Oh, using it as a craft skirt sounds like a great idea :) If you're certain you'll just use it for that you could even start adding some small pockets for different things you like to keep on hand all over it as you use it and see where you'd like them...
I do that sometimes too
I finished my crocheting and embroidered some more flowers :) The new needles didn't make a big difference though, even though the larger one seemed to make it a tiny bit easier (it's a 22, my ribbon is 6mm wide). I think it's just that my ribbon is too stiff, it's just some random ribbon my craft store had not anything like the fancy silk ribbons that are supposedly best... They look much softer in comparison. Guess I'll just have to do this little bits at a time to give my fingers some rest.