I was killing time at the library last night while my son was at his saxophone lesson. As usual, I headed straight for the knitting section (well, there really isn't an entire section, but there are two or three shelves of knitting books). I'm usually a bit disappointed because, by now, I've seen most of what's there. Last night I didn't have high hopes, but then I came across this book.
I'm pretty sure I've seen this one before, but maybe gave it only a cursory glance. The cover seemed familiar...yet I decided to look again. Most of what was there didn't interest me. Until I saw this.
Oh, yeah...another felted bag I NEED to make. It's called "Carried-Away Felted Bag." I fell in love with it. The shape. The colors. The fuzzy yarn. Wow. This is definitely on "the list" now.
I especially love the pale blue and brown (black?) combination. Anyone ever heard of Fiesta Yarn Kokopelli? That's what the yarn is,(60% kid mohair, 40% wool) and darned if I've ever seen it anywhere. The fuzz factor reminds me a lot of Lopi, and I'm sure some substitution could easily be done. I do love the color, though. Time to do some 'net surfing to see what I can find!
3 comments:
what a cute bag! I love getting knitting books from the library too,more money for yarn then ;0)
cara
earth mother
A friend of mine knitted this bag and it is very cute! She knit it with Cascade Pastaza and got the same "fuzzy" effect. It was a beautiful bag. It is on my list of things to knit this year too. Good Luck.
I bought that book just so I could have that pattern, though I've yet to knit it. I've seen Kokopelli at my local yarn store..it's really nice, it's like $20 a hank. Since the pattern also calls for Lamb's Pride Worsted...I don't think anything would make me use the Kokopelli except for that color, plus with that high mohair content it seems like it would be way fuzzy.
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