Wolfe3DDec 2
KarinWanderer

#FiberArts folk, I need advice!

Looking for a bday present for my MiL who loves #Knitting
She goes to a weekly knitting group & carries her gear in a plastic bag. I'd like to get her a bag with lots of pockets to keep organized.
She carries:
- circular needles (the kind that are attached to each other)
-crochet hook
- ball(s) of yarn
- the knitting pattern/pencil
- her current project, usually ranging in size from a baby blanket to a large adult sweater

Trying to stay under $100

Thank you 💚

Dec 2 at 5:01pmWeb
Show threadclewDec 2

I know knitters who adore Tom Bihn knitting bags, and I know Bihn makes bags ridiculously well, and a small one is $100…. Maybe? Maybe just look at it for features?

If you or she have a local yarn store they might carry small-maker ones you could look at in person.

https://www.tombihn.com/products/little-swift

@KarinWanderer

Little Swift

Show threadFrogieDec 2
@KarinWanderer your milage may vary, but I carry my notions (spare needles, crochet hook, stitch markers, measuring tape, etc) in a zippered bag from redbubble (medium size), pattern in a pattern keeper, and then the project+yarn in a heavy canvas totebag.
Smaller projects (socks, mittens etc) have smaller project bags that are fat quarters sewn into drawstring bags. Mostly to keep them contained in the larger bag.
Show threadFrogieDec 2
@KarinWanderer this is 3 projects, notions pouch, and my pattern keeper in a 14x13 (ish) heavy canvas tote
Show threadKerr AvonsenDec 3
@treefrogie84 @KarinWanderer Even better is if you get both a tote bag and a zippered bag from Redbubble with identical art on them. That way, it is not only pretty (and supporting fellow artists) but you know exactly which zippered pouch goes with which bag.
(And, yes, I have a Redbubble store, unashamed self-promotion here. 😉 https://kerravonsen.redbubble.com )
Show threadKerr AvonsenDec 3
@treefrogie84 @KarinWanderer For example, this tote (https://www.redbubble.com/i/tote-bag/Sunset-6-by-kerravonsen/141183405.A9G4R) and this zipper pouch (https://www.redbubble.com/i/pouch/Sunset-6-by-kerravonsen/141183405.PJRXZ)
Show threadFrank SkorniaDec 2
@KarinWanderer A couple of years ago, my mother gave me a tote bag at Christmas (helpfully with all my other gifts in it) that is very spacious (I mainly use it to transport board games 3-4 at a time if that helps give a sense of its capacity). And it has about 6 or so pockets all around the inside.
I need to check the label to see the brand, but when I do I'll let you know.
Show threadFrank SkorniaDec 3
@KarinWanderer The bag I was talking about was this Vera Mia one
https://veramia.us/
VeraMia

Find stylish and affordable bags for every occasion.

VeraMia
Show threadHelenDec 2
@KarinWanderer Hobbii sell them, but I use my sons old sports bag. It's perfect.
Show threadKnitronomiconDec 2
@Bamka @KarinWanderer Yes, Hobbii do some very good ones.
Show threadMelDec 2

@KarinWanderer
So thoughtful of you!

Dancing Sheep is awesome. She makes bigger, multi-pocket bags that aren’t currently listed, but if you message her directly I’m sure she’ll let you know details.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/dancingsheep

Fair disclaimer - the owner of this shop is a good friend of mine and we’ve collaborated on kit projects in the past. That said, her stuff is excellent quality, she’s obsessive about it, and I’ve bought bags from her myself that are still going strong 10+ years later.

Show threadKerr Avonsen (she/her)Dec 3
@KarinWanderer Are you in the USA or elsewhere?
Show threadKerr Avonsen (she/her)Dec 3

@KarinWanderer If you want the most bang for your buck, don't go for a specialist #Knitting bag, but a more general-purpose bag; a sports bag, a beach bag, a tote bag. The ideal would be a bag which zips closed, with at least one pocket which also zips closed. However, so long as either the pocket or the bag itself zips closed, it will work.

As for where to find one... it's amazing the variety of things one can find on eBay.