Comments on: Creating on the go

By: Eva

Eva — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:33:50 +0000

Thank you for your ideas. One day I’d like to try a hexagon quilt. I like them really a lot.
I also work in transit, mainly in car or on train or on bus. I have just knitted a blanket for my baby and it was from 90% done on train or on bus.

By: Mal

Mal — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:18:13 +0000

@aneela: This hexagon fever certainly seems to be contagious! I wonder if there’s a cure?

By: aneela

aneela — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:16:02 +0000

I like your hex as you go style!!!
I’ve crocheted on the train before now but never sewn in transit, I think I would probably drop my needles all over the place and get super frustrated with myself but I may have a go now I’ve seen how you have been going about it. I’ve been hexagonning too must be something in the air!!

By: Mal

Mal — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:39:56 +0000

@debraann: I’m with you. It’s really easy for me to get “lost” in embroidery and that helps time pass really quickly. Plus, I feel like it is productive time, as you can see quick visible results.

By: debraann

debraann — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:56:01 +0000

I used to bring other kinds of needlework on the go with me but because of the abundance of sharp instruments in embroidery used to leave it behind but now I love to bring it everywhere with me especially when I have to sit and wait. I am so impatient but embroidery makes the drudgery of waiting disappear.

By: Mal

Mal — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:01:13 +0000

@Dee: Amen and amen! I agree with you that using a bit of a stiffer bag really helps. It’s sort of like a third hand, sometimes. I love to see your work!

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:05:09 +0000

What I love about this post is it shows how artistry can pop up even in how we carry our tools around!! and, this is important for all those times that we moan, “‘I don’t have TIME” — also inspiring about the use of travel and waiting time… I can’t imagine how you sew on a line, however, turningturning!

I use a vintage lunch box that I found in a thrift store, with mini pin cushion, teeny scissors like yours… I have a stiff-sided tote (made from recycled lawn chairs — not by me, by the way) that will hold the lunch box, plus whatever fabric I need… some things get carried in large zip-lock bags… some day I’ll take some pix! I can fit this at my feet in the car for long trips and sew as long as there is daylight.

For fabric movement WITHIN the house, I use a lot of wooden clementine crates, which can be stacked perpendicurlarly to each other, or brought upstairs for some hand sewing… I also love the lids of boxes for buttons, threads, and whatever else…. again, partly because they stack.