Well paint me blue...

... and call me Inky! I actually made a successful felted bag! Remember the felting woes that I posted a few months back? The not-so-booga bag and the tartan boxy thing that was actually more of a tartan saggy thing? I redeemed myself with this little trinket:



The vintage bubble bag from "Pursenalities" by Eva Wiechman:










































It felted down to about a third of its original size, so it turned out smaller than I had anticipated. But I love the fabric that I ended up with. The yarn used for this baby is one of my favorites, Patons SWS in the colorway natural pink. It's a soy/wool mixture and it knits up beautifully. It has a very soft shimmer about it and it's a delight to work with.
I modified the design a little in the sense that I added a flap to it. I want to be able to close it to keep Ariel's little mits out of my purse content. She is fascinated by cell phones and has developed an odd attraction to bills, as in paper money... I have no idea where it comes from, maybe she is headed for a career with the IRS. I sewed on a snap closure which she hasn't figured out yet, so that should be good for a while. Joe suggested I make a mini version for her, and I am seriously considering that. When I took this one away from because I wanted to play with it myself, she was extremely disgruntled and threw a three minute toddler tantrum.

Print o' the wave stole

This is a design by Eunny Yang, whom I admire greatly and have cursed a few times while knitting this up. It isn't hard once you know how, but I had a heck of a time figuring out how to add the knitted-on border. I may be a bit dense though. I used Patons Lacette which has a bit of mohair in it, and size 4 needles. Since I knit extremely loosely and don't know how to fix that, I always select needles that are at least 2 sizes smaller than the pattern prescribes. The yarn has a bit of a fuzzy haze to it, due to the mohair, and is very soft and cuddly. The stole turned out huge, it measures 40 by 80 inches! For something so light and airy it is surprisingly warm. I love it, and I am rather proud of my first real venture into lace knitting!






I am still working on the entrelac socks, also a Eunny Yang design, and they are rather tedious to work on. Six rows of six stitches, pick up six stitches, another six rows of six stitches, etcetera etcetera. I am almost at the heel of the first one, but for some reason it feels more like work than fun at the moment. And since I was in desperate need of some fun I knit up a bubble bag (the Vintage Bubble Bag by Eva Wiechmann) in a few hours, which is now patiently awaiting felting. I will post pictures as soon as it's done.