What's your bag?

[PBLKNP]

What is your favorite type of bag to use for WIPs?

 

I have bought high-end expensive LYS bags ($80), and I've also used $5 Walmart tote bags. However, by far my favorite is a bag I got for free from Lancome with a $25 makeup purchase. It's just perfect for a small WIP.

[noQcrocheter]

I like the freebie diaper bags that i got while i was pregnant with my son, and a small bag that was one of the last things my grandma sewd before she hurt her back.

[SHERYL]

I use a bag I got from Avon ~ meant for the garden ~ but has lots of outside pockets perfect for pens, notebook, scissors and other stuff I can't crochet without.

Also I have a freebie when we got our mule saddle from the States, then of course there's always the plastic grocery bags when I have more WIP.

[Blondie]

I have several canvas tote bags I have acquired for different reasons. They are different sizes from not too big to really large Each bag has a different project in it. When I want to work on a certain project, I just grab that bag. My latest bag I just got in the mail yesterday, it is my political statement for the upcoming election in Nov. 08

 

 

Blondie

[niqita]

I have two bags that I use one has cherries on it and the other is a camo one. I always have one with no matter where I go

[CDBear]

I have one main bag that came from a sale table at Belk. It was originally $45, but I got it for $8!!!

My LYS puts your purchases in white gift-bag-type type bags, with colorful tissue paper. I use them for small projects all the time.

[eebrs]

I have 2 backpacks that I use. I like the small front pocket for needles, hooks, stitchmarkers, etc. And of course the main part is for my yarn, pattern, and WIP. I need something that can zip closed to keep my WIPs away from little hands.

 

If it's a small enough WIP, I put it all in a large ziplock. It can hold a skien of yarn, and all the parts and pieces I need. Plus I can leave the pattern folded inside and still read it.

[nittany168]

Right now I'm using a felted bag I made from FCEC magazine. My current WIP is a thread christening gown, so this bag is just the perfect size

 

[momo]

What is your favorite type of bag to use for WIPs?

 

I have bought high-end expensive LYS bags ($80), and I've also used $5 Walmart tote bags. However, by far my favorite is a bag I got for free from Lancome with a $25 makeup purchase. It's just perfect for a small WIP.

 

Is it the black canvas with flower lining? If so it is the same one I'm using right now. I love it, just the right size.

[Real Deal]

I use a very large canvas tote. One side has 3 enormous pockets for all the smaller goodies. Often I have 2 projects inside, each in a plastic bag with it's yarn. Before I go out the door with it, I always check to see if either project could, under any stretch of the imagination, need another skein of yarn added.

Real Deal

[PBLKNP]

Is it the black canvas with flower lining? If so it is the same one I'm using right now. I love it, just the right size.

 

No, it's actually a bag I got YEARS ago and just tossed in the closet (plastic wrapping and all), because I had no use for it at the time. Then, when I started crocheting again and needed a WIP, it occurred to me that it would be perfect.

 

It's black, with two outer pockets for notions and such, and it zips up, so curious kitties can't get in there . Plus, it's low-key and understated enough that I can take it just about anywhere. I just adore it.

[smokeyp81]

OK....now I NEED to go out and buy a "real" bag....I use either a brown paper bag with twine handles or a plastic grocery bag....I know, I know....go find something decent, right? Hmmm.....a new reason to go shopping!!! LOL

[Selune]

I just use plastic grocery bags. Easy to see through to tell which project it contains and you can smush it up so it takes up less space.

[Nilliem]

I got an inexpensive bag from A.C. Moore; looks like tapestry, with butterflies on it. All my WIP are in grocery bags, that I just swap in and out of the bag as I go. That way they are in one place, but I can keep myself doing different things. Dh thinks I need to find a different place for my 'stash' but I just keep it next to the recliner...the cats ignore it there, as do the girls!!

[HappyOldCro]

Used plastic bags from grocery stores for years, then updated to a canvas shopping bag that I put iron on bird houses on the front, now finishing a crocheted 8 pocket tote, that I have converted to a 6 pocket tote, 4 on outside and two on inside. Hopefully this will be my new WIP bag, as I have cut down to only 2 or 3 projects at a time.

[CrochetinClara]

I use a basket, bought it years ago at a Ben Franklin's, it's huge. But when I want to take stuff along with me, I have a tote/bag I bought at AC Moore, for a couple of bucks. It's a nice size, has a side pocket where I put my hooks and etc.

[snugsmontreal]

oh bags, how do i love thee. i collect them (not as much as i collect the yarn that goes in them though.) the dollar store here had these great little medium grocery-size canvas bags that zipped shut and i bought like 5 different colors of them (different color stripes) then i have 2 BIG bags, one is a the smallest size luggage, like a very large purse, that i use for large wips like blankets/coats. and one that is a large tote that looks slightly like a modern diaper bag (this one doubles as my reusable shopping bag for small errands)

[ldyer1]

My main bag is a beach tote I got for a few bucks at walmart a few years ago. Its light weight, a good size, and has good handles. I also have other totes and bags with things in it, but thats my main bag lately.

[PBLKNP]

If you all want to have a good laugh, about a year ago or so I was listening to NPR when they were having their fund drive. I ALMOST called in for the $150 pledge...why? Because the gift for donating that much money was a free tote bag! All I could think of was "one more bag for crocheting!".

 

Thankfully, I quickly came to my senses, realizing that I could probably get the same thing at Wal-Mart, and it wouldn't cost me $150...

[happy stitcher]

I have several canvas tote bags I have acquired for different reasons. They are different sizes from not too big to really large Each bag has a different project in it. When I want to work on a certain project, I just grab that bag.

 

This is my method, too! We have a coat rack by the front door, and there are currently three smallish canvas tote bags hanging from it! I just pick up a project as I walk out the door!

[Yaviiniia Loenla Enath]

I just use one of the ordinary canvas bags that you get at the craft store to decorate. Except on mondays, when I'm accompanying the choir at my dad's school, I use a backpack.

[CLLinda]

Actually, my favorite is a recycled gift bag. I got a really nice plastic one in green with a nice bottom and good handles and I really like carrying small projects like hats in it. It's a way to reuse a gift bag, and then when it's worn out, I can recycle it.

 

[Ellie-Jag]

For school, I have a dark green bag with light green polka dots and pink bottons and stitching. It is really cute. I got it at Burlington Coat Factory, but my friends said she also say it at Joice Lesley. It was, I think, 12 dollars. When I use bags outside of school, it is usually my Coach or Micheal Kores bag. They are the nicest ones I have!

[alibra]

I have one that I use constantly form HOWDA designs. It was expensive but worth it...the second one I use is a zip top large boat/tote from LLBean. Love them both...but the HOWDA bag has pockets every where.

[chedges1]

i just carry my stuff in a walmart plastic bag shame on me huh. i dont really have a tote but u know a diaper bag would be idea wouldnt never thought of that one