I am cleaning out an old filing cabinet where I want to store my knitting needles, and patterns. But I do not wish to have them rolling all the cabinet. I want them to stay put.

I organized my needles by size, then used rubber bands to keep them together. I have used a variety of containers to hold the needles, Quaker Oatmeal boxes are nice, pringle containers, beautifully decorated by my nephew, and some intersting tins that contained cookies, all worked well. I finally just threw them into a plastic bin, lying down so the points don’t get dulled. the circular needles i store in ziploc bags with labels for the sizes of the needles marking them.
I use page protectors for my patterns, the ones cut from magazines, or copied, or downloaded. they serve 3 purposes, i can mark the page protector rather than the pattern to keep my place, and they stay in good shape when I carry them around, and then I put them in binders, as the sheet protectors are already pre-holed.
I doubt there is any perfect solution, and i keep reinventing my storage. good luck to you!

Here are some:

http://www.123stitch.com/cgi-bin/abcSearch/search.cgi

http://www.milliakids.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=_NCWTPG

http://www.milliakids.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=_NCWTPB (just for baby)
http://www.rebeccascrafts.com/results.cfm?SubCategory=365 (scroll down for the kits)
http://www.janlynn.com/category_results.cfm?Category=34 (has a lot of stuff)

Here is an afghan to stitch:

http://juliesxstitch.com/oscart/product_info.php?products_id=7598

Here is a calendar:

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp;jsessionid=0LGNJQIEPFLEEP4SY5KVAFJ50LD3OUPU?CATID=cat2708&PRODID=prd24264&_requestid=725680

DMC has these original Pooh ones, you will have to search for a supplier:

http://www.dmc.com/majic/pageServer/0t0100022d/pl/Winnie-cross-stitch-kits.html

Here is a Blustery Day kit:

http://www.abullrun.com/1132-01.html

These links are for the US. There is also Ebay to check out. If you are in the UK, there are a lot of other options. Original Pooh is a lot harder to find.

Good luck.

i don’t seem to know anyone who does cross stitch. its because the tecnology these days, people find the computer more interesting than crafts. please could you write perhaps a short paragraph on why you like cross stitching, so i can tell my friends that it can be enjoyable. thankyou!

I found a site where you can turn any image into a cross-stitch chart: http://www.microrevolt.org/knitPro so I’m doing a portrait of my favorite musician. It’s fun and I find it very calming. I call it my occupational therapy.

I get lots of inspiration from the Craftster embroidery boards: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php#19

And if your friends think that cross-stitch is just for grandmothers, show them this: http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com **Edited to add that these patterns use strong language that some people may find offensive.**

I’ve started knitting and have been practicing with cheap yarn that I bought at a craft store. I want to start making headbands and obviously want to use better yarn, but I am not sure what the best would be. Anyone have any preferences or recommendations as to what kind of yarn or any specific brand of yarn? Thanks in advance!
I’ll be using a US 7 needle and a worsted yarn

I think the Hengyuanxiang’s better. I have many friends like this brand of yarn.

I inherited several cross-stitch kits from a relative. On this one, North American Wildlife, there’s a symbol in the pattern that is not in the color list: an asterisk. I’ve tried the Bucilla website – which is apparently now plaid.com – but they say that since this pattern was discontinued over a year ago, they no longer have it on file and can’t help me. Does anybody have this pattern and know the color, or know where else I can look?

thanx!

I am not sure if this will help you but they will make a search for you and you can give them the information for what you need.
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Are there any ladies that would like to get together to do craft things such as cross stitch or emborarying knitting or crocheting quilting for fellowship in the Omaha, ne area?

Chances of other Omaha folks seeing this post are slim and it might get deleted because Yahoo Answers doesn’t allow requests for personal communication, but if you go to your local craft stores, there is a chance there are already clubs formed. If not, don’t be afraid to start one yourself! My mother and I started a sewing club and it’s a lot of fun. Your local craft store will be enthusiastic about it and may even provide the space for you to meet.
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I’ve been looking for a good pattern, and I was just curious if I could get some input from others. I like knitting fun things like toys, and things that are different. Any tips would be great!

I have a book called World of Knitted Toys, by Kath Dalmeny. Most of the toys are knitted with sport-weight yarn over size 3 needles. It includes patterns for gorillas, kangaroos, snakes, koalas, wolves, and pigs, among others. The chapters are arranged by themes and they also include a doll (like a Canadian mountie) that goes with each one. Most of them are beginner or intermediate level patterns.

knittingpatterncentral.com also has some free patterns for toys and other things.

Enjoy!

if you do i will appreciate it so so much!!!!

Try Family Christian Books, or CrossWalk, or Christian Books. Maybe search just Chronicles of Narnia Memorabilia

as seen in fall crafting projects like cross stitch samplers and today I saw some feathered replicas in Michaels craft store featured near foam pumpkins.. What do these black birds historically symbolize?

It’s the whole scarecrow/blackbird-crow thing: symbolizing the scarecrow scaring off the blackbirds so that the crop can flourish and be harvested in the Autumn!

A knitting cause that either knits for needy people or a cause which knits, sells knitting and uses the money to benefit a cause.

How about "Purls Of Compassion"

I did a search and didn’t find any other charities(I think) that have that name.