In my knitting bag

 I told you about the trip that took us to the Netherlands, which is considerable driving time, and since I do not drive, I can utilize that time to knit. 

However, I am prone to motion sickness, but then there are things I can knit without looking at them too much, so if I want to take advantage of that time, I have to plan my "car-knitting" carefully.

So, what I am taking to a trip like that? This bag. 

It is a canvas bag, I have two of those. I got them in the London yarn-store, LOOP, the first one, when I was there with Christopher, back in 2018, the second, when I was there with Norbert in 2022. Its advantages is that it holds a fair good amount of knitting, it is easy to put stuff in, and I can throw it on my shoulder, or cossbody style. Now, I know there are better knitting bags out there, or I could make a better one (in fact I am actually planning too, but no idea, when I get around to it). 

Anyhow, what is in that bag? 

In this trip it was this heap

There are actually two types of knitting there. One, that needs daylight, because I do need to look at it, let's say, once in every (or every couple of) rounds. 

The historical stockings I knit are like that:

They have pattern and shaping in the back, so I have to see where to put those decreases, count rows, because they are done at every 4th row, etc.  This red pair was a good way ahead, when we started, I only needed to finish one foot. There was another, from rusty orange yarn, that needed some work on one of its leg, and the feet finished, but that found a new owner in Grolle, (but you can see them in yesterday's picture. 

When I finished this two for daylight knitting I started a new pair, and continiued on another one I already had on my needles, and then, when I get to a point with them, when they would need more serious attention (counting rows, turning heels, etc, I started a third one.

And then there are the socks, my everyday, modern ones, that are much shorter, and mostly knit straight (except for the heels and toes). I had three of those on needles in my bag.

While for historical stockings I use the traditional top down method, and heel flap, I usually knit my everyday, modern socks toe up. If for nothing else, because I often knit them from yarn I found in second hand stores, that are not a full ball, and this way, I will have the least possible lefovers, withouth taking a chance of running our, before time. 

I either knit the toes before we start, or in daylight, and then, from then, it is just stockinett around and around, and I can very well do that in complete dark.

I for long trips I have more than one of those, in different stages, as when I get to the -let's say- heel, or the point I need to start the ribbing, I put them away, and do that in daylight, or at the hotelroom.

And there was one yarn, that I halved, and balled up, ready to start with, but it was there as a safety measure, in case, by any chance I'd finish everything I would not be left there without knitting. 

Notes: do not forget that this was a long trip, about 2500 kilometers in all. For shorter trips, I usually take a "day knitting" and one I can knit in complete dark, though, I might take two socks if they are cose to a "stopping point (a point, where I neeed to do somethingI need to look at, heels, setting up ribbing). 

The gray/red and the dark mauve-ish colored soks are finished by now, I will show the pictures later.)