The Cozy Window Seat: The Cozy Window Seat: An Introduction and Crochet DIY

Hey Everyone!

Welcome to my sanctuary! This is my dream place, my portfolio, my smile :) I love to share and get feed back on things. That is the purpose and design of The Cozy Window Seat. So! I'm going to get started doing that! With that in mind... Here is my first DIY!

KNITTING NEEDLE CADDIE

So, I was organizing all of my yarn, as I do about twice a year, and I found that my old homemade knitting needle caddie was just not holding up to the job. On top of that I had not put my new needles into the caddie! Well that's just a not allowed. So I decided to make another one! That would have room to spare as well.

Materials needed

1 Old T-Shirt

Thread in whatever colour you want

Two needles, one to hold thread and one to hold yarn.

two colours of yarn

crochet hook is whatever size you like

Scissors

Optional: buttons.

Process

Step One:

Start crocheting with your choice of main colour of yarn. In my project, it's the left over white that I had from an old banket project. I basically went length wise so that I would be sure that the caddie would be the right size for my tallest needles. I also wanted to be able to fold over the top so that none of my needles would fall out (most annoying thing ever!). Then I just kept crocheting and placing my needles on the square till I was sure that all my needles would fit and I would have plenty of room to spare for extra needles.

Step Two:**

Cut shirt to size of crochet square with extra at the bottom, so that the ends of the needles will be protected. Use your own preference. Then use thread and needle to stitch the two short ends together. Then stick your needles in and pin the needles in, so that there are little pockets for the ends. You can choose not to do this, but I found that the needles made the giant pocket bend forward and as a result the needles just end up sliding around.

Step Three:**

This is another optional bit, but when I put the needles in their little pockets, they still leaned foward and weren't as secure as I'd like. So I cut another strip of the t-shirt to put across the middle of my needles. I also pinned and stitched, the same as I did with the bottom half. When I put the needles into those slots, they stayed upright and didn't swing around ^.^

** I did the stitching by hand and by golly it took me FOREVER! I'm sure if you are a tad craftier than me, you could probably sew it together.

Step Four:

Just to give my hands a break, I crochet my border around the white square. Both the white and the purple were done with single crochet in two different crochet hooks. I believe I only did three rows for the border.

Step Five:

Then I crochet two strips in the purple to cover the two stips on the shirt. That way the stitches are covered and it looks more 'uniformed.'

Step Six:

To give my caddie a little flair, I then crochet a little flower and then sewed it onto the front corner of the caddie, putting a little button in the center.

(steps 2 through 3 can be done in any order you like or find understandable)

Step Seven:

Put the whole thing together! I used a large needle to pull yarn through the whole thing, joining the t-shirt with the white backing and the purple pieces covering the strips of shirt.

Step Eight:

FINALLY I crochet a quick chain using both colours of yarn and then I attached it to the end with the flower so that it would all roll together and be held tight. Also, because I used a thicker yarn for the base, the whole thing is thick and sturdy! Below are pictures of the finished product!