I’m not sure what got me started on this, but I’ve been obsessing lately on the perfect knitting bag. Of course, I’ve yet to find it, but there sure are some neat bags out there. I’ve listed more than 15 purveyers of knitting bags. How? Well, I polled some buddies on Twitter, and I came up with an array of knitting bags. Some are Big Bucks, other modestly priced. Some have gotten raves from friends, others I know little about, but all are interesting in a variety of ways.
Couple things—This is merely a listing, an assortment, a whatever, not a review. All comments are mine, and no company or person has paid me to do this, nor given me a bag to be listed. I just thought it would be fun.
(Photos of bags mentioned at bottom of post.)
BTW – If you’d like me to add a bag or comment on a bag, just use the comments spot on my blog or Tweet me at @knittingnews.
Here goes:
Atenti Bags – These look wonderful. I drool. (Only wholesale only on their Web site, so the link is for retail.)
Bagsmith bags. Highly functional
Be Sweet Bags – gorgeous-looking bags, to aid the South African women who make them.
Della Q: pretty, pretty
Green Mountain: Exquisite, hand-crafted bags. (I own one.)
Jordanna Paige: Knitter-friendly beauty
Knitter’s Carry All, Knit Picks: Useful, colorful
Lantern Moon: Huge array, woven, silk, more, to aid the Viet Namese women who make them.
Lexie Barnes bags: Her newest line of forward-thinking bags.
Namaste Bags: Incredibly popular, handsome, well designed.
Nantucket Ditty Bag: Very clever and useful.
Offhand Designs: I confess, I lust after these bags. My heart belongs to Zhivago.
Sweet Life, by Amy Butler: pretty, pretty
Terra Totes: While not conventional knitting bags, these totes come highly recommended by several Twitter friends.
Tom Bihn Knitting Bags: They look very knitter friendly.
Two Stix: Cute, fun bags.
Wooly Bully: Do these look fun, or what.
Finally – Etsy has a huge array of hand-crafted knitting bags. Here’s a sampling: Etsy Knitting Bags.
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- Atenti – More glamour
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- Total practicality
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- Be Sweet – funky, fun, practical
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- Della Q glamour, pretty
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- Green Mountain Knitting Bags – Handcrafted, superb
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- Practical glamour – Jordanna Paige
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- Lantern Moon: Woven and silk and elegant.
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- Lexie Barnes – her new and clever line
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- Namaste: Incredibly popular, hardy, pretty, knitter friendly
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- Intensely practical – a place for everything
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- Offhand Designs – Glamour personified
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- How sweet are these bags?
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- Tom Bihn Knitting Bag
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- Practical, Earth friendly
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- Two Stix, handcrafted, felt+
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- How cute are Wool Bully?
Sweet Life looks like just that.
7 Comments
July 13, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Beautiful bags.. I’m a knitter and a felter myself, and I always prefer to use one of my own bags to carry my work in progress. Great advertising too, for those of us marketing our bags!
July 14, 2009 at 12:20 am
Thanks for commenting!
July 13, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I’m such a fan of Namaste. I have my first bag and I use it as my everyday bag now. I collect bags, so that’s really saying alot. The softness of the faux leather is the huge plus.
My first real knitting bag was a large Shibui tote in black. I still love that bag too. because it’s rectangular, there’s place for magazines, etc.
July 14, 2009 at 12:27 am
I’ve got a Namaste bag, and I love it. Like I said in the post, I’m always looking for the perfect bag. What’s perfect? Now, that’s a good question. Thanks for commenting. Love what you said about Shibui, too.
July 16, 2009 at 2:56 pm
Thanks for doing the round up of knitting bags Vicki. It’s great to have them listed in one place for easy comparison. I haven’t invested in one of these specially designed bags yet, I seem to just use random tote bags and a lot of Ziplocs.
July 16, 2009 at 6:49 pm
Glad you enjoyed the bag round up. Nothing wrong with random totes if they work for you! I’ve got some fun ones, in fact. (Ziplocs are great, too.)
April 10, 2010 at 12:19 am
You forgot ohiovalleybags.com. She’s got some beautiful bags ~ all made by hand! Check ‘em out!