This is very strange. I am posting from my Palm and grafittiing into a really tiny box. If this works, it will be great! Then I can make entries from the carpool lane.

I have a bunch of stuff floating around in my mind to do next…

1. Secret sox for a birthday coming up.
2. The second of two Baby Alberts.
3. More socks for me.
4. Felted clogs from Fiber Trends pattern for my hubby.
5. I have a bunch of bulky cotton that I love but can’t figure out what to make with it. I didn’t realize how bulky it was until I swatched. Maybe a poncho. Maybe I can split each skein into two and make something normal. Maybe that’s crazy, I dunno, I am new to this craft.

I guess I will think on it a bit and see what rises to the top.

Well, the body of the bag is almost exactly as I imagined, but the straps are not shrinking at all! I guess I shall have to do some surgery after all, but it won’t be as bad as I was worried about. Now to get the smell out of the laundry room. Wet wool is not one of my favorite scents.
I think I will go ahead and put it in the dryer and see how that goes.

My sister just called to tell me she is engaged and is going to get married in Bangkok on new years eve and I got so distracted that I forgot to take the before photo and I put the bag in the wash! Oh well, the thing was huge!

I have been working furiously on my bag, which is now looking a bit like a sleeping bag. Luckilly, the current issue of Cast On has an article on what “weaving in ends” really means. This is something that I have been sort of winging up until now, so the timing was nice for me to use the techniques on my bag. I am busily weaving in ends and hope to throw her in the wash tonight. I will post a before and after picture later on tonight.
I ended up doing a little cheesy-love peerie around the top of the bag, inspired by knitty/mama kate, and the AS book I borrowed from the library. I thought it might add a little stability to the top of the bag, and keep it from being a gaping hole.

That darn Orange County! Meetup isn’t happening after all, since only 3 people confirmed. Oh well. Maybe next month, again.

Went to my lys to see about finding some yarns that match my Bachelor Buttons photo, and came up empty. The shop really has lots of acrylics and novelty yarns, but I didn’t think they would only have one brand of wool that was smaller than worsted. I was looking for some maybe DK or fingering to play with making a swatch, but no luck in my colors. She is planning on moving to a larger space, so hopefully that means bigger selection. The place was hopping, with everyone buying yarn for a felted bag. I feel so trendy.
I did find some Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in Purple Club. Very pretty, and I met a few nice ladies while I waited for it to be wound into balls. There was quite a line due to the aforementioned felted bag yarn shoppers. They liked my little pencil case that I use for my knitting doo-dads.

Looks like it will actually happen this month in Orange County. I’m amazed, we shall see how it goes.

Here they are, maybe I will even include the fog in my design…

My connection this evening is atrocious! Has the rain washed away my happy bits and bytes? I think I am going to install Zone Alarm so I can see what’s eating my bandwidth.