This weekend flew by in the blink of an eye, but I still managed to sneak in some yarn shopping:
I purchased the hank of turquoise Butterfly Mercerized Cotton to knit myself a little pouch for my Nintendo DS. The “cables in my purse”:http://karissacove.com/journal/2006/06/07/cable-knit-purse/ were a real success, so I’m going to incorporate a couple into this pattern as well.
I also picked up the latest issue of “Vogue Knit.1″:http://www.knit1mag.com/. There’s a couple super-cute sweater patterns in this issue, but I have so many WIPs, it’ll be after Christmas before I get a chance to knit anything else for myself!
I’ve added three new purses to “my Etsy Shop”:http://karissacove.etsy.com:
A few months back, I was inspired to make a knitted purse with wooden handles, back when I bought the “two hanks of Butterfly Mercerized Cotton”:http://karissacove.com/journal/2006/03/29/yarn-shopping/ from my LYS. Well, I finally put the finishing touches on my Cable Knit Purse this past weekend, just in time for the summer weather! Perfect!
I designed the pattern using a few different cabling techniques, and added some bobbles, which were time consuming, but turned out so cute — totally worth the extra work:
Once my new site goes up (it’s really coming!), I’ll be putting the pattern up for everyone who would like to make one, too.
Last week, I received a suprise package from my friend Tracy, who was teaching English in Japan (she came back last week, too!). The little parcel was jam-packed with all sorts of blissful Japanese goodies — plastic fish shaped soy sauce bottles, a silk scarf, candies….and this dish scrubber!
I just can’t believe how cute this little guy is! And how about these little Apple Head skewers!
My favourite is the expressions on their tiny faces.
Thanks again, Tracy! See you in NYC!
I decided to make the “I (heart) to Knit”:http://karissacove.com/journal/2006/06/04/i-heart-to-knit/ into more of a tote design, like my “last run of purses”:http://karissacove.com/images/journal/06-06-05-ninescoops.jpg. It just seems to suit the look better. I made it up this morning:
I bought some sorbet-pastel coloured fabric for these totes yesterday, and I’ll be dipping into my vintage fabric stash for the words. I think it’s too cute!
