Pictures

I finally got around to taking some pictures of some of the things that I have done recently. As you can see none of them have the finishing work done, but the knitting part is. I have to put linings in all of them.

This first one is the Mallory Bag. This one is the Amble. The tie in the front is supposed to have a buckle. I can't seem to find anything but gold and I really want silver. I may have to paint the one I bought. I have the handles done, just now sewn on. The lining mom gave me. (see below purse) The blues match almost perfectly.
Here is the one that I designed. I really like the way it has turned out also. I have the handles, and even put them on, but decided I didn't like the way they looked. I am going to attatch them in a different way. They are going to be double twisted i-cord.

Speaking of which, I can't believe that I have been a knitter for almost 20 years and have only heard of i-cord about the last 2. I did an attatched i-cord finish on the edge of the bag and love the way it works. I can tell I am definately going to be using it a lot now that I know how to do it.

This is the beginnings of the Booga Bag. It is wool done on size 11 needles. It will be my first felted project. I hope it turns out well! The knitting is easy anyway.
These are the three skeins of yarn that I bought recently for the men's ties. I think that they will turn out beautiful. I am really excited for them.

I was going to design another bag for Christmas, but found a pattern on Ravelry that I am going to use instead. It is another felted one. It is called the Braided Cable Handle Tote. I really like it and so I am going to do this one instead.

Bags and More Bags

I have been working on quite a few of the purses that I have been doing for Christmas. I have finished the knitting on 3 and just have to do the lining on them. Unfortunately, I have to find the time to organize my craft room a little bit and bring down my sewing machine so that I can do them. :/ Maybe I'll work on a couple of the other ones in the meantime.

Came home and sat down and worked on the gray purse that I designed. Wouldn't you know that I didn't have to take it out once! Like I said, I think it was a concentration problem. I am really pleased with the way it has turned out. I took it in to my LYS Saturday. I wanted to get an opinion on what to do with the handles. I couldn't decide whether to go with leather or do a I cord handle. I decided on the I-cord. I am making two small ones and twisting them together. Hopefully I will be able to post some pictures of these creations soon. Jan the owner really liked my bag. That made me feel really good.

I have 3 more left. 2 of them are felted bags that I have patterns for and the other one is going to be another original design. I have some ideas, but we shall see what happens. I'm not sure what shape to make it. I think I want it smaller than this gray one I just finished.

Dress Revised

When I went to Arizona last week for vacation I took a lot of the gifts that I have done. It feels good to have half of Christmas done all ready. I returned again and again to the little dress that I had made and decided that I really didn't like the crocheted flowers on it. They were too clunky. I went to the dollar store instead and bought some artificial flowers. I couldn't believe that I found the same shade of purple. I cut a couple of them off and sewed them on. I thought that they looked much better.

While I was down south I went to a couple of yarn stores. I found the yarn that I am going to use on one of the felted bags I am doing. I bought two skeins of dark brown and ecru and am going to manually stripe it. I found 3 skeins of yarn for the ties that I want to do for the guys in the family. Got to the register and it was $78. Even though I could have done it I decided not to while on vacation. I bought the yarn for the bag and one of the skeins for the ties. I will have to get more tie yarn later when it is in the budget.

I did a lot of knitting in the car and while we were visiting. I got one of the bags done, but kept having to take the one I designed out. My mom said I was never going to get it done. I don't know what the issue was. Concentration I guess.