I’ll take my knitting to go! 3 places to knit when travelling

How do you pack for travel knitting? I chose UNIVERSAL YARN Deluxe Stripes in color Timber to create 4 simple accessories that will travel well. You can even start wearing them as soon as they’re completed!

As summer winds down and our thoughts drift to all things cozy, we may find that there’s still much warm weather ahead. Maybe you have a couple of weekend getaways planned or maybe a road trip or two. What we want are easy portable projects to knit now, wear now, that we can also wear later.

Pattern instructions for a hat, mitts, cowl and boot cuffs will be included in the next 4 posts. There are lots of pictures to demonstrate the process. I hope you’ll be inspired to take your knitting with you on your next outing.

You might visit plenty of cold and windy places, even in the summer. It’s very clever to have some handy warm pieces to wear.

It can get very cold at night while camping late in the season. Already, these mitts have been very well used.

This hat was borrowed for a hiking trip during an especially cold day. I bet some of you know where this place is! If you camp or hike, you know how important a basic toque or beanie hat is. All these pieces that I have included in my blog posts are unisex!

What to pack in your travel knitting bag

I mentioned above that I chose UNIVERSAL YARN Deluxe Stripes, in color 307 Timber. I love the self-striping effect, and the combo of browns and blues is perfect for pairing with denim. It’s a medium weight yarn that knits fast and washes well.

I planned out a few items I might like to knit and made a list of needles and notions, trying to keep it well curated to avoid duplicating or overpacking. Here is the list of what I decided to include.

materials

needles

• KNITTER’S PRIDE Dreamz size US 7 [4.5mm], 10” [25cm] long
• KNITTER’S PRIDE Dreamz size US 7 [4.5mm], 16” [40cm] long (2 sets)
• KNITTER’S PRIDE Dreamz size US 7 [4.5mm], 24” [60cm] long
• KNITTER’S PRIDE Dreamz size US 4 [3.5mm], 10” [25cm] long
• KNITTER’S PRIDE Dreamz size US 4 [3.5mm], 16” [40cm] long (2 sets)
• KNITTER’S PRIDE Dreamz size US 4 [3.5mm], 24” [60cm] long

notions

• UNIQUE Sewing Folding Scissors
• UNIQUE Knitting Dropped Stitch Rescue Keychain
• Clover KNIT MATE Knitting Accessory Set (see the contents in photo below)
• Soak Gentle Laundry Soap, Wild Mint, 3 fl oz / 90 ml size
• VIVACE Knitting Bag

This Clover KNIT MATE Knitting Accessory Set has just about everything you need to pack, so it’s a great investment! I only had to add some personal items to complete my travel kit, such as reading glasses, lip balm, an emery board, a notepad, and a pencil.

If you’re wondering whether these items will pass through airport security in carry-on luggage, the answer is yes! I was able to go through domestic flights with no hassle.

Here are 3 places you can take your travel knitting to go!

1. The passenger seat of your vehicle during long road trips. It’s the perfect spot for knitting swatches! I knit all the tension gauge swatches I needed during one long drive. At our destination, I blocked the swatches and had them ready to measure up for the next day.

2. Knitting at the cottage. It doesn’t have to be yours! Visiting at a friend’s cottage is very lovely indeed. You can get lots of knitting done while having a few drinks and long conversations. Keeping the knitting simple is the key.

3. You can take your knitting to a festival parade. Small towns still have such great festivals! Notice how the ball of yarn sits in the drink holder of the folding chair. This works for music festivals too. Any of those bring-your-own-seat events are an invitation to bring your knitting. Did I mention kids’ soccer games or softball tournaments?

Tomorrow, I’ll have more ideas on where you can take your travel knitting. We’ll also start the first pattern knit in UNIVERSAL YARN Deluxe Stripes – it’s for the hat. The other 3 easy patterns for the mitts, cowl, and boot cuffs will follow.

This is part 1 of 5 in this series

Go to part 2: Pack your travel knitting bag for your next project – a knitted striped hat!