Well I finished something, but not the something I planned to finish over the weekend. (The evil uncooperative vest).
But I did finish these:
Pattern: Loksins by Cassandra Thoreson
Yarn: Cascade Heritage Hand Paint color 9962
Size 1 dpn
To make this feat seem more impressive, I might also add that I posted to the SAM 9 blog and Ravelry already too. Yay! I really enjoyed this pattern and would like to do it again in a plain yarn so I can see the details a little bit better.
But it’s starting to feel like I have some progress. Here’s a picture of the big V in progress. I have finished the fronts and back and have started the ruffle. Maybe I can finish it after all.
I finished a pair of socks. These were my purse / work project during knitting Olympics so I had to put them on the back burner for that last week or so of the games. It didn’t take long to finish these once I could devote a little bit more time to them.
Pattern: Rib & Cable Socks by Nancy Bush (Interweave Knits Fall 2005)
Yarn: Dream in Color Knitosophy in Strength
I really liked this yarn and am anxiously awaiting the reorder to arrive at the shop so I can stash some more in another colorway. It’s the same base as Smooshy with a little bit different dyeing approach. The pattern was good until I got to the heel and toe parts. I modified the toe and would definitely modify the heel as well if I knitted it again.
I got caught up on the knitting of my Big “V” vest, but made a mistake on the neck shaping of the fronts and need to rip back about 2 inches. It’s currently in time-out; therefore no picture. (besides it is really boring)
I knit a cute intarsia hat for baby Sylvia, but had some serious issues with the pattern construction (knit flat-seamed). Seaming hats is not a talent I possess apparently. This turned out so horrible that I refuse to even share a photo. But, I do have sufficient yarn for a redo. I put the whole project on hold for now while I rethink the process for knitting the pattern in the round.
I made some progress on the Loksins socks which I cast on sometime in the middle of the pair of rib and cable socks. Sock #1 is nearly finished and will probably be done tonight.(Yarn is Cascade Heritage Hand Paint)
As of last Tuesday the Big V and Loksin socks were the only projects on the needles, so I got a little itchy and have since cast on for:
The Knotty but Knice socks from Interweave Knits Fall 08 (project name Forget me Knots) this is a pretty fun pattern once you get going. I actually started it twice. I cast on, knit the cuff and started the first pattern repeat thinking there was something not-quite-right going on. Then I looked over the pattern info again. D’oh. I’m knitting a top-down version and sort of just winged it on the cast on. I knit the cuff in k1, p1 ribbing which looks pretty nice, but if you look at the flow of the pattern, it would have been better to cast on and knit the ribbing according to pattern rows 1-3 which then flows directly into the pattern. The picture below illustrates that pretty well. Top (on dpns) is the first go; bottom (on ML) is the second with the corrected ribbing. I also changed needle size to get a little bit better stitch definition (and fit, too). Little things can make a big difference.
The Pukas sweater from the current issue of Knitters (more Dream in Color, loving it).
(left sleeve)
And I’ve been working up the samples for my April color work class.
Whew! I think that’s it. I know I have at least two more projects ready and waiting to be started. But… maybe I’ll try to finish something first.
Well, I made it! I finished all three of my Olympic projects before the flame was extinguished. I had some concern about finishing in time after my second attempt to sew in the sleeves, but after some minor adjustments everything worked out just fine and I sewed the buttons on well before the flag was turned over to the Sochi contingent.
So, here are the results.
Pattern: Bi-Color Cables by Annie Modesitt (Inteweave Knits Winter 2005)
Yarn: Louet Gems sport in French Blue (dark blue) and Neptune (light blue)
Size 5 and six needles
Modifications: The only modification I made was to substitute a knitted button for the crochet one.
(Versatile!)
Pattern: Silk Smoke by Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer
Yarn: Windy Valley Muskox Qiviuk (Pure Quiviut) Color 4001
Size 4 needles
Modifications: shorter length
I knew this would be shorter from the beginning and planned to knit until I ran out of yarn. I think I could have squeezed out one more chart repeat with the yarn that broke in frogging, but didn't want to have to deal with weaving in ends to this lovely lace pattern. Although it ended up being about 11” instead of the 17” specified by the pattern, I am thrilled by the result and love how soft and squishy it turned out.
