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Natasha Shrug

I started this shrug, quick knit but then never got around to quite finishing it. (photos are taken before I had everything woven in and shrug blocked) This was the beginning of my orange phase. You know how you keep buying the same colors, again and again? Well I decided to buy the one I would lease likely pick out. This was the beginning of a love affair with orange, suddenly everything I picked out was orange. I had orange fiber, I was dyeing orange yarn, buying orange clothes… Pattern: Lace Stitch Shrug, Designed by Melissa Matthhay, size M/L made, size was good. Yarn: Nashua Natural Fiber Sassafras, 50% cotton, 50% acrylic (ribbon yarn), 7 balls (I bought 8 balls and did use a fraction of the 8th) Needle: size 10.5 US circular, or one straight for body and a circular for ribbing. Gauge: 13 sts to 4 inches. Alterations: The only thing I did differently was add about 3 inches to the ribbing around the shrug, so it would fold back around the neckline. It was a f

Paper bag recycled into knitting bag

  My DH bought me a Starbucks coffee cup, and the bag was so cute, and I was feeling creative. I decided it was the perfect size to carry some knitting projects to work and back. So I found this tutorial on how to harden paper bags , (with dilute glue), by Lauren Volk. So with a little addition of some stitching, (I stitched over the base of the handles to make them stronger) and I glued a few photos on (careful to remember less is more, don’t succumb to the Bedazzler syndrome, no one with a Bedazzler can put just one stud or rhinestone on an item)). I wrapped some ribbon yarn around the handles and secured it, and painted the whole thing inside and out several times with the glue mix. I did cut a cardboard base to glue into the bag. Careful to set the bag up and shape it as it dries, and there is a fine line between just enough glue layers and too many. (too many make your paper bag brittle) Happy with the result I decided to find some fun fabric and line it. I just trace

Need a summer bag! Knit it..

I’m in the mood for swmmer and color! Flowers, sun and hot days. Along with tanks, sun hats and skirts, we will need a bright pretty bag, or tote. How about knitting one of these? From I Live on A Farm, a nice study market bag This bag is from Annie Modesitt and was published in Knitty summer 03, I like the raffia, it has such a nice texture. From the Island of Misfit Patterns, Baby’s Got a Brand new Big Bag  (pdf), I think we could even carry our knitting in this! Looks like a good stashbusting project! Hello Yarn has a great Skull and Crossbones tote , I'm casting this on today! And I fell in love with this little Morning Glory purse by Kerin Dimeler-Laurence May your needles fly as fast as Dragonflies… Technorati Tags: knitted bag pattern link , knit , knitting