my own brilliant idea

Heksie · Post by **Heksie** » 03 Nov 2008 08:28 pm

in between all my other crafting things I have come up with an idea which is working like a bomb for me. I first sorted all my smaller balls of 4ply wool more or less colour co-ordinated together to enable me to start making granny squares (where each row is a different colour) while wathing TV or listning to my radio programs. Well here is my bright idea I took a very sturdy box with a lid (received as a giftbox with 6 glasses last xmas). as it already has the divider in I just made small holes in the lid to correspond with each divider. so now I put a colour in a section thread the one end of the ball through the little hole: close the lid and now my 6 colour balls cannot get twisted. When I have to leave the project the wool & crochet work stays intack. I start with the smallest ball for the inner circle and so forth. I also make the rows so that the colours differ in each square.
heksie

grant42 · Post by **grant42** » 05 Nov 2008 05:08 pm

Excellent idea,i must try it when i am knitting intarsia.

Heksie · Post by **Heksie** » 05 Nov 2008 07:24 pm

Hi Cheryl
thanks

I must admit sometimes I rack my brain in a 10000 directions and then just like that an idea struck me. unfortunately these brainwaves

sometimes hit me in the middle of the night and as usual I cannot wait for morning. I will get up and start with the project much to hubby's dismay.

Heksie

Flystitch · Post by **Flystitch** » 06 Nov 2008 10:15 am

Brilliant idea.

I will pass that on to my group who make squares for blankets for the elderly.