I already showed you the white anklets, so I won't do that again. I have to say that I'm glad I took the challenge. It was fun and as many other said, it did make me feel a little more connected to the games (and what games they were!) and it made the Olympics just a bit more exciting.
It really seems to help when you have a “deadline” for finishing up a knit project. Since I made a goal to finish up my Bi-Color Cables sweater as part of the Knitting Olympics, the project has seemingly become a quick knit. I’m sure there’s some fancy psychological term for all of that, but whatever the effect is, it’s certainly a good thing at the moment.
This weekend I finished up the body of the sweater and started the sleeves. I’m knitting the sleeves two at once since I am working against a deadline. I’ve got the body pinned out and blocking. After I finish the sleeves, there’s still a collar to knit. I’m not 100% sure that I will get this completely finished by Sunday, but I feel pretty good that I might be able to get most of the knitting accomplished.
In my main event, I finished the Silk Smoke Ring last night. The pattern called for it to be 17” in length, but my yardage was shorter than what the pattern called for. Regardless, I knew I wouldn’t knit it that long even if there was enough yarn. My finished cowl is more like 10”. I probably could have squeezed out one more pattern repeat which would have made the finished length closer to 12” with the fragments from the frogging, but I felt pretty good about the length. Besides, that would have meant fussing with extra ends to weave in right in the middle of the pattern. Not my cup of tea.
I took a picture of it blocking, but it doesn’t look like much, I’ll try to get an action shot once it’s dry and post a good picture.
I have a semi-busy week ahead, but I’m going to keep moving towards the goal.
Or does it seem like there have been as many unexpected results in the Olympics this year as expected ones. We’ve seen a lot of ups and downs (and some really scary crashes too!) Being a competitor in the Knitting Olympics is starting to make me feel like I’m right there in Vancouver with them all.
I got a quick start on my “Olympic run” when I quickly finished off the white anklets (see)
A little motivation goes a long way towards combating boredom!
But my early showing was just a flash in the pan …. I finished two chart repeats of the lace pattern on the smoke ring and realized that there was something very awry with what I was looking at. Namely at some point in my wrestling match with the one long circular I was using (since I didn’t have a smaller circular in the needed size – imagine that! And actually we were traveling last weekend) I had managed to flip the knitting inside out and start the next repeat going in the wrong direction. A rookie mistake to be sure! After much agonizing and then some frogging and a little yarn breakage, I have gotten it restarted and it is back on track. I’m a little further behind than I had hoped at this point. Here’s a picture I took before the mishap.
My sweater project is about where I want it to be, but I'm a little worried that I might have overestimated my ability to finish it by the end of the Olympics … we’ll see. I didn't take a picture, but imagine that the fronts and back are divided and the back is done. I had hoped to work the fronts simultaneously, but that might be a little too complicated, so, I'll keep working at it and hope for the best. Who knows, I could make a heroic comeback effort. As we've seen in the 2010 games, anything can happen!
In other non-Olympic knitting, I also finished the 3, 2, 1 Stripe socks before we left for our trip so I’d have one less thing to distract me during my Olympic quest.
I really am happy with the way they turned out, and impressed with how well I gauged the amount of yarn I needed to do these. I ended up with about a 12" piece of leftover yarn in one color and less than 5" in the other (cutting it very close), I'll be taking a break from the Noro for a little while, but some recent stash enhancement might have replenished a couple skeins, I'll be dreaming up new things to do in the meantime.
I took a deep breath and registered for the Yarn Harlot's Knitting Olympics! I had been kicking the idea around of just sort of making the time frame a personal challenge when a couple of knitting friends declared their interest and since I generally have more knitting time than other people I decided I could rise to the occasion (I hope)I put this as my project, but I also intend to attempt to finish my Bi-color Cables sweater and hope to get those silly white anklets done before then as well.
I didn't get on board any Ravelympic teams or even sign up for the Yarn Harlot's knitting Olympics, but I think I'm going to get in on the competitive spirit of the games and try to get a few of my longstanding WIPS finished as a personal challenge during the Olympics. My first order of business is to get some socks off the needles. I had three pair going into the weekend, I've got it down to two now and intend to finish another tomorrow (sadly I need to cast on a pair during my class tonight, but that's how it goes). The next order of business will be to revive my Bi-color Cable sweater project.
At any rate, let me show you the socks I did get done. Here are the Penguin socks that I promised my daughter a while back. I'm thinking they might make it into the mail in time for Valentines!
