If I???m at the beach, in the movies or will be pulling the project in and out of the bag ??? I will most often work on something that is on circs or straights and not dpn???s ??? I get EXTREMELY cranky when I drop/lose a dpn :/ As for snacking while knitting???. well that also depends on what I???m knitting and with what yarn ??? I will NEVER eat anything greasy while I knit, but I have been know