It does come in handy. I originally thought about making some kind of wooden tray that would hold all this stuff but I didn't want to have to route out spaces for everything to fit in and didn't want things like the row counter sliding around so it was going to get pretty complex. And then I realized I have plenty of arm space to work with. I should knit it so everything can have pockets to be in. Or at least just push the pointy things through.