March 23, 2004
Followup
Here are followup pictures of the stuff from the other day.
An attempt to photograph the shoulder shawl in use:
The finished Barefoot Spinner yarn, four hanks of about 130-150 yards each, and the runt of the litter, still on the niddynoddy, about 30 yards. I'm not sure what weight I got (haven't measured wraps per inch) but it's probably going to knit up DK weight I think.
I'd show you my finished French Market Bag, except that - well - it isn't finished. I tried this morning to shave it with my Gillette Excel, and got really frustrated after about 15 minutes of accomplishing nothing, so I decided to run out and buy a beard trimmer. I stared bemused at trimmers in the local beauty supply store wondering what on earth made them cost $60. Finally I found one for $29 and rushed home to shave, only to discover I had to charge it for 16 hours first. FINE. So, I'll shave it after work tomorrow.
I'm feeling motivated to decorate it somehow to make it personalized. What could I do??
Posted by Prudence at March 23, 2004 12:21 PMI just love the spun yarn, what a beautiful blue. What about using embroidery silk to backstich a border on the bag. Could be really something.
Posted by: Stephanie on March 23, 2004 12:54 PMI have to admit, I'm extremely amused that you had to buy a razor to shave your bag.
I've seen other people make the MagKnits felted poppies to put on a French Market Bag. Something along those lines? Maybe you knit a butterfly?
Posted by: Christina on March 23, 2004 01:30 PMHm, a blanket stitch border in something like hot pink would be interesting. We'll see what develops! I don't think I'm whimsical enough to knit flowers - there's a reason my blog identity is named 'Prudence'....
Posted by: CarolineF on March 23, 2004 06:26 PMyou are looking positively midieval in the shoulder shawl :-)
Posted by: vanessa on March 24, 2004 03:06 AMYou could try some needlefelting - you could achieve almost any design you wanted that way and it would be smooth against the face of the bag.
Posted by: Angela on March 24, 2004 10:04 AMI love the shoulder shawl. where did you get the clasp. I have been looking for something like that.
Posted by: Debra on March 30, 2004 10:44 AM