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Thread and Maple - living my fanciest life


 Sometimes I like things that are fancee, just for the sake of fancyness. For my birthday Leon got me the Thread and Maple needle binder. The binder itself has room for bits and pieces, DPNs and a holder for other pages. I had already bought myself the notions page. I'm obsessed with this page, because it holds all my notions, but mainly because I cut up a piece of magnetic metal, slid it into the pocket and viola, finally a portable solution to chart tracking.

For my birthday, I bought myself the Chiagoo needle tip page and then cables page, as well as the notions pouch:


Most of my DPNs fit in the pockets of the binder, but I had some left over. I was debating buying the small DPN page, or the large DPN page when Katie messaged me to ask if I could use this:

Yes please. So serendipitous. 

I am finding this setup very convenient, as well as feeling fancy. When I need something, or to put something away I can grab the whole package. My knitting stuff lives in the study, which is where Leon works, so if he happens to be in a meeting I can just grab the whole lot and be out of his way. It is beautiful to use, everything fits in perfectly, and I feel very fancy having something that is so functional and also so fancy.

You'd think I'd be done now, but true love knows no bounds. I bought all of these through Louie and Lola in Tasmania and I 'may' have asked them if they could get in a specific project bag for me. Stay tuned for updates! 

  
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