I'm thinking of buying a yarn bowl 🤔

Pippa000

Several years ago I put one of these on my Christmas List for my late husband, who was always asking what I wanted . He obviously didn't read the description on the website. It is a 50 cm in diameter and weights just over 2 kilo and made from the roots of a very beautiful tree. Extremely artistic, but completely useless as a wool holder.

Oh, that sounds gorgeous. Can you use it as a plantpot or similar? It seems such a shame not to use it.

I don't want to be po-faced, but there are lots of ethical issues with Shein. Rather like Temu, I wouldn't have anything from there if they paid me to have it.

I have 2, I paid under £1:50 for each one. And they're great!!

If anyone is still interested in buying yarn bowls, try SHEIN first, they are so cheap on there!!

Several years ago I put one of these on my Christmas List for my late husband, who was always asking what I wanted . He obviously didn't read the description on the website. It is a 50 cm in diameter and weights just over 2 kilo and made from the roots of a very beautiful tree. Extremely artistic, but completely useless as a wool holder.

AskAlice one of my craft group posted pictures of those on our what's app group. Yuk . Glad I cross stitch.

Uh oh, flappergirl, as much as I love owls, I am definitely not buying one 🤣🤣. Don't worry, my eyes play the same tricks 😁

I clicked on this thread because I thought it said I'm thinking of buying a barn owl. My strange brain is at it again.

I actually burst out laughing when I saw them.

Oh my gosh, AskAlice that's hilarious! 🤣. I wouldn't want to be alone knitting with them at night though 😱😆😆

Someone sent me these pictures (as they knew I liked sewing and thought I knitted as well) and I thought they might amuse you Fairycakes!

Doodle I’m knitting a cardigan with cables running up the front and sleeves. It’s a fairly simple pattern for a bear of very little brain like me! The bowl is five inches in diameter and the wool is a standard 100 gm ball.

Actually, AGAA4 I did have a friend who had a pet owl. It was fascinating to see it up close.

AGAA4 Ha! Ha! So funny. I've done the same thing myself. I walked past my crockpot one day and thought it said crackpot which just about summed me up that day. And I had no excuse as I didn't wear glasses at that point 🤣🤣🤣

AGAA4

Sorry Fairycakes I read your opening post as 'I'm thinking of buying a barn owl.' I'm off to clean my glasses.

Oh, that did make me laugh 😂😂😂 thank you AGAA4
We used to have an owl that would hoot every night in our back garden, hopefully keeping any mice etc down but I haven't heard it lately. I'd love another one.
Are they available from Hobbycraft and Amazon?

I do like the look of the yarn bowls too 🙂

Sorry Fairycakes I read your opening post as 'I'm thinking of buying a barn owl.' I'm off to clean my glasses.

I love the look of yarn bowls and have often thought of buying one, maybe from an independent seller, wooden or ceramic. There are Etsy sellers who make yarn cosies to tuck various sizes of yarn balls/cakes into.

Love the yarn bowl, Greyduster. I haven't seen one with that design before.

Is that a tiny bowl or a giant ball of yarn, (Greyduster*? . It's a lovely colour, either way. What are you knitting?

Well Santa Claus did bring me a yarn bowl for Christmas. It’s take me a while to get used to it - I have to uncoil and rewind the wool to get it to flow freely through the slot, but it does keep everything tidy.

I have a few of these bakelite beehives in different colours and they are lovely. Years ago yarn did come in much smaller, finer balls like 1 oz so they are better suited to small amounts. So much of our yarn now is DK, Chunky or Aran weight and would not fit in these.

My mum remembers her mother using the beehive kind.

If anyone else fancies buying one, they sell them on ebay.

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My new beehive yarn holder 😁

Thank you all for your responses and suggestions. I have now treated myself to a bakelite beehive yarn holder (probably from the 50s), as first mentioned by Greyduster. Its quaintness appealed to me. I wondered about its history and who had owned it throughout the years. It's great fun too!

Happy knitting/crocheting to all!

lixy, what a great idea 😊👍