My brain works in weird ways. I opened a packet of Sugru (moldable putty glue) and didn't use it for what I intended so I was trying to figure out what I could use it for before it set up.
So I got a cap from a dried up marker and cut it down (it was to long) and used it to glue the cap to my lamp by the chair I sit and knit in.
And that's how I made a darning needle holder so they don't fall off my stand when not in immediate use and are at the ready.
Trick I use for magic and traveling loop to keep cables tight at the join.
- Slip small ring all the way to the stitches before making the loop..
- Loop your cable and insert working needle through the same ring.
- Continue knitting.
I always do my hats on traveling loop. I hate DPN's!
This will put a ring around the cable at the join preventing them from spreading to far apart and stressing the join, which can cause ladders.
Remember I'm a mirror knitter so this may seem backwards. I knit my new stitches onto my left needle.
