Knitting Goddess #9
The Kestrel Bag
Main Yarn: Handspun from a Hungarian Shepherd
Almost all of the Other Yarns: My first handspun (from a sampler pack)
One Blue: Cascade 220 (A remnant from my first felt! bag)
Needles: Size 11 circs
Pattern: Mostly made up, but the fair isle pattern is from Sarah Swett's kimono in Knitting in America
Started: August 11, 2004
Finished: August 27, 2004
This bag was extremely difficult. Three stranded color knitting (Main color, white for the birds and green for the leaves), using handspun which can be grumpy, duplicate stitching the blues and browns onto the birds, carrying the yarns too tightly, which meant I had to cut floats, yarns felting at different rates, opening D-rings to attach handles, sewing in a lining... This bag was a lot of work.
But it was very much worth it. It was also the first time I shaved a felted object. And that was funny.
Christina - Knit blogger for over a year now, tentative pattern designer, sporadic spinner, beader when I can afford it, a self proclaimed Knitting Goddess, who sometimes depends on the kindness of strangers (especially strangers who come bearing gifts of yarn) and a happy fiber enabler.