It all started last week when I decided I needed more project bags for my knitting. If I don’t keep all the yarn for each project together with the project, things get separated and lost and then I spend all my time searching for what I need.
I looked at project bags online and there are nice ones with pockets and gorgeous fabrics but they’re darned expensive to get ones that are big enough for sweater sized projects.
That’s when I decided I could make my bags. I made one big one.
Project Bag
When I went into the room where all the projects are stored in grocery sacks, and began looking for the perfect project for my new bag, I decided the real problem is not in having too few bags, but in having too many started projects.
I’m not one who has to have one project at a time .. start one and don’t think about another until I finish that one. I do like having several projects but right now, I have way too many.
Another problem is that I keep running out of needles because my needles are all in the projects. I must finish some projects.
The first one is a sweater for Addie. I started this one a year ago and she’s going to outgrow it if I don’t have it ready for next winter.
Chevron for Addie
I could finish this in a couple of days. All it needs are the sleeves and the front bands. When a project sits for months and months, it’s really hard for me to get going again . . figure out where I left off and get the rhythm again. The sleeves . . they seem weird. The pattern says to work them in the round until you separate them off and then you work them flat. I was determined to work them in the round but in the end, I ripped back to where I had separated them off and am working them flat so seaming them up will be another step but I think I could get this done by the end of the weekend . . depending on how it goes with the Sock Madness qualifying round.
My hands are a little achy from too much knitting so I’ll probably spend most of today sewing.
Becky T says
I finely started making my “project bags” with a vinal window so I could see what was in there without opening all the bags!!
Anne says
I have some really cute ones that I’ve bought on Etsy. They were ‘on sale’ and were not terribly pricey, but they are sock sized. For my bigger projects (and I only have a couple of those) I am using those non-woven bags that you can buy at the dollar store for a dollar that are made to carry your purchases. I took a marker and wrote on the bag what was inside of them. For a buck, who cares if I write on it!! 🙂 Are they as pretty as your bags? No, not even close, but do they do the same job? Yup, they sure do and for a lot less money and effort too. 🙂
Mary says
I really like that bag and would love to make it. I am a quilter but have knitted socks so I can identify with the problem of finding needles. I get bored with one sock color so start another pair and even though I’ve bought more needles, I never seem to have enough. With my UFO quilting projects I have started a list of where they are – ex. Box under bed, left foot atea and I have used index cards with large writing to describe what is in the box. I enjoy your posts. Isn’t it time for an Addie visit?
Gari says
I have only been knitting for 3 1/2 years and have a bunch of UFOs. Right now I am only working on one project but in two parts at the same time (fronts in the house and sleeve in the studio). I can’t start the back until I finish the fronts and can put a smaller cable on the needles for the back. When I start the back I can also start another pair of socks. And then I am going to go through my UFOs and see if I can figure out what I was doing or if I should just rip them out and start something new.