And, nothing lost in the bottom of your purse! (The light goes on!!!) I
>must do something like that for my knitting bag. I have been using old
>cloth briefcases for knitting bags. The briefcases have pockets designed
>for pencils that work well for DPN, but darning needles just disappear.
>I thought about the commercial craft totes made for knitters but saw the
>same problem. The solution is little cloth bags. Thanks Mirjam!
When using a pocketless bag for a purse, I made an insert with all the special pockets and slots I could think of, some with zippers, some with velcro. Like Mirjam, I can switch purses fairly quickly, but it does limit me to a certain size range.
I haven't done it (yet) for a knitting bag, partly because at a Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival I bought a small zippered bag made of strong transparent plastic to put notions in. I still find it helpful to pin the darning needles into a small knitted swatch of light colored yarn, inside the clear plastic zipper bag.
=Tamar