Somebody Say Hallelujah, We're Having a Revival!

The long lost felted bag is felted and nearly dry. It still has lots of sewing of straps and bits to do. So only 3+ years to wrap that one up. But it got me thinking about what else was way back there deep in the closet. I reached in and grabbed something. The shrug I knit for my appearance on the Knitty Gritty three years ago. I was stunned to see that not only was it completely knit but also seamed with the ends woven in. All that was needed was to sew on the collar. I even had a length of yarn cut and ready for the sewing!


Done. Still horrendously ugly. But done. Now to find someone who would want it. I'm thinking maybe I know some girls who might like it for dress up.

So what else is back there? Oh, Spider Monkey! You need hands and feet.


Behold the monkey's paw. Some kind soul on Ravelry sent me a message with her solution to all the monkey fingers. Don't knit them! Instead knit a big paw and stitch on finger lines. I knocked out four paws today. Monkey now needs to be assembled (I already stitched up all the long seams) and get a face.

If I'm working on the Spider Monkey than what about the Platypus? No point waiting for my son to knit it. He (Platypus, not son) has all his feet now and I'm working on his bill.



Damn, it feels good to get this stuff out of here. Can I get an amen?

It's All Coming Back to Me Now

Very late Sunday night I was rummaging around in my office closet for a spare baby photo of my older son to put cut up and used in a class project. Fun. I did, however, find my lunch tote that I started in September 2004. It was all knit except for one handle and two 20" lengths of i-cord. Idiotic. Why would I abandon a project when I was right at the finish line? I pull it out and started the second handle yesterday. Oh...now I remember.

The instructions have you cast on 96 stitches in waste yarn, knit ten rows of handle (there's a stripe in there which is why it's knit the longway and why it's not knit in the round). Then you cut and pull out the cast on and graft all 96 sts. When I did this in '04 I didn't have much kitchener experience and I'd never heard of a provisional cast on. Okay, not a big deal. I knit the handle (used a provisional cast on). Then I read the instructions for threading seam binding through the handle and stitching it in place and then basting the length of the handles on both sides in wool. What a royal pain in the ass! No wonder I shoved this in the back of the closet.

Anyway, the knitting is done.



Tonight I will felt.