adventures in repurposing...

It's been a little quiet around here I noticed...

so I thought I would show you something that I've been up to.

In the process of emptying our old house, I came across

 this antique picnic basket.

It's rather on the large side, and takes up a lot of space,

and frankly, we just don't go on that caliber of picnics as often

as owning such a basket would suggest.

So.

It was suggested that we part ways with said picnic basket;

until I had an idea.

I happen to own a plethora of knitting needles,

(which get excessive use)

and as you might have noticed if you have some too -

they are somewhat bothersome to store at times.

Enter the picnic basket...

which happened to already boast a handy little

elastic strip across the lid - for storing picnic utensils I suppose;
(now perfect for needles)
and plenty of room for yarn and projects too.

So the basket lives on.