlier this year, I did a review of Vickie Howell’s new yarn line, Sheep(ish), for CRAFT. In the process, I whipped up a little crocheted clutch (the light blue one above, in fact).

Vickie, being an extremely nice person, said “People are going to want the pattern for that bag!” Pattern? What? I just kind of improvised it. I’m actually pretty bad with crochet patterns – reading them, that is. The abbreviations and symbols and complete lack of explanation as to why I have to add that weird increase on Row 10 – this stuff still boggles my brain all the time, and I’ve been crocheting five years.

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