Pattern: Pop-out Penguins
Yarn: Blue – Socks that Rock light weight in Blue Moonstone; Black – Socks that Rock in Korrpi; White – Louet Gems in white and Yellow – Sunshine Yarns from the Spring Color pack
Size 2.5mm needles (magic looped)
I made a few minor mods to the pattern, adding rows between the cuff and start of the chart and end of the chart and start of the heel. The biggest change I did was to knit them in the round instead of flat. It was quite the learning experience, but I am happy with the result. I think if I did this pattern again I would do the 3-D parts using an “afterthought” heel technique. I found the short rows a little fiddly and they left a lot of little holes to be closed up at the end.
(love the little tail!)
Otherwise I can say that these were a fun knit and I think my daughter will enjoy wearing them.
This is one of those posts where I am just rambling about what’s on my mind, so if you’re looking for knitting or cats, you’re out of luck today.
Here’s the thing; I was thinking about my ongoing quest to find the perfect organizational tool this morning. It never actually happens. I find a bag or a gadget or whatever that seems to have all of the right elements and every time I put it into use I find the “exception” that keeps it from being exactly what I want or need. Do you know what I mean? Take my planner for example. When I stumbled across it in the store, I thought, “hey, this one could work” It’s actually a “student” planner, so it runs from Aug 09- Jul 10… “okay, I can work with that” I thought… and I have so far (I’ll worry about what to do after Jul when the time comes). But soon after implementing it, reality set in. It’s largish about 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” which is not a bad size for a desktop planner, but proves a little impractical for carrying around with me unless I carry a really big purse (which sometimes I do, because, um, well, rabid sock knitter). That’s not actually the exception. The exception is an issue with my to do lists, last year I just used a smallish (easy to fit in any size purse) notebook and wrote out everything I could think of on a weekly list and marked things off or added to it as needed. This worked well because I had plenty of space to write and could carry over tasks when needed. I could also use two pages when necessary to list knitting projects on one and other stuff on the other. It gave me a good clear idea of things that I wanted to accomplish at a glance. The downside to that system was that I then needed a separate calendar. Thus, it was not perfect. So this year, I tried to “kill two birds with one stone” with the new planner. But… the little spaces on the weekly pages for each date don’t give me enough space to write everything down and there are no blank pages for the overview and master planning. Can you tell I used to be a Franklin Coveygirl when I worked full time?
I actually still have the nice leather cover for my old planner and could buy the refills, but that’s sort of overkill for planning when to vacuum and what to knit, don’t you think? I think the thing weighs around 3 or 4 pounds when it’s got all the pages inside. (It used to lovingly be referred to as my “brain”)
Anyway, I digress. So my quest for a good system of tracking my day to day activities fell short of my needs. I’ve been struggling with how to overcome this issue and mostly losing. I often lose track of things I intended to do only to think of them much later and then I get frustrated with myself for being scatterbrained. I. Need. My. Lists!
I know there are electronic gadgets out there that can do some of that work and possibly in the future, that may be a solution for me, but until that is feasible, I guess I’ll continue the quest.
This isn’t isolated to planners and calendars. The same thing happens with purses, bags and other organization gadgets. I start out very hopeful and the thing seems so full of promise and then I discover the shortcoming. I sometimes wish I had more skills and all the right tools so that I could assemble all the right elements and develop perfectly customized things that would meet my needs and keep me exactly as organized as I want to be.
So maybe that explains in a very convoluted way exactly what happened when we tried to use a switch to connect my hubby's laptop to the internet yesterday. It didn't work out like we thought it would.
Having hubby home is wonderful, but it also has proved to be a source of distraction for me. Hours that I used to have to just putter around and knit or whatever is now time when he wants to go here or there or just have my complete attention. Not that I’m complaining about that, but rather I’m still trying to adjust to all the changes. I don’t expect to get too used to having him around all the time either, because eventually, he will find some type of job and we’ll have to work out a new routine again. But it has been a bit of a diversion for me changing my routine for the past year.
I have several finished projects to show off though! The first is a diversion of the knitting kind. When we had our staff meeting at work a couple weeks ago, Linda asked for a volunteer to knit up a sample in one of the yarns that wasn’t doing so well. So, since I knew we had a car trip coming up, I volunteered. I figured I could whip up a quick little project… and I did. (Never mind the fact that I could have finished a couple other things in that time).
