Crochet Union Jack pillow wip

I'm trying to get myself back into crochet

by posting my wips.

I'm calling this my Union Jack pillow.

I bought the pattern here

I really like this basket that I found at the thrift store.

It holds up to 6 different balls of yarn.

For this project there is just 3 colours so

I can tuck my hook, the instructions and

my project into the remaining spot.

I love that everything I need for

a project is kept nicely together.

I'm curious what other people use to hold their work.

Almost finished my chanson en crochet

This lovely shawl is called Chanson en crochet.
The free pattern info and errata can be found
here.
 I decided to block it before finishing it

so that I could gauge if it needed to be lengthened.

This yarn (Patons SWS in Natural Berry) is beautiful

 but it is a nightmare to rip out.

The colour is off in the photo...it is, in person
a lovely deep ruby red.