Inspired

I have quite a yarn stash and no mindless project on the needles right now so when I found this felted basket at Waldorf Mama today it was an immediate flash of inspiration: I can use all of my leftovers to make something similar (it just won't be rainbow striped). I'm thinking that I might use a piece of leather for the bottom too so it will better survive the sorts of abuse I routinely dish out.

If I were doing something more planned and less 'experimental' I'd be all over these from Noni Designs : 

Too bad I need to knit up all those Christmas stocking kits I bought two years ago, find a positive use for my current stash, finish the unfinished sweater from a kit I bought 4 years back, and still do...you know...life.