Groovy Things

Well I haven't left the house since I decided to embark on my little experiment, but I do have to go to the post office and the bank today so we'll see what happens...



I have, however, started to read the book, and so far it is keeping my interest. It along the same vein as Debbie Macomber's Shop of Blossom Street series of which I've read A Good Yarn.



I probably would be deeper into the book, but I've been trying to use my time to clean our house room by room -- after 2 years of working at the restaurant 7 days a week, suffice to say our house is a bit of a pit! Piles of stuff everywhere. Helping that along is the fact that we've got 5 cats, a dog and a bird so there's plenty pet hair and bird fluff to deal with.



I've also been trying to finish this Groovy Striped Felted Bag which is going to be a beach bag for my mom. It was supposed to be a Mother's Day present, but now is more likely to be her present for her birthday next month.



The picture here is the product image of Natalie Wilson's pattern. I've actually modified the pattern a bit. Instead of knitting with 6 different colors of yarn, I decided to use 2 yarns -- one is a solid color for the sides and bottom of the bag and then I'm using a Noro self-striping yarn to create the striped sides of the bag.

I tend to knit at night in front of the TV so I thought it would be easier just using the self-striping -- requiring less late-nite brain energy that usually is in small supply!

I've finally finished knitting all the sides so tonight I'll start sewing up the sides. When I have a chance I'll take a picture before I felt it and post it here!