Saturday, September 23, 2006

Well this is what came out of the washing machine. Everything is nice and dry and my apartment no longer smells like a barn of wet sheep. I am completely in love with the entrelac bags, the colors are just mind blowing. The temptation not to send off the pink/orange one to the fair is huge. I am really pleased with my improvised striped bag. The stripes were set using the Random Stripe Generator . If you haven't played with this nifty program yet, what are you waiting for? And while not being a huge fan of novelty yarns the red cellphone bag with the long fringy eyelash yarn is really growing on me. It has been dubbed the muppet bag.

Felting this batch of little bags has confirmed a suspicion of mine. Knitting and felting swatches is a waste of time. These little guys felted at a far faster rate then the larger bags I have done. Oh, and much smaller, I might add. Some of these came out barely big enough for my flip phone, much less my monster iPod. I am pretty pleased with them, but they could have been a bit bigger...sigh.

This entrelac bag was knit with merino and an interesting novelty yarn. A complete gamble, because the pattern was designed to have the body in wool and have the base, handles and top band in alpaca. The alpaca felts down much more than the wool and gives the bag a slight bubble shape. I didn't quite get the bubble shape, but the bag is still very cool looking. Two of my favorite little purses are here, the stripe one and the brown one. The picture does not do the brown one justice. Labels are all sewn in and the bags are ready to head off for Virginia. Lets hope I make enough money to pay for my bus fare down there.

9 comments:

Mariss said...

Once again I am reminded how in love I am with your entrelac bags! I have forsee an entrelac bag project in my future inspired by a certain entrelaholic...

The bags are just mah-velous, dahling! You're going to sell everything...And keep in mind, not everyone has a monster ipod or phone, they have minis and nanos.

Mariss said...

Lisa. I don't have your email. But will definitely be back on Sunday around noon. Can't wait for the field trip. Will not have access to email until Sun, but will check it when I get back. Let me know where to meet up, or I'll just call Jen. My info is marissa.alice.huber@gmail.com

Feel free to erase this non-comment post if you wish!

Mariss said...

phone 215-350-3882. smooches!

Sherry W said...

AWSOME!

I'm up for the field trip!

lunastrixaeatelitemaildotorg:)

Aponia said...

Your digs are so beyond awesome! I want to move in! If a paint myself black and grow ridiculous amounts of hair would you adopt me as a third cat?

Aponia said...

If I could have punched the rain i would have!!!!!
And the worst was that it wasn't just misting rain...it was like flood doors have just opened rain!

Such the bummer.

Merrill Mason said...

your felted bags are scrumptious.

Anonymous said...

Lisa,

How wonderful to see your gorgeous finished work! LOVE the entrelac. I may have to try that at some point...

Emily

Anonymous said...

These are gorgeous, especially the entrelac. I haven't tried out this method, and will only have time to do so once the holidays are over, but your bags are awfully tempting to get a head start...