progress

Yes I'm still working on my bag. I have taken many detours. I have Knit socks wrist bands tried to learn toe up socks but I always come back to the Bag. All that is left to do is felt and line.

yarn

Have been making progress on my bag,hope to have some pictures tomorrow. I'm still looking for other yarns that would be good for this bag and other felting projects
I'm using Plymouth classic wool but would like to try something else.
michele_7748@yahoo.com

side

this is the side. I need more wool in different colors and I saw on one of the post that someone use elann wool. I was wondering how that worked out and if it felted OK.

just started

This is the bottom of the bag. I used three strands of yarn to make it sit when finished. I don't know if this will work as this is my first felted bag.

I'm using paton classic wool 2 strands.

Spring Bag Finished

Better late than never I guess. ;-) Here is the bag that I started back in the Spring. I finally found the time and want to, to get it done. I can't wait to felt it.

I used elann's Highland Wool and I've never felted with it before, so I'm going to be really careful. Cross your fingers.

As soon as it's felted and dry I'll post another picture.

Almost there...

Over the past few days I've really been inspired to finish the bag that I started in the Spring. With all the emotional stuff going on and packing I just lost interest in several of my long term knitting projects and did quick and simple ones. Well the felting bug has attacked me again. LOL. I am on the I-cord bind off and will be taking pictures this afternoon. I was just so excited about getting almost done that I had to get on here and post about it.

I will say that right now, on a scale of 1-10, 10 being totally in love with it, that I would have to give it a 7. Some of the colors I'm not crazy about. They looked good all laid out but, you know how things change once they are felted. So maybe we'll hit a 10. ;-)

received my yarn

I received my yarn Friday and I'm going to start the bag tonight. My grand daughter broke the camera at field hockey camp so I don't have any pictures . Sorry I haven't emailed in awhile but summer is a busy time.
Michele

Starting Over

I just looked over the yarn I picked out for this bag and was re energized. I'm using Bartlett Shetland Style wool in heathered tones. I already had the yarn in my stash in all of the blues and purples, plus what Bartlett calls sheep's grey (undyed wool) that is really beige. I had started knitting the bag on size 15 needles with the yarn doubled and it wasn't working. I'm going to frog the few rows I've done and restart. I'll use the double bottom too.

Thanks for the inspiration.