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boxy, but good

On Monday night at knitting I realized that I've been carting around my most recent project in a ziploc bag. While effective, the clear plastic doesn't have an aesthetic befitting the professional indie crafter I'm currently pretending to be. Time to make a new project bag. (At no point did I consider finishing any of my knitting WIPs to free up one of the myriad other bags I already own. I'm not sure what that says about me.)

I've seen plenty of box bags listed on etsy and floating around flickr but I'd yet to see the one for me. You know what I mean, that fabric that just grabs you and screams your name.

Out of the stash came my treasured Kokka scooter fabric. It's a nice medium weight canvas that stands on its own with some fusible interfacing. If I could sew with this fabric exclusively, I would. (Purl Soho has a wide selection and quick shipping.)

I'd never made a box bag before, but after looking over a couple tutorials and realizing that it's just a basic zippered pouch with the ends pinched in, I figured it out on my own. No lining inside, I don't like how they tend to wiggle around and shift. The raw edges were all finished with the serger. If I make another one, I'll add a few more top stitching finishing details on the ends but overall I love it.

Finished size is 8" long, 3.5" wide and 4" tall. Just the right size for two balls of yarn and a colourwork mitten.

eye candy friday, minneapolis edition

Boy did that holiday hit the spot! Now to get back to the grindstone I guess. The full set of photos is here.)

(And for the record, I took the sock)

they say purple is the new black

Well, JulieFrick does and I'm not one to tell her no.

The Husband and I are taking some much needed time off this week. After a hectic summer we're heading to Minneapolis to visit some pals and kick back for a few days. (I never thought I'd vacation in Minnesota, but at least it won't be as cold as the last time I was there.) As always, the tricky part of travelling is deciding what knitting to take.

Ms. SotoSofties and I went to Windsor Button on a yarn mission yesterday and I picked up a couple things to make the decision that much tougher.

Do I take the fiddly Garden Snail that I started?

Do I start in on a pair of colourwork mittens in my favourite colour combo of the day?

Continue the second of the Noro striped socks?

Or chuck all the gift knitting and work on a mini-Hanami Sea Silk scarf for myself? Think I can juggle the beaded cast-on on the plane?

Decisions! I need help!