A new bag and some planning

A few months ago Joji released the Envelope Bag. There were many things that I loved about this bag, but I had decided not to buy any more suede bags. It's OK in dark colours, but I do not live a suede friendly life-style. I liked that it can be worn as a shoulder bag, or take the strap off and shove it into another bag. Three weeks ago she released it in camo. I cannot explain why, but I love camo. Which is strange, because I'm anti war and violence and colonialism.

I didn't buy the bag, because I was trying to be a better minimalist, and I have lots of Joji bags. I adore my latest - the Hobo with the story. This one looked to be a similar size. I didn't buy it for three weeks. And then Bendigo got cancelled, I had a couple of drinks, and home it came. It got here from Argentina in 5 days, quicker than any of my purchases from much closer to home, and I love it.

It's super soft, but still stands up, and you can turn it into a yarn bucket.

And its a bit bigger than my Hobo, which is currently quite full with a three skein project.

Here it is all filled up and ready to go with my next project, 600 grams of left over sock yarn (LOSY) which I'm going to crotchet a charity blanket from. Normally, in lockdown, I would just use my Pampa bucket, but we are (hopefully) getting out on Tuesday, so my next project may see the outside world.

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