Taking your project with you

[3doxies]

How do you take your WIPs with you? Tote bag? Plastic bag? etc. Do you crochet in the car while your husband drives? I LOVE to do as much as I can. I used to have a separate tote bag that I carried with me that had my project, pattern, a small cosmetic bag with hooks and scissors. I like the idea, but sometimes it's too small. What do you do?

[threeolivemartini]

I have a bag i made especially for this.. and take at least two projects with me where ever i go .. i even can crochet while walking ... as long as i have some one with me to warn me of oncoming ppl .. so i say make your own to your own specs..

[kittencrochet]

I have a tote bag, but I don't bring it with me very often. For one thing, we are usually fishing and power bait on yarn is NOT a pretty sight. And I definetly don't take it with me when I go riding...horse smell is awfully hard to get out. I can't crochet while he's driving b/c I get car sick. But I do bring it with me if I'm going for an appt somewhere or over to my friend's house...we spend hours crocheting together.

[twoqtgirls]

I have this really big canvas tote bag that I got at the preschool where I taught this past year. It is wonderful because it hold enough yarn for an afghan or several small projects. there is a pocket on the outside where I can put my hooks and scissors. I also have a flamingo back pack which I use for smaller stuff. I always crochet on long trips, keeps me from freaking about other drivers.

[Piper0110]

It depends on where I'm going. In my car, on the passenger seat, right now I just have a ball of cotton yarn and a crochet hook. I don't bother to put it into anything. I've got a few bags that I can use to carry my crochet, but none of them close at the top - so that makes it tough. When I'm working on afghans, I have a giant tote bag with a zipper that is absolutely perfect.

 

I keep thinking I should just make myself some sort of a bag. I keep thinking I should buy one, but why buy when you can make? I have a ton of random colors of scrap yarn. It doesn't have to be attractive!

[sjkmaurice]

It depends on what I'm working on. I have coffee cans for small projects. I hate those little knots in yarn, so I unravel it into coffee cans ahead of time to prevent suprise knots. Then, I just stick the project and hook into it and cap it off when I'm ready to go.

[cajunwhacko]

I got a messenger type bag for my projects when we went to california, and I really liked it. There was plenty of room for my yarn, a pocket the right size to put pattern books in, and plenty of little pockets on the front for hooks, scissors, elastic, etc.

 

When I was working 8 hour shifts and actually got a decent length break, I used to take my dishcloth-in-progress with me in a gallon size ziploc bag. It was the perfect size for a ball of sugar n cream, dishcloth and hook. And, I could leave the yarn in it and pull it out a small opening in the top, so I didn't have to worry so much about what the messies at work had left all over the tables in the break room.

[buggaboosmommy]

I have an Air Force tote bag...big enough to hold my knitting project, crochet project and my id, lol What else do I need?

Donna

[xantha]

I had some trouble with just using a tote because things (my keys, etc) would get caught in my yarn. Can't have that! I started carrying along my socks in huge ziploc freezer bags with needles and hooks and whatever else I need.

 

I'm looking now for a red bag... I might end up splurging on this one:

 

Jordana Paige Knitting Purse

 

WEBS has it, too -- with different pictures.

[3doxies]

Jess, that bag is really nice! I wish it weren't so expensive. Can't afford it right now, but it gives me an idea of what to look for.

[xantha]

Jess, that bag is really nice! I wish it weren't so expensive. Can't afford it right now, but it gives me an idea of what to look for.

 

I poked around and some people say that it isn't very durable -- if I'm spending anything like that, I want something durable. But now at least I know what I am looking for, you know?

[kahud48]

Did you see Becky's Mosaic Bag? MOSAIC BAG

I am making me one to carry my WIP's in. I do a lot of squares, an small things, thought it would be great for carry along work.

I never put my purse stuff in with it, I just carry it seperate

[goldi316]

I look like a pack mule whenever I leave my house, lol! I carry my purse with all my regular essentials, then a multipocket tote with the other essentials (essential especially during the active part of my cycle - it's really "active", if ya know what I mean) and reading materials, water bottle, you name it, it gets stuffed in here. Then I have a large canvas tote, with a nifty little fabric-lined woven grass tote tucked inside it to hold my crafty stuff. Strap all three over my shoulder, and then eeeaaaasse my way out the door sideways, lol!

