Lightening Strikes Twice
Several months ago I answered a call for submissions from Interweave Press. A few weeks later, I got an email from Lisa telling me my submission had been chosen for the Holiday Gifts issue. Fun!
The submission was for a small project, but the instructions were fairly complicated and I obsessed with getting them both clear and correct. I knitted and felted the samples and then, because the design incorporated a large bead, began the search for the perfect bead. Before I knew it, the mailing deadline was upon me and I still had no beads. A canvassing of the local beads shops turned up nothing.
Enter my lampworking friend.
I brought the finished pouches to her house one evening and by the next day she had made all the beads I needed. And, talk about a custom job, each was designed specifically to match each pouch.
Just perfect.
The magazine came out a few weeks ago and Interweave made them look lovely and whimsical.
Unfortunately, I don’t get to keep the samples. But my friend made me a few extra beads. I just need to find some time to knit up some more of the pouches. Got any to spare?
View blog reactions
23 comments Susan | designing, felting, knitting, patterns
Oh they are cute and I read about some people getting obsessed with knitting them
How lovely!! Beautifully matched beads and the layout is perfect!..Congrats!
The beads make the bags special and festive. Congrats on another published pattern!!
Congratulations on both the publication and finding the perfect buttons. The bags could not be cuter!
I was so happy to see this pattern when my copy arrived. It’s wonderful and the beads are the perfect addition.
I saw those in the magazine and loved them. I guess I’ll get the magazine!
Congrats on getting in twice!
They are lovely!
The bags are adorable. Nice beads!
How sad that you didn’t get to keep the samples! I thought they were adorable when I saw them in the magazine. Too many cute projects and so little time!
I whipped up 2 of these bags yesterday. I love them! It’s a great pattern!
Congratulations of being published!
I bought the Gifts magazine solely because of this little entrelac bag. The directions were perfect and easy to follow but finding a perfect bead has proven to be the hardest part.
Thanks for this lovely pattern,
CC
Those are very cute! Have you since found a good source for beads?
Your pattern is one of my very favorites in the whole issue. I look forward to making some.
I wish I had spare time! But good for you–how exciting to have your design published! (And the beads ARE gorgeous.)
What cuteness! Congrats on being chosen.
congratulations on yet another published pattern!!!! woo hoo!!!! Those bags, with the awesome buttons look like such fun to make.
Congrats! Looks like a really fun pattern and those beads definitely do “make them”!
They’re adorable! Congratulations!
I’d happily give you a few hours from this morning if I could figure out where they went.
The bags are adorable and the beads are gorgeous. I wasn’t planning to buy the magazine, but now I have to.
Those little bags are great! The colours and the beads are just perfect.
Congratulations on more pattern fame! Those are so cute. Lots of room for creativity.
I made these little bags, and I just love them. But I haven’t figured out how to make the cords. Are the bags in the pictures done the same way as the pattern calls for?