New knitting bag and WIP

I received my large carpet bag from Green Mountain Knitting. Isn't it stunning? Martha always does such a fantastic job! I confess that I own 4 of her wonderful bags and will try to remember to post pictures of the rest this week.












Here is the Noni bag I'm currently working on. It's a modified version of the medium carpet bag using 3 colors instead of 2. I'm about 1/3 of the way through. Yes, I'm knitting at work and no, they don't mind. I'm really liking the way the colors go together on this bag. My LYS wasn't too sure about these colors together, so I'll have to take it in to show off when it's complete. This is going to be a gift for a friend, which I only discovered after I started knitting. She just loves brown and I know she'll love this bag.

3 FOs!

This is my wrap in Noro Iro #56, with KnitPicks Sierra in Bud in the center. As you can tell from the picture, it's quite substantial, as only 2/3 of it are visible. My girl kitty seems particularly fascinated by it.
















This scarf is for a co-worker who mentioned about 4 or 5 times how much she loved the colors in this yarn, Noro Silk Garden, not sure of the color.









This is another co-worker birthday present, in Noro Silk Garden #239 (I think that's the right color). This is a pattern I made up on the fly. I think it came out quite nice, although I think I'd make the boxes more rectangular if I made it again.

Stash enhancement!

I hit my LYS today for necessary supplies. I need to knit up several gifts in the next 2 months and when I checked my stash, I realized that virtually everything is either hot pink, purple or hot pink and purple, with a little dash of burgundy.

So I tried to step out of my normal color range. Not too far out of my comfort range. I'll post pics later.

I've almost finished my purple/pink/green wrap. It's Noro Iro in #56, with a skein of KnitPicks Sierra in Bud thrown in for good measure. The colors are delicious, they remind of a water garden. I'll probably finish it tonight, it's easy knitting.

Crochet bag finished!

I finished my crochet bag tonight. Now I just need to finish the shawl and scarf and I can cast on for a new project!

More beads!

I got my box o' beads yesterday and Folk Shawls. I'm ready to start knitting lace. My first project will be the Butterfly Shawl in a, what else? hot pink yarn. The yarn should be here next week sometime. Can't wait to start.

Work is slow today, so I brought in my crocheting stuff and hope to finish the bag today.

Got a couple of rounds in

I worked a few rounds on my crochet-in-the-round bag last night. I also bought a zipper for the Sakura circle bag, so I plan on finishing that tonight. I am impatiently waiting for my vacation to start tomorrow evening - a entire week of knitting & crocheting time. My intention is to finish my shawl and round bag on vacation, so I can cast on for the 2nd B4 bag.

Ta da!

The B4 bag is finished! The fabric isn't as firm as I would have liked, which could either be due to the acrylic or the fact that I felted it by hand, er, foot in the bathtub. I am happy with the way it turned out, though. I'm planning on making another one with Patons Merino, which I've heard felts up fast. They are a lot of fun to make, so I don't know if I can stop with just two!

I decided that I need to finish all of my projects on the needles (and hook) before I can cast on anymore projects, including the second B4 bag. That would be my Touch Me scarf, the crochet purse, the crochet shawl and Bobblicious from Knitty, as well as finishing and putting the zipper on my round bag. It's just so much more fun to start projects than to finish them!

Finished the B4 bag!

I finished knitting the B4 bag last night and felted it. Here's a pre-felting picture. It should be dry tonight, so hopefully I'll have time to sew the buttons on.

I splurged on beads at http://www.shipwreckbeads.com this morning. I have lots of projects in mind for them!

Pictures!

I finally got pictures of some of my projects:

B4 bag

Summer shawl:

I did knit a few more rounds on the B4 last night. I'm not as far along as I thought I was, but it's looking very pretty. I can't wait until it's finished!

It's never too hot to shop for yarn!

I succumbed to some Patons Merino last night. A nice chestnut brown and a natural mix, to be stranded together to make another B4 bag. I bought some antique buttons and wooden beads for it, too. Since I have everything I need to make another bag, I thought I should knit some more on the pink and black one. I ended up knitting about 10 rounds last night. I also took pictures of the bag and the crocheted shawl, but forgot to bring the camera with me to post them.

Crochet bags

My crochet bag in the round is no farther along than it was 3 weeks ago, but here's a picture of it anyway.

Here is most of a completed circle bag that just needs to be finished and a zipper sewn in. I only like making things, finishing them is what bogs me down.

Since it's gotten so hot, some of my other projects have been stalled. So I'm working on a lacy crochet shawl instead. It's awfully cold in the office, so this will be just the thing - dressy enough for the office, but not too warm if I forget and wear it outside in the 95 degree heat.

More yummy yarn!

I received my order from Yarnmarket today. I really, really wanted it to be here before the 3 day weekend, but I didn't order it in time. Oh, well.

Berroco Foliage in a pink/black combo for the B4 bag

RYC Cashsoft DK for a lacy scarf

SWTC Karoake in Purplexed for a clapotis

The crochet bag I started yesterday is coming along nicely. I've finished the bottom and started working up the sides in the round. I've done popcorns all the way around, which actually came out even without counting, proving that I can count, as long as I don't, you know, count. I'm thinking of adding some beading a little bit farther up, but maybe not.

On Saturday, I crocheted the rounds for the circle cosmetic case in Interweave's One Skein book. I used Noro Sakura in color #4, which came out stunning. I'm going to buy the zipper and finish it tonight.

I'm still working on my Touch Me scarf. It's slow going, but it's coming out beautifully. I was originally going to felt it, but it's so beautiful as it is, I may just leave it be.