September 28, 2005
The bag is done! :)
I'm mostly pleased with it. I wish I had used heavier fabric. Most of what I used was just quilting fabrics. It may have been beter if I had used some interfacing or something, because it's a bit floppy. But it's cute, and it's just the right size for a project.
Which was convenient, becuase yesterday was another dance comp day. It started off fine, but ended up running and hour and a half late, and we were there for hours.
I didn't want to take the shawl, because it isn't easy to just pick up and put down, and a noisy crowded hall isn't conducive to quality lace knitting. So I hunted around for something new which had to be relatively easy, and good for odd rows here and there.
A little while back, I won a competition that Lynette had, and won some Cotton Ease. I had started a ChicKami, but it was coming out too big, and it wasn't something I could see a lot of use for in my climate. So I hunted about, and found this pattern in a previous issue of Family Circle Easy Knits.
It required more Cottonease than I had, so I tracked down some more. It's a different dyelot, so I'm using two balls at once, two rows from each ball. I'm pretty glad I took it along, because I got a little bit done.
Just a little! ;)
I'm 4 rows from starting the armhole and raglan shaping. I knew these full on dancing days would be good for something! Em did well too, placing in every section she was in.
No other knitting has been done, and I'm way behind on my sewing and stuff.
Em and Twinkie have spent the morning together, with Em bribing Twink for cuddles.
That rabbit will do anything for dandelion flowers!
Posted by Donna at September 28, 2005 02:06 PMComments
Your purse is fabulous!!
Posted by: Jane at September 28, 2005 06:17 PMI love the colors of the bag. Can you add something to make it a bit sturdier--bag maker I am not! Em and Twinkie look adorable. They are welcome to all of our dandelions...and crabgrass. :)
Posted by: Kathleen at September 28, 2005 11:09 PMCute bag! And I spy Em wearing her star sweater that you made! I'm trying to keep to one project at a time so I can finish something.
Posted by: Evelyn at September 29, 2005 03:21 AMWow, you are a whiz with the sewing machine as well as the knitting needles! And you whipped that bag up without a pattern? I'm impressed!
Posted by: wool winder at September 29, 2005 05:54 AMYour purse is just adorable.
Posted by: Knitti-me at September 29, 2005 07:27 AMLove the bag! Interfacing would have been good, but alas! Make a base out of those palstic chopping boards you buy form the junk shops, cut it up to fit and cover it with fabric, and put it in the bottom. It might give the bag some shape and structure that the interfacing would've. Does that make sense? Those chopping boards are great. I use them as bases betwwen the outside on the lining of the bags i make, and I even cut one up to use as the "shaper" for my Sophie bags!
Em's sweater is so cute! The Woolen Rabbits here will do anything for a few dandelions here too...LOL
Posted by: Kim at September 29, 2005 11:46 AMWow, Donna, your bag is gorgeous!! You have inspired me!!! Love the colours, I'm a green person, but the colours you have chosen go so well together!!!
Bah Humbug to to TV stations, I just think that it will be out on DVD soon!!!
What an adorable handbag! :) The sweater looks fantastic as well. Did you make the sweater that Em is wearing in the picture of her and Twinkie? It's nice.
Posted by: Samantha at September 30, 2005 04:09 AMI love the bag !!! And I love how fast sewing goes. FO's done in no time.
Posted by: Carol at September 30, 2005 07:33 AMoh! such a cute bag! i love the handles, good job!
Posted by: debbie at September 30, 2005 05:52 PMI love to make bags - all kinds - and yours is just fabulous! Great job!
Posted by: Sonja Poor at October 1, 2005 12:35 AMWell done Donna - The bag looks great - and the cardi - isnt it nice when something happens so quickly!! I wonder if my girls will dance? It looks like great knitting time! :-) Stripey
Posted by: the stripey tiger at October 2, 2005 08:19 AM
that bag is simply gorgeous!! you did a great job!! i love it!!!
too bad i dunno how to sew at all!! haha. by the way, the rabbit eats the dandelion flowers?
Posted by: Michelle at September 28, 2005 05:38 PM