Here’s what I made:
Pattern: Top-down Alpaca Mitts by Ann McClure from Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders: 101 Small Indulgences
Yarn: Schulana Mosco in color Orchid
Size 2 (2.75mm) needles
This was actually a pretty fun pattern once I got beyond a few distractions. The layout in the book created a little confusion for me at first. The pattern included written directions for the lace pattern, a chart for the lace pattern and thumb gusset and written line-by-line instructions for the construction. The lace chart and written pattern were on different pages though. Also, the instructions for placing the cables on the palm were a little convoluted and confused me at the beginning as well as the pattern being interrupted by extraneous instructions. I ended up having to knit the right mitt twice. (I added an extra pattern repeat somehow the first time, which threw off the thumb placement). The pattern is well written in terms of the actual knitting instructions, but the flow of the pattern wasn’t good for me. I really enjoyed working the smocking on the wrist. Despite my issue with the pattern, I think they turned out really cute.
Despite finishing these so quickly (about three days) I hit a bit of a rut. Last Thursday on the way to work I was trying to figure out how many things I had OTN and stopped counting at about six. It was definitely time to finish some things, so I did.
I finished the third pair of Noro striped socks, the ones I called 1-2-3 Fun Stripe:
This was just a basic sock pattern with a six round stripe using Noro Kureyon Sock in colorways S164 and S102. Knit on size 1.5 (2.5mm) dpns. I actually ripped out half a sock to start the stripe sequence in a different spot with the S102 on the second sock, but am much happier with the end result than I would have been if I would have just left it that way. I have about 10gms left of the 102 and 15g of the 164… which will show up somewhere else eventually. (Wink, nod, smile) These socks sort of remind me of Fruit Stripe Gum that I used to like when I was a kid.
And
I finally finished the Squirrel mittens
I loved this pattern and would highly recommend it if you are thinking about doing a color-work project. I redid the thumb on the first mitten to correct the tension problems I had originally. I used ML for the hand part and switched to two circs for the thumbs which worked better for the small circumference. I love the inside of the thumb. I think these will get worn today based on the weather report!
In the midst of all this, I have been knitting a pair of plain white anklets, which have served as my demonstrator project for the sock class that is finishing up tonight. They will probably be done soon. I probably won’t post a picture, because truthfully they are really boring. I only knit on The Big V vest project at work (when I have time) and I’m also still trying to make progress on my bi-color cable sweater (I’m doing the bust shaping and find it needs too much focused attention and dedicated time to work on much right now). I’ve also got a partially knit shawl lurking in my knitting basket and I just started working on the socks that I actually planned to knit in January… behold, the Pop-out Penguins have begun:
And last, but not least, I cast on another pair of the Noro socks for my purse project. No pic yet since all there is right now is a cuff.
That about sums up what’s going on and off my needles, I hope your January has been a productive month!
Hubby is officially a "retiree" again. We have been busy with a little traveling. Hopefully this week won't be so hectic! We're still trying to get a routine back now that he is settled in and the holidays are over. I think maybe finding a "new" normal is what we're doing. I'll have some knitting to show off once I get my pictures uploaded. Have a great week!
Some people get cabin fever this time of the year; I seem to have developed a slight case of Noro fever. After finishing the second pair of Winter Stripe socks …
I rewound the leftovers and added them to my collection….
And then after knitting a bit on the right squirrel mitten, I gave in to the idea that had been percolating in my brain since grafting the toes on the second pair of Noros ... AND.... I cast on for another pair…
For this pair is using some S102 and S164 and I’m doing the stripes a little different; so far I like the result. Oh and there’s plenty yarn left from two other colorways so I can make one more pair…. But I may have to hold off on those so I can get something else done. Maybe I’ll even have some other FO’s to post soon!
In other news, DH will be out processing from the Army this week so the ticker above will be disappearing and the next stage will be for him will be to find a job… wish us luck!
It’s been a busy but fun holiday season here at Nana’s.
On Christmas Eve, I got the best gift ever when DH arrived in Milwaukee to begin his final leave before finishing up in January. We attended the service at church and then snuggled in front of the fireplace at home, having exactly the kind of Christmas we’d both been dreaming of. On Christmas day we headed down to Central IL for Christmas with my parents and brother. My Brother was also on leave after preparing for a year of Army service and imminent departure to Iraq (he returned to base the next day and departed on the 30th – prayers will be appreciated!).
