In working through some rough sketches for the knitting purse, I was thinking about all the notions that come along with knitting — the scissors and wide eye needles, the stitch markers, needle caps and needle gauges — they all need to come with you whereever you knit. My first idea was to include several small pockets for it all, but then I realized any little jostle or sideways position would spill the little notions out. So, instead, every knitting purse is going to come with a matching pouch.
This is what I’ve been using for my own notions, so I’ve already got the start of the design:
I especially love this because matching coin pouches are one of my favourite purse features, and the thought of including one with my own purse makes my heart flutter…
April 26th, 2006 at 1:50 pm
this idea is much better for me. the thing is, im not a knitter but would love to use the bag for my other crafty pursuits. carrying an ‘i heart knitting’ bag around would make me a bit of a fraud…!
April 26th, 2006 at 7:41 pm
I like this one the best!
April 27th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
I love all of your ideas, but this one is my favourite. Maybe where you have her knitting, you could incorporate real wool in between her needles. It would give the purse some added texture. Now, I’m not sure how much time that would take and if you are making a slew of them, that might not be practical. Just idea! BTW, I’m addicted to coming to your site!
May 4th, 2006 at 8:08 pm
Hello, I like your drawings of future bags to be! Glad to of found my way to your blog… I’ve admired your zines & puses for ages.
cheers, gracia