June 29, 2008

Grumble

So I'm sitting in bed on a Sunday watching bad bridal WeTV (never a good idea, makes Sean nervous to see me around weddings. Its going to be a long fall) and decided that I wanted to whip up some quickie afternoon project. I do what any logical knitter (and no I see no contradiction in that statement) would do and head to my Ravelry queue. I start knitting whipping this little beauty up http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/swiffer-re-usable-cloth, and about 10 rows in, I realize that my Swiffer is the velcro time. Not the bobble kind. Crappity crap crap. Now I have to find a new project. Hmph.

June 15, 2008

Updates on the Noni Bag

Oh this Noni bag. I am making the rather huge version, because despite what Stacy and Clinton say, I am a small-ish girl who carries monstrously large bags, and dammit, I like it! That being said, I made some modifications to the pattern.

1. Pattern says use size 11 24" circs. Um, I'm using size 9 with a 60" cable. God knows how they think you are going to squeeze this monster onto 24" of cable.
2. For bottom, I cast on 86, not 70, which meant my round had...a lot.
3. I stuck with the four row stripes, but I am thinking I should have added a couple, but at this point I am about halfway done, and no way am I frogging that much.
4. I wasn't going to double strand it, but I did after all. I want to make this a sturdy overnight kind of bag, so it seemed like a good idea.

For more general notes, I am only about halfway done, so the actual felting is still in front of me, but based on my previous felting experiences and what I have read, I think I am going to add a few more sets of stripes than the pattern called for, in anticipation for it shrinking more vertically than horizontally. Also, I am probably not going to make the flower, because A) I have to buy another pattern to do it apparently, and B) my boyfriend hates it so much he threatened to not be seen in public with me/it. Heh.

Lining. Oh lining. What I have always liked about felting bags is that they don't require a lining. It remains to be seen if this one will need it. I also need handles. This MIGHT be done by the end of the summer.

The pattern is well written, and does have some tricks about making corners crisp and picking up stitches, which were nice, BUT... I don't know if I really needed a pattern. I could have made this bag without spending the $8. But, the guidelines for figuring out size for the different bags might come in handy.