Both I and the kitties are very happy to have DH home. Zelda is having a hard time figuring out which lap to sleep on.
For New Years we headed to MI to see our daughter there and catch up with the MI grandkids. My how they have grown!
And knitting? Well, there was some scheduled and some unscheduled projects. I’ve made too small of progress on the sweater to take up space with a picture. I did finish the left squirrel mitten:
If you notice the thumb is on a holder still. I love this pattern and am enjoying getting the two handed stranding technique down. This pattern is extremely well written and I would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a nice Fair Isle mitten pattern (except of course the Yarn Harlot).
The only problem I have actually encountered so far is with the thumb. My fault not the pattern; I am finding it tricky to get the tension right at the needle change point. I’m magic looping and perhaps should have switched to dpns for the thumb, but a) I was being too lazy to find my matching dpns for the project and b) stubborn, so I continued to knit the whole thumb even after I realized that I was not being consistent in making adjustments.
(can you tell? The bottom is tight and the top is loose... ugh!)
So realistically, I will probably frog this thumb and reknit it once the right mitten is done.
In a little unscheduled knitting, I decided I needed something simpler than the mittens to work on while I waited for hub’s flight to arrive and something less complicated than the sweater, less boring than the plain white anklets I already had on the needles…. So I cast on for a pair of Noro striped socks (this time for ME). Just enough happiness with the color changes but nothing so complex that would succumb to errors caused by the distraction of excitement and anxiety that I was feeling that day. I got through the heel of the first sock while knitting at the airport since I arrived early (it was rainy and blech and I get nervous driving in those conditions so I allowed myself plenty of drive time). No biggie when you have knitting to keep you company. I worked on these off and on and finished two socks, but the colors are so different that I immediately started another pair which I think will end up being totally mix and match.
I’m using colors S233 and S102 this time. I’m up to the toe shaping on sock #3, since these knit really quickly and make excellent travel knitting.
So 2010 is off to a good start and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens as this year unfolds. I’m also looking forward to many fun planned and unplanned knitting projects.
I’ll leave you with this shot of Zelda taken shortly after the New Year dawned:
Happy 2010!
May your knitting adventures take you many places this year and may the detours be just as fruitful. Happy Knitting!
Malibrigo Sock yarn (806 Impressionist Sky) … I’ve wanted to try it, now I need to look for a good pattern
Then the doorbell rang and this arrived:
Flowers from my Mom and Dad
On Tuesday, this came in the mail:
Two Skeins of Knitivity Down Home Sock Yarn and Knitters Winter 09 issue (full of some nice patterns)
And finally, this is what it looks like out my front door…
DH departs from Alaska tonight and is scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon (Christmas Eve), please cross your fingers that there are no issues with his flights (thanks) that’s the only Christmas present I am asking for this year.
I've had several volunteers to do a test knit for this hat on ravelry, but forgot that I can't create a PDF at home. so as a stop-gap, I'm putting the pattern here so I can get it published quickly. Once I get some feedback, I'll do it up right and put it into a PDF.
The Santa Bang-y Hat
Materials:
Worsted Weight Yarn in Red (MC) (80 grams) and White (CC) (approx 10 grams)
(I used two skeins of Berroco Pure Merino in Cardinal and some leftover white lion brand)
Gauge: 20 stitches / 28 rows = 4" (in stockinette)
Size 7 needles: 1 set 16” circular and 1 set dpn
Stitch markers, cable needle
Abbreviations:
M1, I used the slanted increase to do my M1, but you can use the one you like best
C4L - put 4 stitches on cable needle, hold to front of work, knit next 4 stitches, then 4 stitches from cable needle
C4R - put 4 stitches on cable needle, hold to back of work, knit next 4 stitches, then work 4 stitches from cable needle
With Circular needle and CC yarn, Cast on 96 stitches and (place maker for end of round) join to knit in the round.
Work K1, P1 ribbing for 10 rounds
Join MC and work 1 round as follows:
*K6, M1 repeat from * around (16 stitches increased - 112 stitches) (corrected 12/21)
Round 2: *K4, P2, (place marker) K8, P2, K24, P2 (place marker) K8, P2, K4 place marker; repeat from *
Repeat cable pattern (rounds 1-7) 5 more times (total of 6 cable crosses) (corrected 1/4/2010)
Top Point Shaping:
Work 36 stitches in established pattern (including cables) place the last 16 stitches worked onto a stitch holder; switch to dpns and continue working the next 40 stitches (in pattern) onto 3 dpns (distribute so the cable stitches are together on the same needle).
