The "Cleo" bag stretched out and blocking.
It might have taken me longer than I had estimated, but I really have finished the knitting on the two bags I had wanted to finish by the end of this weekend.
I finished knitting the purple bag while we were camping—actually started a new project and everything—but I didn’t finish the gray bag until Tuesday at work. Normally, I wouldn’t show a picture of half-finished things, but I wanted to get a good pictures of the cables while they were stretched out and blocking.
I really like the way the cables turned out on the Cleo clutch (gray). I didn’t mess up once I started over for the third time, and I even managed to do a cable row without a cable needle. I don’t recommend it, at least not for myself. However, Wendy has a great tutorial on how to do it.
Kendra's birthday present stretched out and blocking.
The Heather bag (purple) I managed to cross a cable the wrong way while on a boat ride. Well, my parents were fishing. I was just along for the ride. I don’t know how I did it, but I caught it on the next cable round, and had to rip back to where I messed up. If I had Stephanie had posted her tutorial on how to fix a mis-twisted cable before I had left, I would have known what to do.
But, it’s very helpful to know for the next cable project, because it’s so frustrating to realize you messed up way back at the beginning and have to frog it all.
Cleo is waiting to be seamed and then felted. I’m a little worried about the felting process, since the last time I tried to felt a bag, it didn’t work out to well, and it’s shoved in the back of the yarn pile. I’m interested to see how the cables felt, though, so it will be a learning experience even if it all turns out like crap.
Heather is waiting to be seamed, a lining sewn with a zipper, and a strap knitted that I’m a little worried about. I am unsure how much the strap will stretch, or how much weight it will have to hold. I’ve never done a purse before, and so am in uncharted territory. And free of the pattern, since the pattern is for a 6″ x 6″ bag, and mine is 11″ x 11″.
I should do the felting this weekend, depending on how hot it is, how much laundrey there is, and what other chores get thrown my way. I feel like I’m 13 again on Saturdays, having to do all my chores before I get to have any fun.
—”She’s Electric,” (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?: Oasis
hey, i just finished “heather” too (just last week, as a matter of fact)! i really liked how it looks. can’t wait to see how yours works too, with the zipper and all!
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