Between being up to my ass in work, taking a weekend trip, and knitting, I've hardly had time to blog! I've not really even knit that much either. :( I do spend a lot of time on Ravelry and I really should stop! It's addictive though and it's all I can do most days to NOT log on in lieu of working.
Did I mention Baby's all snotty? The Ohio Valley is a wonderful place to live if you have severe allergies. WONDERFUL. I mean, you get to have watery eyes so you save money on make up, there's always the tissues so you boost the economy...it's awesome. Truly awesome. If you could see me now...wow. I look like I've either been beat up or crying. Or crying over being beat up. Either way, it blows. Heh.
You know what doesn't blow? That "Letter have it" bag I've been working on. I've not posted about it because it's a birthday present for my BFF but I don't think she has the link to this yet and I'm giving her the bag on Saturday so there's time to sneak in a post!
I started on my second felted bag right after I finished the green and brown one. Except I didn't like this one. I was bored w/the stockinette and garter stitches. HATE. It's taken me over a month to finish this because I swear...if I have to make one more garter ridge...I may go nutty. Oh and I had to learn intarsia. And I have to learn i-cords tonight. YAY. Oh wait! The best part...I have to sew the damn thing, felt it, consider lining it, then sew a zipper. The hard part isn't even here yet. Good thing I love BFF, right? Right!
Some pictures:
The back panel
The beginnings of the side/center panel:
And then Baby learns intarsia!!
What's that you say? It looks like a total cluster? You're right!!!
This was SUCH a pain in my ass. I ended up with about eight bobbins.
The finished product is quite nice though. There is a "hole" at the bottom where I worked my first row. I thought I had twisted the yarn but what I thought was twisted wasn't :)
The back is a total mess because I had to strand some of it a teeny bit. The whole thing should have been stranded but whatev. Baby's learnin.
See all those little pieces? Ugh. I'm assuming I should sew them in prior to felting :( I should also try to sew up that hole where I didn't twist the yarn too. More ugh.I'm really really really dreading tonight's work on this. I have to sew it all together, icord piping on the edges, make handles, felt...UGH. I'm really not into this at all right now. I don't like the handles that come w/the pattern either so I REALLY want to buy some and sew them on myself...I think that'd be way cuter too. We'll see!!!
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2 comments:
I can totally relate to that Midwest fall allergy thing. My throat has been so itchy lately that I have been taking a benedryl every night. Is it the trees? Will it stop when the leaves fall or there is a frost? Hurry, winter!
Did you master i-cord yet? Like most things, it's easy once you know how and practice a bit.
I have my hopes on a frost. Usually after the first frost I'm okay for a couple of weeks and then it's cold and flu season :)
I've not tried yet. I was up LATE last night working on this (VH1 was showing videos if that tells you much) and had to get in bed.
I've been looking around on Ravelry and the bag is super cute w/out the piping...we'll see!
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