 

I travel an hour to and from work everyday, can't run home if I need something critical, and on my budget, running to the store for something I already have is out of the question!

 

I have a variety of totes and backpacks, so each wip will often be assigned to a particular one, to spend it's time in it until completed, or it outgrows it. I try to make sure the pattern and hook remain with it, unless it's one of the hooks I only have one of (such as my large hooks). Unfortunately, I've run across a few wips where that didn't happen, and I now can't remember what I was using with them! Guess I'll just have to play around with 'em to figure it out again, when I'm ready to finish 'em off.

 

Okay, better get back to work now, before I get busted by the boss!

[yarnstormer]

Ok, I travel a lot. I crochet and knit, just started the knitting, so it's getting complicated. I have a crochet hook holder I made, it's got my scissors, measuring tape, yarn needles, and all my hooks in it. I've got a large duffel type bag for whatever WIP I'm taking with me. It has two outside pockets, one inside pocket, and a drawstring top and shoulder strap. At home, I sort all my projects into tote bags, so for long trips, I put some of those in the car and they graduate into the duffel when I finish the current one. I'm getting ready to leave for 3 weeks, so I'm worried that there might not be enough room in the car for my yarn! just call me hardcore.

[Cordelia]

McCalls have a wonderful pattern for a tote, needle case and hook case...the number is M4728.

 

Simplicity has one too number 4542.....

 

 

I prefer the McCalls over all but simplicity has that cool yarn bra etreme...

 

If ya dont sew maybe you can bug a friend or relative to make one or barter crochet/kintted items for the tote?

 

Psssst the McCalls go on sale at Joanns Saturday for 1.99 each!

 

 

Just think a homemade goody to carry around all your crafty goodness in!!!

[dur30cat]

Hmm... I always prefer tote bags over tiny handbags that doesn't hold beyond a purse and lipstick. I bring along a project, knit or crochet wherever I go.

 

And I am carrying my own crocheted tote lately. Why not consider making one to suit your own needs?

 

Emy

[Stacey]

I look like a pack mule whenever I leave my house, lol!

 

That's me, too Besides my "purse" (which is a backpack that I clean out when it starts to weigh more than about 10-15 pounds and which I will not leave the house without), I usually carry around my current project in a blue-and-gray vinyl/nylon/something like that bag that was originally the bag to a tool set I won in a contest. It'll hold a couple of skeins of yarn and a smallish project, or a little bit bigger project but less yarn, that sort of thing. Right now I have three balls of thread, a nearly-finished doily, and my container full of hooks/needles/etc in there.

 

Since I started using this bag I haven't done a project that was too big for it (the biggest thing I've done lately was an afghan, but it was done out of squares & was portable), but if I have a big project to lug around with me I usually end up using one of those big sturdy plastic bags you get from department stores. I have a few bags from Elder-Beerman that I hoard for that sort of thing.

[CatsCradleCreations]

I have a bag pattern that I've absolutely fallen in love with after making one for my sister: I'm going to make myself one in some cow-spotted canvas with barnyard print pockets.

 

Right now, if the WIP is small enough, I toss it and my hook into my purse. This works especially well if I'm not reading from a pattern. For WIPs that have a pattern "attached," I use a black or blue tote bag I have around the house. The black one is nicer b/c it zips shut, but the blue one can accomodate a larger WIP.

[earthwhisper]

Ziplock freezer bag...it seems kind of safe in there.

[KSCrocheter]

I have this large brown bag I got at a garage sale last summer that is JUST perfect for carrying a long a large project...Which I'm prone to do on a long car trip. Just around town with just Dad and I? I usually don't bother, unless it involves an apointment..in that case, I have a tapestry teddy bear bag that doubles as a tote bag and purse. I'll take along a couple balls of sugar n cream, a couple hooks, scissors, a tapestry needle, and the pattern. But, if working on an afghan, I prefer NOT To carry it along, unless it's on a long road trip or whatever.

 

Nita

[yarncat]

Of course,I crochet n te truck all day!But,if I'm out of the truck(in the shop,in the office,etc),I have a small totebag with hooks,scissors,needle,etc.I only take small projects I don't need a pattern for,usually hats.