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Sunday 26 June 2016

Sunday sew off

I was determined to finish off my trial knitting bags today, I had planned for yesterday but time ran away with me.

It did not take long and I am reasonably happy with them, I will be tweaking the pattern to make a longer one. I like to knit on the longest needles for sleeves and fronts and do not want the needles poking through the fabric.


 The first one, 12" long, 9"wide by 4" tall, because it is soft it is very flexible and will hold loads.


The lining is a cotton lawn remnant.


It held this lot easily, I like to have a little pouch for scissors, tape measure, sewing up needles and so on handy.



This is some of my Texas wildflower fabric, I made the handle shorter and put it on the zipper pull end.


I think that it is much neater this way.


The lining is almost the last of this cotton lawn print.
I also altered the box corner size to make it wider and shorter.
13" long, 9 1/2" wide and 3 1/2" tall. 





Again the handle is shorter and on the zipper pull end.


The lining is a yellow polka dot on white.

I will be cutting fabric later to try another size, I am not that hot on the maths involved but making these has given me insight as to what to do next.

The weather here is a bit dull today, warm though and very little wind. I will be pottering in the garden later, I need to get some  new potatoes for dinner and maybe a spring cabbage. Much as I love my salads it is lovely to have hot veg, specially when it is from the garden. There may even be some carrots. I also have strawberries to pick and possibly some rhubarb to pull.

Now it is time to get the kettle on, all this photography is thirsty work.

                            TTFN                                        Pam

PS. Does nobody fancy joining in the parcel round robin started off by Mum?
 Perhaps if I put one of the knitting bags in someone might be interested in joining in.
Let me know, I am easily persuaded.

Pam

18 comments:

  1. Pam your parcel arrived,I'm a very lucky lady, it's almost too good to use, but I promise I will keep my patterns in it. Thank you so very much.

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    1. You are most welcome Marlene, I had fun making them and am planning on changing the pattern a bit for another batch.

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    1. I am pleased but will be changing the dimensions on another try soon.

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  3. You do make some lovely things, you are very talented x

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    1. Thank you, I do like to play with fabric.

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  4. Absolutely love the Texas bluebonnet fabric.
    Lucky me - a parcel arrived for me too - thankyou, I have emailed you!

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    1. I won a giveaway ages ago from Texas and then sourced some more fabric, it is one of my favourites. Glad your parcel arrived safely.

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  5. Those bags are beautiful as well as useful.
    xx

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    1. I like to have pretty things around but they must be usable.

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  6. Loving the kitting bags Are you going to sell them somewhere or are they for presents?

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    1. They are just a trial run, I want a longer, thinner bag for my knitting. If you would like one drop me your address, I will not publish it.

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  7. What pretty knitting bags, how clever you are. I love the fabric choices xx

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    1. I am spoilt for choice when it comes to fabric, I buy what I like when it is on sale. Fabric guild have an excellent range at very low prices. I also use Lady sew and Sew.

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  8. You certainly have a talent, beautiful fabric choices.

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    1. Thank you, I am picky when it comes to buying fabric, I like what I like and will only buy that.

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  9. Can you tell me what a parcel round robin involves? Love your work!

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    1. You agree to receive the parcel, take up to 3 items from it to keep,then replace with 3 more items. Blog about it and ask for more people to take part. You then chose 1 to pass it on and they repeat the procedure. The last one that I joined was several years ago and ran for almost 20 months.

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