My husband, George, is accustomed to finding baskets and
bags of knitting about the house.  He was
kind of wondering, though, why there are now empty bowls strewn about as
well.  A ceramic bowl has been living on
the floor by my chair for over a week. 
There is a wooden salad bowl which moves about – from the dining room to
the living room and back to the dining room. 

 Knitting Bowls.

 I have discovered that a nice smooth bowl (such as a wooden
salad bowl or one of those many lovely bowls my kids made in ceramics classes)
holds a ball – or balls – of yarn beautifully while one is knitting from said
ball (or balls).  One yanks the next
stretch of yarn and the ball bounces in the bowl.  The yarn pulls smoothly because the ball is
not wedged in the bottom of a bag.  It does
not get caught on the paraphernalia in my knitting bag (or the bag handles or
the pointy wicker ends of a basket) or get tangled with the yarn from another
project (I have more projects than bags…). 
Meanwhile, the yarn ball bounces contentedly in the bowl and does not
fall off my lap or the table top and roll across the room.

 Brilliant.

 And, now, a photo of a finished project (polite applause).  This is a picture of Sonja wearing the
capelet I knit for Sasha this summer (Sasha is away at college and unavailable
for modeling).  It is a wool/silk blend
yarn knit in A LOT of moss stitch with a cable panel.  There are segments of mohair box pleat edging
and vintage buttons.