What to pack?

[Paralee]

I'm leaving for my vacation tomorrow morning, trying to finish up my last minute packing. How much yarn should I take and how many patterns???? I'll be gone a whole week, how can I possibly know what I'll feel like working on 4 or 5 days from now? What if I get there and don't have the right hooks?

[Yammy]

Well, you could do like I do when we go camping: Pack a laundry bag with about 20 skeins of all different types. I keep a 3-ring binder with copies of any patterns you MIGHT want to use while your gone and lastly, I bring my smaller WIP bag to take in the car for those lost minutes while riding in the car. I have a wide assortment of hooks (doubles) and a travel scissors in there as well.

[zeropixie]

You know how you feel when you get home from a vacation, "I have so much to do, clean house, buy grocries, do laundry ect..." ? Well bring some WIP's along on your trip that way when you get home and feel overwhelmed you can tell yourself "at least I got this out of the way" and you'll have room for more projects

I have done this and really enjoyed coming home to one less thing to do.

[Paralee]

Thanks Zeropixie, taking WIP's is a great suggestion. Yammy, I like your suggestions too, but I'm flying and can't fit that much yarn into my bag. I did photocopy a few patterns I want to try, and put a few skeins of yarn into a gallon ziploc baggie -- you'd be surprised how much you can fit into one of those when you squeeze all the air out of it. Now I'm busily stuffing yarn into every unstuffed space in my suitcase. My plastic hooks and a pair of kid's scissors are in my carryon, good hooks and another pair of scissors are in my packed bag. I think I'm ready.

[CurlyBrunette]

Great suggestions! I would also Google a local yarn shop in the area where you will be vacationing so you can explore and add to your stash. Oh, and just in case you needed more yarn...:

[Homebody]

I always over-pack. I never seem to have the time to get as much done as I would like. But then, it is vacation! Have fun and enjoy your trip.

[Aggie May]

You are going on "HOLIDAY", does that not mean "LEAVE YOUR YARN AT HOME" (Sorry to shout)

If you are going to crochet for a week, you may as well just save the travel money, use it to buy more yarn and stay home.

:cheerI am speaking from experience.

Many years ago, I had a wool shop and I knitted and crocheted for customers.

I would not go anywhere without my BIG BIG BIG bags of yarn and all that goes with it. Then I would beaver away at my WORK, even in the car, while the rest of the family tried to enjoy the holiday.

I look back now and realise how selfish I was, putting my customers before my family.

How about just taking a bag of scrap yarn, a hook and if you need it, a pattern for a Granny Square so at least you will not be craving what you do not have.

You may even get an afghan done which you could then donate to a good cause such as Hospice.

Have a GREAT HOLIDAY.

Colleen:hug

[CLLinda]

Now I am just the opposite of Colleen. I have to have yarn with me at all times. But I did like her suggestion of granny squares to whip up while on vacation. Just pack some scrap yarns, some hooks, and a basic pattern for the squares and off you go.

 

Or pack some hat patterns. Hats can be made in a few hours and you will feel like you accomplished a lot if you come home with 3-4 hats completed.

 

Pack things that you like to work on. If it is a baby afghan, hats, etc. bring that along.

 

We just came back from the Dells and I got about 6 rows done on a round ripple that I was working on. Vacations are for doing what you love. And not having to worry about work, housework, etc.

 

Have a great time!

 

Linda:manyheart