Made

November 8, 2007

It’s been a slow couple of weeks, I’m recovering from my second respiratory tract infection in a month and feel absolutely dreadful so I haven’t been very productive. But here are some FOs from last week.

The first is a cosmetic case that I made following queenofdiy’s tutorial at Craftster forum. Totally genuis way of inserting zippers by the way, I’ve always had trouble with them but this made it much easier. I love this fabric, it was on sale at Lincraft for $4.95 a metre. The lining is a plain cotton that matches the flowers on the outer fabric.

Next up was a make-it-up-as-you-go-along messenger bag. I’ve had this embroidered cord fabric in my stash for ages and it was time it become something.

It’s also lined with bright pink fabric but it didn’t photograph well. The hardware and strap fabric is from Nicole Mallalieu Design, who I highly recommend by the way

Of course I couldn’t try to photograph something without getting a little help from Erin. I think her attention has more to do with the fact that we’re out of Friskies and she’s angling for treats.

Still making slow progress on my ISE5 scarf, I procrastinated about the pattern to use and got halfway through using a stitch pattern from one of my dictionaries then decided I really did like this one better. Halfway there with only two weeks to go until posting date!

Pattern: Shifting Sands by Grumperina (My version is 37 stitches).
Yarn: Filatura Di Crosa - Zarina (beautiful to knit with).

The first pic is a better representation of the colour. Never mind those little loose stitches and the like, I’m hoping blocking will take care of those.

That’s all for now. My first lesson from Sharon B’s Develop a Personal Library of Stitches class has arrived so I need to get busy stitching.

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