Saturday Progress

This afternoon, I visited a local fabric store called Sew Nice Fabrics and found a plain cotton material for the lining of the bag I recently made.

And, I finished the body of the tank and picked up the stitches for the neckline, knit it in eyelet rib and got that bound off as you see in this pic (it was a bit dark for my camera).

I still have to pick up the stitches and knit the armhole bands in K3P3 rib. Hopefully I'll be able to get that done tomorrow and have an FO to share!

FO*: Tapestry Bag

*still needs lining

While waiting for the yarn to ship for my next project, I took the time to visit the bookstore to look for new knitting mags on Friday. I was able to get Issue 54 of Simply Knitting, the one packaged with bamboo handles as the 'gift'.

Saturday, I was browsing through, reading the patterns and realized I had just the right sort of yarn for the plain bag! I don't particularly stash yarn, so it was a fun surprise that I actually had some on hand...almost makes me see the point of being a real stasher ;)

The yarn is Rowan Tapestry in pretty blue/green 'lakeland'. I followed the pattern closely, but added a bit to the length and used the 3 needle bind off to close the bottom of the bag. I enjoyed seeing the variegated colors form stripes and as I got toward the bottom of the bag, I pulled at the ball and worked with just the darker parts, so it would subtly change the variegation. I felt that making it darker would visually give the bottom of the bag a little 'weight'.

I cast on during the day on Saturday and by Sunday afternoon, the bag was having a light blocking. I just sewed on the handles today!

My Tapestry Handbag just awaiting a lining!

This pic shows how the handles are sewn on.

And this one shows the bottom seam made by the 3 needle bind off.

I love it! I'm looking forward to finding some lining material and making it ready for use.

Now, I want UPS to hurry up and get here, so I can get started with the tank.