Couch Caddies

For this caddy, Robin and Lisa achieved their goal of collaborating on a project using yarn from two farms: Meridian Jacobs in California and Punkin’s Patch in Kentucky. Then they designed a second caddy using Ashford DK yarn. These book sleeves can be made to fit over the arm of your couch or chair to keep track of a book or e-reader, reading glasses, and other gadgets that often get misplaced or disappear into the cushions!

At Meridian Jacobs Farm in Vacaville, California, Robin and Lisa often talk about what they are reading or listening to. Collaborating on a set of couch caddies designed for books and reading accessories just made sense. For these couch caddies, they worked together by weaving the body of the caddies using a rigid-heddle loom and adding pockets made from 4-inch pin-loomwoven squares in a variety of combinations to create pockets of different sizes and shapes. One end of the caddy is tucked under a cushion to hold it in place, while the other section can be used to keep track of books, e-readers, remotes, and so on. The width and length of this simple project can be adjusted to fit the arm of your couch or chair. Each caddy is constructed with a casing at each end that holds a dowel to help maintain its shape and position.