Join stitches on dpns to work in the round (the rest of the stitches will hang out on the circular and wait for you to get back to them, but you can put them all on stitch holders if it’s easier for you). (edited 1/20/2010)
Now the fun begins, you will be starting on round 2 of 7
The decreases for the tip shaping will be worked on rounds 2 and 7 as follows:
Now, picking up where you left off to start the first point, join a new yarn( leave a really long tail for working up at the end); with the circular needle K16 (move these stitches to a holder), work the next 40 stitches in round 1 of the cable pattern while putting them onto 3 dpns (as above). You will now have (in sequence) 16 unworked stitches (on holder), 40 working stitches and 16 unworked stitches (on holder) repeat rounds 2-24 above reversing the CR / CL to match previously established cable sequence.
Cut yarn and pull thru point
You should have two sets of 16 stitches each left on the stitch holders …put these back on the needles
If you are comfortable with grafting….using the tail you made when you joined the yarn before, begin by closing the hole between the point and the live stitches (duplicate stitch or pick up two stitches) work Kitchener stitch across the 32 live stitches and use the tail to close the hole on the other side. (edited 1/20/2010)
Or for the grafting averse…. Turn inside out and do a 3 needle bind off then close up holes on either side where points meet top of hat.
Finishing: weave in loose ends, make two pom-poms with CC yarn and attach to ends of points.
thanks to Stefanie for test knitting and editing help!
I suppose I actually did, but it’s more like since my last blog post, not just in the last day or so. I have actually finished several projects and am still working on others. I’ve only cast on for one more thing (so far). Here’s a quick run-down.
The one I’m most proud of:
Some of you probably watch the show called “The Big Bang Theory” for those who don’t I’ll try to keep this brief. On the 12/14 episode, Penny was wearing the cutest knitted hat… and of course being that sort of knitting dork who loves a challenge… I decided I needed to try to make it. So here’s how it turned out:
Several people on ravelry did the same thing, but most of the projects I saw there were done in Chunky. I had worsted in my stash, because basically I just not a chunky sort of knitter. So, I worked out my own pattern and knit it up with the worsted I had. I think it turned out pretty well. You can see the original in this clip from the show: Penny's Hat
I also finished some socks. First up, the Mountain Color Socks I showed you in progress a while back. For lack of a more creative name, I called these the Bearfoot socks
Yarn: Mountain Colors Bearfoot in Eureka Colorway
Basic Top-down knit pattern with eye-of-partridge heel
Knit on Kollage square dpns size 2.75mm
And as a little bonus I whipped up these for the top-down workshop I’m teaching this month:
Sassy Toes
Yarn: Brown Sheep Wildfoote in Rock-n-Roll (leftover from these)
Pattern: basic toe-up/w/heel flap & gusset and a little improvised ruffle at the top
Size 2.5mm magic loop
I also made up this little set:
Pattern: (Hat) Lacy Baby Set from Homespun, Handknit / (Socks) just a basic sock
Yarn: Samantha in Stitches Footcrazy in Gemtastic
These and the pair above are for my granddaughter Sylvia.
I also finished the Blue Lagoon socks (again, not very creative in the naming department lately). This is a modified version of the original pattern which I found on my friend’s blog (http://www.forwardmotion.typepad.com/becca/)
Pattern: Cut Paste Socks by Becca Diaz
Yarn: Dream in Color Smooshy
Mods: Knit Top Down instead of Toe-up; added patterning on back of leg, added 1 purl stitch to side of chart
that came with a little drawstring bag made out of muslin to carry the pieces in. The swift is doing fine, but the bag was getting a little beat up, so I decided I needed a better storage solution for it. The pieces were a little bulky when stored in the bag, so I thought about making a case similar to a needle case that would lay flat and hold all of the pieces securely. I played with a couple of ideas and this is what I came up with:
I’m not the worlds best at sewing, but it turned out well enough to work for what I need it to do.
Well I have a few WIPS that need attention and it’s a nice snowy day to spend indoors knitting, so I’m not going to waste anymore time on the computer. I wish you and yours all the best.
(Squirrels!)
