craftiness

[snugglekitty]

So, last night I made a pattern and cut out the pieces for the crazy pink purse I'm making. It's going to be mostly round but flat on the bottom, sort of like a bowling bag, but not entirely spherical. (Hope this makes sense.) In another hour I'm going to walk over to the sewing store and buy some Fray-check, to keep the fake fur from unraveling as I sew it. Fraycheck is wonderful.

I have been working on a pair of Fluffy Cuff Mittens from the first Stitch and Bitch book. Yesterday, I finished one of the mittens, and then realized that the thumb of the second mitten was in the wrong place. In other words, I have two right mittens. Oops.
Once I had recovered a bit from the shock, starkeymonster quite reasonably suggested that I undo the last few inches of the top of the mitten and change where the sides are (which is solely influenced by the decreases at the top of the mitten) so that the thumb is in the right place. She's so smart.

I am also working on a ribbed cabled scarf for redjo. The pattern is one of my own design, about four inches wide with mirror cables and a rib stripe in the middle. I'm making it out of Mysterious Fuschia Superwash. It's going very well - I have about a foot and a half done, and the cabling pattern is starting to make sense to me.

Yesterday I bought a pattern for a very attractive knitted jacket. I've been totally unsuccessful at finding a crochet jacket pattern I like. I will probably post more about this to the knitting community later, since I want a substitution suggestion that will not cost me $10 for 100 yards.

Comments

[cathijosephine.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Thanks!