I didn't know what I was going to get him, and then the new issue of Knitty came out. There it was. The perfect thing.
I made the mistake of washing it yesterday. (I like to get the stink of my sweaty hands off of handknits before I gift them.) A few of the ends came unwound. That's going to be a problem, but I'll worry about that later.
A funny thing happened when I made the toy. I went into my yarn stash to look for yarn, and I found something interesting. First, remember this sweater?
A while back (in January), I wrote a post about how I just knew I had another skein of this yarn, but I couldn't find it. Yeah, well, I did. I found that second skein while looking for yarn for the toy.
Insert scream here.
So, if I start another project with that yarn, I now have enough. I guess I can make matching gloves, scarf, and hat. If I were so inclined.
But I've been working on other things.
I made another purse. (I didn't like the last one.) It currently hangs on a nail behind my bedroom door. It's waiting for me to finish it. I need to line it (so I have to figure out what fabric I want to use for that), and I need to find a closing for it. I didn't like the fastener in the pattern, so now I have to come up with something on my own.
It's been waiting for me to finish it since April 10th. That's when I got around to felting it. I've been pondering sewing in a zipper.
Any thoughts? Does a zipper sound like a good idea? Or do you have any other ideas that could work?
You knit the nicest things. That toy is so cute and the purse is pretty. Maybe you could use a magnetic snap? Or velcro?
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