What’s in your bag?
I’m going on a little trip this weekend with my sister-in-law, Pam. We’re going to St. Louis to visit Rob’s brother and his family, and we’re taking the train from Kansas City. You know what that means, don’t you? Lots and lots of wonderful, relaxing knitting time. So, my thoughts today naturally turned to the all-encompassing question of which knitting projects to take. Should I try to take things that are simple? Small? Something new? Something I might be able to finish? Or, perhaps, all of the above? Because, after all, nothing could be worse than running out of things to knit on a trip.
Of course I must take Blue Bamboo, since this is likely to be the most uninterrupted knitting time I’m likely to get on her.
And then, for those moments when I need something easy and portable, the sherbet socks, which as you know I’ve been working on since late summer.
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And in the “something new” category, this skinny pink scarf that I started last week.
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This is Reynolds “Rapture,” 50% merino and 50% silk, and it is really luscious stuff. Perfect in this openwork rib pattern, if I do say so myself.
I decided that this would be a perfect opportunity to clean out my small knitting bag. I dumped it out on the bed:
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The contents: 1 knitting book, 1 knitting magazine, remainders of 6 different sock yarns, 6 partial balls of yarn (some large, some very small), 1 full ball of yarn, 4 circular needles, 3 swatches in progress (attached to 3 of the aforesaid needles), completed swatch of the tufted yarn, the sherbet socks, several handwritten charts, and a yo-yo.
I must admit that I have dumped out this same knitting bag more than once in the past few months, and all or nearly all of the same things were in it then, too. They all went right back in, obviously. I’m not sure why it should be so hard to clean out a knitting bag, but there it is.
My question for all of you:Â What’s in your knitting bag?
October 24th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
Which knitting bag?
October 24th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
Um, let’s see.
1 set US size 7 DPNs;
3 very small balls of assorted yarn from projects completed in the last five years;
1 nearly finished Icarus;
1 small bag of stitch markers and two tapestry needles in a tiny “After Coffee Chewing Gum” tin;
1 tape measure;
1 container of seed beads;
5 Addi Turbo circular needles in different sizes;
1 Susan Bates Knit Chek;
1 copy IK Summer 2006;
3 red hank bands from Alchemy Haiku, flattened;
1 green plastic U.S. Marine action figure;
1 pack of Orbit cinnamon chewing gum.
October 25th, 2006 at 10:26 am
I have to agree with Lorinda. Which knitting bag? I have a little one with a hat in progress (for mindless knitting at the dr. or wherever), one a bit larger with my Lizard Ridge in progress (I seem to want to carry the completed squares with me!), and a large one with a half done shrug from different yarns all in a rosy pink. And they all have yarn needles, extra knitting needles, small sissors, etc. in them. What can I say?
October 25th, 2006 at 3:50 pm
Well, truth to tell, I too have many knitting bags. Yesterday I was just focusing on one of them. To write about all of them would take way, way too much time, and I’m afraid I’d lose you all to boredom and disgust.
(That little felted one is just one of the ones I’d like to take with me tomorrow on the train.)
October 25th, 2006 at 9:15 pm
Personally, I was just going with my “active” knitting bag. To reveal the contents of the others…well, the shame is just too great…
October 26th, 2006 at 12:25 am
Green plastic U.S. Marine action figure? Am I the only one saying, Huh?
October 26th, 2006 at 7:55 am
Yeah, well, I photographed the Marine charging up the foothills of Icarus sometime back and he just never rejoined his platoon.
There really is a motive to my madness, Lorinda. It’s just not always obvious…
October 26th, 2006 at 7:57 am
::snerk:: I think we all belong to Lorinda’s club. I believe I have about 4 going now. That’s if you count the cardboard box by my computer, which subs as a ‘bag’ for computer knitting purposes. 😉