An Olympic Moment
Behold: the purse! Obviously, it’s not done yet, but I have to say I’m pretty friggin’ excited that I made it this far. See, the deal is that I become obsessed with things (for example, [tag]candlemaking[/tag]) and then lose interest after I realize that I suck at doing it or it doesn’t meet my expectations of perfection or whatever. [tag]Scrapbooking[/tag] is another one of those [tag]crafts[/tag] that I took on that I actually enjoy and still do, but it requires more space, money, and time and can’t be done while waiting for my son to finish his karate class. I can [tag]knit[/tag] anywhere and anytime, for a couple of minutes or a couple of hours.
I initially started this purse with the intention of giving it to my daughter. Abby decided she’d rather have a scarf and hat so I’m making the purse for my darling grandma. The purse is a standard garter stitch in a nice, bulky Alpaca wool. I lightly felted it so the stiches run together, but the rows make a definte pattern. Once it dries, I’ll sew on the cute little pinwheel flower (and work in the dangling yarn) and faux-bamboo handles. After I add a couple small pockets inside for Grandma’s keys and cell phone it will be done. And I made it. I made something pretty for my grandma out of some string.
The other night when I went to work on the purse I freaked out when I realized that I was missing a needle…the only set I have in that size and I was only half way through the purse. After panicking, I called my mother to search her house and my knitting teacher to find out what to do. It turns out that my knitting needle was put away with the Tinker Toys when the kids cleaned up their toys.
[tags]knitting olympics[/tags]
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What a neat purse. Any grandmother would love it!
Very cool!
Knitting needles, tinker toys, they’re all the same thing. Your bag turned out fab.