Piggybacking
It’s Friday and I still haven’t found time to cobble together a blog post for this week. But since 3 other bloggers have essentially done all the work for me, I’ll just piggyback on their posts.
Saturday, Margene, Eliza, Cheryl and I sewed up some adorable project bags. I stumbled on the pattern several weeks ago and got it into my head that I simply had to make one. I was able to complete three, notwithstanding the fact that I have: (1) a barely functioning sewing machine and (2) the sewing skills of a toddler.
The task was considerably easier on Saturday since I was able to use Cheryl’s fully functioning sewing machine and Margene’s razor sharp rotary cutter. Cheryl blogged about our lovely day here.
Sunday was Margene’s 60th birthday. For several months I’ve been planning, designing, and knitting a secret shawl to celebrate her day. Back in December, I showed her a shawl prototype I had knit and she loved it. Trouble was, I had lost both the handwritten charts and my notes. But after she’d hounded me several times, I decided to recreate the pattern and knit a shawl from it for her birthday. Kim kindly supplied me with the perfect (and I mean perfect) yarn.
Here’s the result:
I think Margene liked it. She has some action photos of the shawl on her blog.
The pattern is currently available from Kim as a kit. I’m re-re-working it for sock weight yarn and it should be available as a stand-alone pattern in a few weeks. Should be good for all those lovely skeins of sock yarn that are too precious to use for socks. At least that’s the plan.
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12 comments Susan | designing, knitting, patterns, random, shawls, socks, spinning
The shawl looked perfect on Margene, and the bags are great!
Both days were wonderful. I’m one lucky grrl to have a friend like you!!
That was fun… now we just need to do those tote bags!
Love the shawl, and Margene was radiant in it. Your sewing skills are encouraging to me – still trying to work up the courage to look at sewing machines…someday, someday…
Our Margene doesn’t sew but she has a rotary cutter? Should we be afraid?
Lovely bags. Somehow I think you sew better than the average toddler. And that shawl! It’s just perfect. Well done!
It’s lovely, I cannot wait!!
Yeah, I think you are underselling the sewing. The shawl is unbelievable. You do it over and over again. I just wanted hug it. I have two skeins of Oasis. To heck with the sock yarn, grrl. I want the pattern for Oasis!
I love the project bags you made. The shawl is a great idea.
Cute bags! I guess it’s time for me to bust out the sewing machine.
The Shawl is spectacular!!! The Designer and Model both have done an incredible job!
I LOVE the bags…great size and design!! If you decide to market those ..I’ll be in line behind lots of other folks to purchase!
Those bags are awesome! And the shael… wow. It’s spectacular.
Gosh, I bet she LOVED it!!!