After a very pleasant Thanksgiving with family, it's been busy and yet quiet around here. Nothing of great significance going on, but we've been making and schooling and doing.
My Singer Athena 2000 (sewing machine - duh) has all but died - definitely on her last legs (or spools). There was a frenzy of comparison shopping and trying to figure out: do I want mechanical or touch pad-face? What speed? How many stitches? How much? At the end of it all, I realized that in spite of the Black Friday sales, if anyone else was to receive a Christmas gift this year, my new machine would have to wait. Enter my sweet friend, Mandie, who has generously provided me with a long-term loaner. And so the business continues...
Business in the form of more hanging pockets, to organize Phoenix card supplies...
... a sewing machine cover for the mini-machine Abigail got for her birthday - after all, all Mommy's machines had them...
...a knitting bag, complete with internal pocket for yarn, external pocket for whatever, and 2 internal loops for knitting needles and/or keys.
Thanks go to Zoanna, who kindly provided all the scrap material I've been able to make stuff with!
Now, time for a market research question: For the crafty among you - what features would the perfect craft-bag have? Regardless of the craftiness in question, every bag I've ever bought had one little thing I didn't like or didn't use or didn't have. What's your must have: long or short straps? Velcro or zipper closing? Small hole for yarn feeding? Plastic pouch for stamps? Reinforced pocket for scissors? Give me some good feedback, and I might be able to come up with something special for you - you never know...
4 comments:
Truly a conundrum. Perfect craft bag. Which craft?
Knitting bags have to have long straps so that they can go over a shoulder to be carried along effortlessly when following a small child around a playpark and knitting simultaneously! Strong enough fabric not to have scissors or needles poke through. An internal pocket (button or zip - no velcro - it snags yarn) for small fiddly bits like needles and stitch markers. The bag doesn't need to have a fastening at the top.
Crochet bag. Ditto.
Other craft. You'd better wait for someone else, since I don't do portable other craft. My supplies are firmly at home!
Not fishing for a bag - just wanting to start the ideas rolling! lots of love, Liz
Your knitting bag is great!
Thanks, Liz! Agreed on the velcro issue! It's surprising how many knitting bags I've seen with it, though...
I thought I recognized the fabric on your knitting bag. You put it to great use. Glad you could use it, and I have more if you want it. Let me know.
Craft bags, huh? Like Liz said, really depending on which one you're toting. Maybe just your own version on a diaper bag, that's longhandled and roomy enough for you to stuff things in that are already in cases, so you can "toss" stuff in rather than fiddle with "packing," but it depends on your personality. Snaps or a zipper closure in case of rain or to hide gifts you're carrying.
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