Now I'm not much of a fashionista and I generally don't spend much on purses or handbags, so when I saw people mentioning their favorite knitting bags on Ravelry and the prices mentioned were $100 or more it just wasn't likely that I was going to buy one anytime soon. Then Woolgirl had a sale on Namaste bags and this cute little Newport bag was marked down to $45 and I couldn't resist. I had the perfect excuse to use it as my carry-on bag for our vacation to Maui and I admit that I totally love it!
It's very simple - mostly just an open bag with magnetic closures at the top - but the large central divider sewn in as a full-sized zipper compartment makes it so much nicer to keep things organized. For traveling, I kept my knitting on one side and travel items on the other with my wallet secured in the zippered divider. Now that I'm home I tend to keep one project on each side with my circular needles stored in the center divider. When it ventures out of the house I either carry it along just as a knitting bag or toss my wallet and cell phone in and call it a large purse for the day.
Now I totally understand why this brand of bags has such a following. I love that it looks stylish enough that I can take it with me wherever and it just looks like I'm taking part in the giant purse fad rather than having it scream "Back away, geeky crafter type coming through!" And rather than being made in such a way that it's so specific to knitting that it has no other uses, it really is just a flexible, well organized tote.
So there you go, I was sucked in by yet another knitting-related purchase, but I predict it's going to get a lot of use for a lot of different purposes before I'm done with it. In the meantime, my knitting projects are traveling in luxury, which will hopefully appease them and make them eager to cooperate!
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