Like many knitters, I have more than one knitting bag (because I have more than one project on the needles) but am mainly using these two at the moment.
The first is a bag I bought (on clearance at Target) before attending a conference. I wanted something I could sling across or carry like a purse. It's nothing fancy, but can hold quite a few items.
The knitting in this bag is the "company knitting" - knitting that is so simple I don't have to pay constant attention to it. I grab this bag and it travels with me each day just in case there's an opportunity for knitting during the day.
This is another Jared Flood Striped Scarf - not made out of Noro, but out of Wisdom yarns.
This is a recent find from the WIP bin - another Farrow Rib Scarf that I started back in 2007 when I was in the UK. It's made out of Sublime.
Last is the Marching Columns Scarf made from Brook Farm Yarns Four Play.
This is a bag I got before going to Europe in 2007 - one of the best travel purchases I have ever made. While working in Germany for three weeks, I had about a 20 minute walk to the grocery store. This served as my grocery bag and even handled a small watermelon. It was wonderful to have a whole suitcase that folded into a small packet that I could fit in my purse when not using it. Lately, it served as a knitting bag for my stay at home projects because the zipper keeps the cats out of my knitting.
It holds the Faroese Shawl from A Gathering of Lace,
the Arrowhead Shawl,
and a reversible cable scarf.
There's was some excitement today when a package arrived from Earthfaire. I had ordered the Dragonfly Beaded Scarf kit after seeing it on The Faculty Meeting Knitter and realizing it would make the perfect gift for someone on my list. I have never beaded before and I'm just jumping in the deep end of the pool with this project.
Luckily, the folks at Earthfaire know how to package things to withstand the USPS handling.
Three of the bead packs were open and had spilled beads into the plastic bag.
Aren't these lovely?
Knitting with beads is slow going. Both methods of using beads are in this pattern - you string beads onto the yarn for the cast on, then the rest are placed using the crochet method. I was already a slow knitter, but a short row of 81 stitches takes a long time. Plus there are twisted stitches in every K2tog and SSK. Thank goodness this doesn't have to be finished for 6 months.
And now for something completely different - the weather.
It snowed this morning. Thankfully, it melted as it touched the ground.
I am so not ready winter.
1 comment:
It hasn't even snowed here!!! Not even close. We've been having temps in the 50s and high 40s!!!
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