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Knitters plan, Yarn laughs

I have been knitting, frogging, knitting, and frogging. Now Iā€™m knitting again. Syd agrees, ā€œnot quite right?ā€. I saw the ā€œKnotted upā€ Bag from Bags that Rock Book (this is a felted bag pattern) and picked out some lovely yarn. It is Araucania Nature Wool Solids   from manufacturer ā€œthis 100% pure wool is carefully kettle dyed with the subtle variations in colors only hand dyed yarns have it's individual beauty emerges as the artisan carefully blends the colors in a kettle to create it's several unique shades.ā€ Yes it sounds lovely.   Perfect for the bag I had in mind. You know the feeling, yarn + pattern = greatness. Ha. I started knitting the first time on the bag, which is knitted in 5 sections, front and back, bottom, and sides/straps. After knitting the front, I looked at the amount of yarn leftā€¦ā€¦I had only used a tiny amount. I had cast on with one strand, many felted purses use two strands of yarn held together. This pattern didnā€™t ā€œsayā€ use two strands. ...