No pictures to share this time. I’m still working on this log cabin square project bag, and I’ve progressed to joining the two squares into a bag. Now I’ve picked up stitches at the top of the bag for a drawstring casing. I plant to finish the entire knit portion of the bag, and then block it before measuring for a cloth lining with pockets.
One thing I’ve realized is that garter stitch isn’t the best stitch to use for something like this, because it has so much stretch. But that’s the reason I plan to line the bag. If it was yarn that would felt, I would felt it and then determine whether it needs a lining. But this is superwash sock yarn, so felting is not an option. Felting would require an even larger knit bag to begin with, so I would not be so near finishing it anyway. As it is, it’s taken me a while. I haven’t had much knitting time recently, and I’m not that fast a knitter. But for relaxation when I have time, this has been a good project. It’s a one-more-row project, which is nice. That’s partly because I’m designing it as I go, so it’s fascinating to see how it will turn out.
I’m doing my best to keep notes, in case I decide to duplicate this one later in other colors, and also just to have a record of how it goes. I’m also happy to get a practical use out of this odd yellow yarn.
Soon I’ll be at a point of blocking, and at that time I’ll also block the knit squares I mentioned in that prior post, which are all made according to stitch patterns from Barbara G. Walker’s Learn to Knit Afghan Book. Those were made from an acrylic baby yarn, and will need to be blocked before I can join them into a bag. I’ll try to get some photos to post at that time, of both bags in progress.
Happy crafting!