PJ
May 9th, 2005, 12:55 PM
I hope this makes sense! Please let me know if I need to clarify anything.
See this thread for pics...
http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7048
Felted Hook Case:
I used a K (?) hook and Paton's Merino Wool.
I started by crocheting a rectangle 20.5" long x 11" tall, all in hdc. (In the end, I had to trim some off the top, so you might want to make it a little less tall)
Then I made 3 smaller rectangles, each 5.5" x 7" (you could go a little shorter on these, say down to 6.5")
After all these were done, I placed the 3 smaller pieces, evenly spaced, on the larger rectangle (lined up at the bottom of the larger piece) and whipstitched them into place.
Then I created individual pockets by sewing the each smaller rectangle to the back piece at even intervals. For mine, each pocket holds 4 hooks, but if you've got smaller hooks in mind you can easily create more. Don't worry if your stitching is less than perfect; felting covers a multitude of sins. Just try to make straight stitches, and don't pull the yarn too tight.
After everything was assembled, I felted it in the washing machine. Halfway through, I checked the measurements. Since it was too tall, I cut off about 1.5" from the top, basted the edge with crochet thread, and ran it through another cycle. Hopefully you won't have to do this part!
When the case is felted to your desired size, make sure to "open up" the slits by inserting the hooks into each one (they will have melded together a little). I dried the case with the hooks inside to set the shape. When it was dry I removed the crochet thread edging.
The finished case (after 2 feltings) was 15" X 7." This fit my Boye hooks just right, but was a little too short for my TOTC hook.
Note: I made mine this way (with 3 sewn-on pockets) rather than making one large piece and folding it up so that the finished product would fold up easily without being too bulky. The space between the 3 pockets is where I folded mine up. However, if you want to make a roll-up case, you could just make the rectangle taller, fold the bottom part up to make the pockets as deep as you like, and stitch the hook dividers from there. It all depends on whether you want a tri-fold or roll case. Next time I might try a roll case with a ribbon closure.
See this thread for pics...
http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=7048
Felted Hook Case:
I used a K (?) hook and Paton's Merino Wool.
I started by crocheting a rectangle 20.5" long x 11" tall, all in hdc. (In the end, I had to trim some off the top, so you might want to make it a little less tall)
Then I made 3 smaller rectangles, each 5.5" x 7" (you could go a little shorter on these, say down to 6.5")
After all these were done, I placed the 3 smaller pieces, evenly spaced, on the larger rectangle (lined up at the bottom of the larger piece) and whipstitched them into place.
Then I created individual pockets by sewing the each smaller rectangle to the back piece at even intervals. For mine, each pocket holds 4 hooks, but if you've got smaller hooks in mind you can easily create more. Don't worry if your stitching is less than perfect; felting covers a multitude of sins. Just try to make straight stitches, and don't pull the yarn too tight.
After everything was assembled, I felted it in the washing machine. Halfway through, I checked the measurements. Since it was too tall, I cut off about 1.5" from the top, basted the edge with crochet thread, and ran it through another cycle. Hopefully you won't have to do this part!
When the case is felted to your desired size, make sure to "open up" the slits by inserting the hooks into each one (they will have melded together a little). I dried the case with the hooks inside to set the shape. When it was dry I removed the crochet thread edging.
The finished case (after 2 feltings) was 15" X 7." This fit my Boye hooks just right, but was a little too short for my TOTC hook.
Note: I made mine this way (with 3 sewn-on pockets) rather than making one large piece and folding it up so that the finished product would fold up easily without being too bulky. The space between the 3 pockets is where I folded mine up. However, if you want to make a roll-up case, you could just make the rectangle taller, fold the bottom part up to make the pockets as deep as you like, and stitch the hook dividers from there. It all depends on whether you want a tri-fold or roll case. Next time I might try a roll case with a ribbon closure.