Making all the cats for the Alzheimer’s Research project got me pondering – how about some cat ear headbands for the shop? I started making one in super chunky purple yarn, which is soft to the touch, but very stiff when crocheted. I just wasn’t feeling it while I was making the headband, and when I was almost finished, I realised I’d managed to make a very lumpy, ugly and uncomfortable thing. But…

I had another idea for the yarn I was using, that relied on the rigidness of the crocheted fabric, and that I was excited about. So I gleefully unravelled the headband (and ears).  That’s one of the great things about yarncraft – you don’t waste too much if you change your mind! I’ve started on a storage basket, inspired by my complete inability to find any laundry baskets I like that aren’t hugely expensive. This isn’t going to be quite large enough for that, but it’s the biggest thing I’ve crocheted so far. It’s still a work in progress. This is what I’ve got.

The basket so far.

For scale, here it is in my new Kallax shelves. All my yarn has migrated there now, hooray! It doesn’t look like the Ikea catalogue due to my habit of shoving things in shopping bags. (At least I’ve got the Orla Kierly Tesco bag on display). But no more unstacking 5 massive storage boxes to get to my chunky yarn! Hoorah!

I’m not entirely sure what size or shape it will end up when I’m done, as I’m exploring as I go to see what the yarn can do. It may or may not have a lid or handles or pompoms. What do you think of it so far?