Cleaning...organizing...I must be sick!

*Updated* Listings on Ebay found for this type of box--see below.

Where is that measuring tape? Oh, yeah in the green bag down stairs. Where is my row counter, oh it is in the little lunch box that got converted to a notions case. Notions here, notions there, notions downstairs, and notions upstairs.

For a few weeks, I have been frustrated with the fact that I didn't have one place big enough to fit all my notions, yet small enough to carry around the house. Then last night between nasty dreams of snakes and living in a nasty basement apartment infested with vermin and snakes, I remembered that 2 years ago I had acquired a small box at a garage sale. I bought it out of pure wantoness as I didn't have a use for it, but no more.

This morning, as everyone left to church and I stayed home nursing my cold (and making lunch and cleaning the house), I dashed downstairs to my craft room and dusted the cute little box. It is perfect for all my notions. It has 4 small compartments and 1 big one at the bottom. See all my notions, I am so organized now!

     

And seeing all my gear in one place, got me motivated to pick up my loom and take it for a whirl. I'll show you in a couple of days what the loom created with some help of yarn (a yummy cashmere blend by Lion Brand--feels sooooo soft) and a knitting tool.

Oh yeah, today, I was introduced to this Etsy Shop...they have the cutest needle felting kits. I would love to get one....the little penguins or the little turtle. So cute! Well, hope you have a great Monday :).

*Updated*

I found these boxes on eBay, they are similar to my notions box above. If you do a search for Vintage Sewing Wood Boxes you will find some more, but here are a few. One of them is selling for more than $150! I should sell mine, hehehe.

• Box 1
• Box 2
• Box 3
• Box 4
• Box 5
• Box 6
• Box 7--the least expensive one

Comments

[jessica~]

What a nifty box!!

[sincityspuds]

Wow! What a cool box! You know you're a mom when you spend your sick day cleaning, cooking, and organizing. Poor girl - get some rest!

[Jennifer]

That is an awesome sewing box! I love it. This is much smaller, but have you seen these cool little boxes? http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5412593

[knittingphilistine]

I totally need one (or ten!) of those organizing boxes. I can never find the knitting implement I am looking for. The most used implements tend to live under my couch, thanks to a bored and curious cat.

PS: the merino/tencel yarn is quite beautiful, but it has it's faults. For one, it is very slippery, so when knitting on dpns, you have to be careful to keep the "corner" stitches pulled tight so that they don't end up as a line of wonky stitches up the sides of your socks. There is a lot less give/stretch, too, so proper gauge becomes more important. But, as I said, the shininess of it is really appealing!

PPS: Thanks for the comment re: my soap!

[Joni]

I’m in the process of doing some massive ring maintenance for the FiberArts Bloggers ring and I am contacting you because there’s a problem with your code. The code you have up is actually alright, except that the ring’s home page on the urbanspinner site is long gone. The new home page is:
http://unioncenterknits.typepad.com/fiber_arts_bloggers/
You’re welcome to either switch out just that one part of the code, or ask me for the basic default ring code instead.
Please feel free to contact me with any related questions/concerns. Once you have your code fixed up, if you want to send me a note I’d appreciate it, so I can check it out. Thanks!
Joni
PS If we’ve already corresponded via e-mail you can disregard this message. I’m not the best with names. ;)

[Christie]

Those little boxes are the best. I think my mom might have one...hmmm....

~xoxo

[Cookie]

Gorgeous!

[Knitting Bandit]

I had one of those for years and I never used it! My son begged for it when he was five. He put it to good use...pokemon storage and hot wheel parking. He loved it! But now, seeing yours all neat and tidy makes me wonder if I should have kept it. Probably not. Even when neatly organized my stuff is a mess and scattered again within weeks!

[Norma]

Oh, that is the cutest handy-dandy thing. Everything old is new again!

[Mary]

Thanks for the update, Isela! I'm thinking about bidding ;)

[knittymama]

Ooh ooh!! I want one! Very cool!

[Lynda]

I remember my mom having one of those. I wonder what happened to it.

[Janet]

Wonderfully ingenious solution! (And I totally know the frustration of needing whatever notion it is that is the furthest away from me at the moment).

But . . . the dreams? What do they MEAN? I too wish you some happier dreams.

[Mary]

That box is awesome! It reminds me of a Kit & Kaboodle box I had a long time ago for make up and stuff. It's been a long time since I've worn make up ;) I definately could use something like that too, seeing as how my notions' where-a-bouts have gone haywire as well. Wishing you happier dreams :)

[Ruth]

That Box is so cool!

[Lee]

Cool box. I was thinking of organizing my notions too. They are everywhere and in different cases. It would be nice to have it all in one place and organized. Good idea!

[Cindy in Oregon]

Oh, I love that box! How handy. I haven't seen one of those in a long time.

Now what's up with those snake dreams??? :)