| Goals for the 26th year |
- Quit Smoking.
- Write to Someone I Admire (Can be anyone from friend to celebrity).
- Send 27 Post Cards (I miss connecting with people outside of the internet).
Leave the State for vacation.
- Pay off my credit cards.
- Give handmade gifts for special occasions. (Due to my schedule, I will give as many as I can)
- Publish writing.
- Sky dive or bungee jump.
- Start a work out routine.
- Debate with someone and try to see their side.
- Walk for a cause.
- Take a dance class.
- Read a book a month (at least).
- Give a gift to a stranger.
- Hang out with my brother more often.
- Seek Grammar/Writing Education Opportunities.
- Volunteer my time outside of school.
- Stop to reflect on the good things. (May decide to blog it, may decide to write it down in a journal).
- Maintain a sick time balance at work.
- Save up for a cushion/emergency fund.
- Slumber Party/Diva Evening. (I miss sleep-overs!)
- Learn to walk in heels!
- Bring lunch to work (at least 3x a week).
- Take a financial workshop.
- Learn to cook/cook more often.
- Go Camping!
- Stop spending all my money on coffee!
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| Another Question |
| Saturday, December 29, 2007 |
| Would you trust a laptop in a hand knit bag? I can't find a backpack anywhere without it costing me an arm and a leg so I thought I would make a messenger/laptop bag. Only thing is that I don't want it to end up breaking of ripping and there goes the lap top. What do you think? Labels: Knitting, Laptop |
posted by Valerie @ 11:19 AM  |
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If it's felted..no problem! I used knitted bags for purses a lot. The best one was a small felted purse...I don't use it since it's tiny and I need a book bag sized purse. It held a lot and was really durable. They've got a great bag in stitch and bitch..(the second book not the first one.)
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Yeah just what I was going to say, if you felt it you should be fine! I know a pattern for one on DIY network from Knitty Gritty, it was just a messenger bag, but it was pretty easy to knit too.
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This is a great laptop bag and cheap... I have one...
http://www.amazon.com/Targus-TCM004US-Messenger-15-4-Notebook/dp/B000B63KSM/ref=pd_bbs_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1199004200&sr=8-4
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Felted would work, or maybe if it was lined and had a fabric handle or something sturdy.
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I think I am going to make the laptop case from Stitch'n'Bitch Nation. It looks like an easy knit. I'll just line it and pad the lining as well. I have never done a strap, so what do you guys thing, should the rgular knitting strap be strong enough or should I get a ready made one.
CM- Thank you for the suggestion, the problem is that my laptop is a 17". Everything I have found for these things will run me about 70 dollars or so.
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You shouldn't have a problem with a knitted bag. I did a crochet messenger bag for my daughter and lined it with denim and I think that was 2 years ago and she has schlepped her laptop around in it. For the strap I purchased a fabric belt, removed the buckle and sewed each end of the belt to the corresponding ends of the bag. Your idea about padding it sounds good. Have a beautiful Happy New Year.
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Try knitting the strap in a smaller gauge since you can't felt cotton/acrylic.
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no, I would try Marchall's or TK=J Maxx for an inexpensive leather messenger bag. My concern are liquids or the wool holding damp.
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My laptop lives in a felted mitered square bag I got in Tote Exchange 3. I did trade out the I-cord handles and replace them with 'pleather' straps from JoAnn's clearance rack. It is also lined and around the sides (but not on the bottom), it has a canvas mesh frame. The frame is just a tube, no corners, so it holds itself upright and open nicely. The bottom and the straps keep it an oval. It's great!
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If it's felted..no problem! I used knitted bags for purses a lot. The best one was a small felted purse...I don't use it since it's tiny and I need a book bag sized purse. It held a lot and was really durable. They've got a great bag in stitch and bitch..(the second book not the first one.)