Handmade Japanese Needle Roll

I’ve been a dedicated user of circular knitting needles since I first started knitting. I work everything on circulars, including plain straight knitting. Recently, I’ve found myself working on little samples in different size needles and I was being slowed down by changing the tops. So I bought myself some Karbonz Straight Needles to add to the ever growing collection.
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As I’ve exclusively worked with circular needles, I found that I didn’t have a home to put these new straights. After some stash diving later, I came up with a combination of fabrics that I liked and worked out how to make a needle roll from them. The outer fabric is a beautiful Japanese style fabric and I’ve lined it with fusible fleece to give it extra body. The lining is a combination of fabrics and I have used iron on interfacing for the lining too. This double layer of interfacing will hopefully give my needles all the protection they need.
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The binding and the ribbon is from my the collection of fabric that I recently bought and blogged about here.
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I made an extra pocket for DPNs and any other bits I can fit in.
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I shaped the flap at the top on the edges so when it rolls up the edges don’t peek out.
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I am really quite thrilled with the finished needle roll and hopefully it will match nicely with my new needle bag