Saturday, May 27, 2006

A Bag and Some Yarn

I couldn't think of a creative title, so I just kept it simple....

I won a contest over at Jae's a couple of weeks ago, and here's what she sent me: A beautiful skein of sock yarn that's 75% wool, 25% mohair, a sheep printed tape measure, and the cutest notecard. Thanks for everything!

We're celebrating my sister's birthday on Sunday down at the cabin on Grand Lake and I decided on Thursday afternoon to make her a felted Lucy bag. I finished the knitting Friday afternoon, and here's what it looked like then:


Mmm, I think it looked like Peppermint Bark at that stage.

Friday evening, I felted it. I can tell for sure it probably should be felted further, and it's fairly obvious in the following photo, but I was concerned about it shrinking to an unusable size. I also wanted to make sure it would be dry enough for gifting in time for the celebration. So I guess I can always felt it further for her, if she says anything about it.

Oh crap, she reads my blog! Everyone be sure to comment that it looks great the way it is!

This was a really fun, fast project. I'm used to knitting on size 1 needles, so this bag on size 15 Addis and size 9 dpns flew! The yarn too was beautiful and great to work with. I used a strand of Cascade 200 and a strand of Atacama 100% alpaca held together. And I love the results, so a success all the way around!

12 comments:

Joanne M said...

That's such a cool project! I have felting envy - your sis is lucky to get such a cool bag. :-)

Lora said...

I just love felting things!! SO FUN!! The bag turned out GREAT!!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! :)

Trixie said...

I love it! I hope your sister does too. The color is wonderful. I'm going to try to felt something this summer just to give it a try.

Trixie said...

Oh, I meant to say also that I love, love, love the handpainted yarn too. Those colors are magnificent!

lobstah said...

The bag looks gorgeous to me! I also love the sock yarn you got, it looks like a rainbow.

Bridget said...

I love the yarn you won! Beautiful colors. Can't wait to see what you do with it!

Beth S. said...

Peppermint bark! Mmmmmmm....

Catherine Kerth said...

i love the yarn! very pretty... and that felt bag felted very nicely... i love quick projects ;)

Jana said...

Great Lucy bag! Especially with the flower pin, so cute and sassy! I have this pattern in my stash. I really have to make it one of these days.

Anonymous said...

Very cute bag, and I love the color.

Dysfunktional Knitter

katie said...

Very pretty purse. Love the Peppermint Bark colors!

Melissa said...

I think it looks great! :)