The first time I saw a hand knit bag that my sister had, I wanted her to make one for me. She in turn said that she would give me the pattern and help me through it, instead of making one for me. This was the case when she taught me how to knit as well. I was expecting my son and she had already knit a bunch of baby sweaters for her kids and I wanted her to make one for my son. She thought it would be better to teach me how to knit, then to make it herself.

I have to admit, the first thing that I made was a baby blanket for my son that I had started when I was 4 months pregnant, and didn't finish until he was 5 months old. At first I didn't really enjoy knitting, I just thought that I had to finish the blanket because I had already purchased the materials and I was obligated to do so.

Needless to say, once the blanket was finished, it did not look nearly as nice as I had pictured it in my head, and I was disappointed with it. I did not pick up the needles again until late that summer when my cousin and I were in Michigan and came across a great knitting store. We discovered all of the fun and novelty yarns, but we were not sure what exactly to make with them. We ended up purchasing some yarns, because we could not resist it, and went home to make a bunch of belts and scarves.

It was when I saw the purse my sister was using that I knew what all of the fun and novelty yarns could be used for. After I made a few of the purses, friends would ask me to make one for them, and the word spread and I had more requests for purses and bags.

In January of 2005 I decided to try my hand at local art shows and see how the bags would be received. This is when Tiffin Bags was "born." After several successful art shows, I decided to try my luck with this web site.

All of the bags and other little extras are hand knit and then felted, unless stated other wise, in my home when I can get some "knitting time" in, which can be difficult with a 3 year old son running around!

Enjoy the web site and please email me Sheila@tiffinbags.com with any questions you might have!

Check out one of my favorite sites CutiePatootieBaby.com.

Thanks for stopping by!