I was recently on vacation, which involved trips up 12 hours in the car there and back.
Being a knitter, of course I saw that as prime knitting time.
I always have a little anxiety around what knitting to pack when I’m going on a trip, and I don’t always make the best choices. This time around I had nothing planned until the night before we left!
It all worked out pretty well, and I decided to write up my tips for building your travel knitting bag over on my blog.
It’s important to consider how long you’ll be gone and how much travel time you have to work with, what kind of projects you like when traveling and what other supplies you will need for your chosen projects.
How many projects do you take with you when you travel? Any good travel knitting tips?
[Photo: Our Daily Craft.]
For road trips I can bring my usual 3 or so projects. Sometimes I’ll start new projects on a trip. I usually try to bring a variety that includes something challenging and something a little more mindless that doesn’t require a lot of thought. For trips that involve air travel it depends on how long I’m going, and what else I will be doing. On my last trip I brought a pair of socks that include cables, and a project that involved stockinette in the round where I didn’t even need to carry the pattern with me. I had air and train travel, and a day in the city where I didn’t want to worry about a pattern in addition to my project.