UFO Weekend 2

The Fantasy Naturale Bag is finished.

I combined a Plymouth pattern I had knit before with a Lion pattern. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I didn't read the pattern well; I was short about 1 skein of yarn. Patternworks to the rescue! I called with the color number and dye lot -- they didn't have it that day, but they would keep an eye out for it. I set the bag aside (at the point pictured) and contemplated ripping a skein out and adding a stripe of solid for the center. Two or three weeks later a bag appeared in my mailbox with one skein in the right dye lot!

The bag was actually finished last weekend (I'll get a finished pic with the straps soon), and this weekend I am back at the black sweater. The sleeves are now attached to the body and I am starting the side seams and sleeve seams. The sleeve is a set in sleeve, something it turns out I have never done. It is also a stockinette sleeve attaching to garter on the body. Third & fourth part of the difficulty level: a black linen/cotton yarn. The side/sleeve seam is pretty standard and straightforward, I just have to keep plugging away!

UFO Attack

This weekend is to be an UnFinished Objects (UFOs) Weekend.

First up: Market Squares Bag, from Bags - a Knitter's Dozen. It was originally published in Knitters Magazine, Summer 2001.









I just finished the Market Squares Bag. The knitting and felting had been done since last summer. (I ordered the handles in late July from Homestead Heirlooms)

I put the handles on today. I was nervous about sewing them on, but it was simple. I eyeballed the placement and was happy!


One thing I am unhappy with: my squares are rather rectangular. The logical explanation is that I did too many rows in my entrelac, but I don't think that's the case. Carrying it for a few weeks, loaded with knitting, may pull it around a bit!
I have 4 more UFOs. One of them is a black sweater, so that will have to wait for tomorrow and the morning light, but I should be able to knock off at least one more tonight.