Handy Items for Knitting Room

I keep tools and household objects in my knitting area.

Here are a few I use the most often, and I like to keep handy:

• A rubber jar lid grabber, which is nice for tightening or loosening clamps
• A flat screwdriver and a cross-point screwdriver
• Needle-nose pliers
• Anti-static spray, plastic-safe gun oil, silicone spray
• Rags (I like old cotton socks)
• Washable colored markers
• A stick the right size for pushing on the sponge bar
• Credit cards cut in half at an angle for opening needle latches
• Clothespins
• A sturdy music stand, which sits by my machine with patterns and notes, and a typist's page holder with a bar to mark the line
• A cheap voice recorder (for keeping track of exactly what I did when I was working out a new pattern)
• Pen, pencil, ruler, scotch tape, and lots of cheap spiral notebooks

What handy items do you stock in your knitting room?