Buttonhole Bag
Isn't it cute! I knit up this little bag in just a few days. It is knit with large needles and two strands of wool yarn. Then it is felted. This is the first time I have felted anything and I was very nervous about ruining it in the wash. But it turned into the cutest little thing!
Doesn't it look just like a little Easter Egg in the grass:
Adorable
Donna at Quiet Life makes these little bags all the time and I have been interested in making one for a while. I found the pattern for the Buttonhole Bag at Mason-Dixon Knitting.
I took my new little bag with me to the eye doctor yesterday (my eye sight is slightly worse than last year - no much but a little - waaa) and it was a nice size for holding my wallet, my contact case and a little bottle of solution, my eye glasses, and my perscription. It would hold one or two small diapers and a baggie of wipes if you have a new babe to keep you company (Laurie and Heather and Mary), or a paperback book and some sunblock and your swim pass, or a camera and a snack, or....
It was so fun to knit that I picked up a little more yarn and have started another one - I should be able to finish it at the park today.
9 comments:
Adorable! Did the yarn naturally make the stripes, or did you do that yourself? I have loved seeing those bags on Donna's site and had no idea how quick they were to do. Maybe I'll try one when life settles down a bit, perhaps a good fall project. Great job!
too cute! Can't knit to save my life! lol!
I put in the stripes - I bought the dark pink wook and the green wool, and I had a little of the light pink left over from another project.
I just started up a stripe when I thought it would look nice.
I absolutely love the colors you chose! I want one just like it!!!
Those bags are like potato chips...can't make just one!!!
Great job!
What yarn did you use...exactly?
I want to copy you!
Fabulous!
So...don't you want me to copy your bag? It's so pretty....please share your yarn with me.
Whoops - sorry Donna! Of course you can copy it! But I am a loser and I don't exactly know what kind of yarn I used. I am trying to find it...
The pattern called for Bulky Yarn, but I had some that is more of a worsted weight and that is what I used.
The light pink is Paton's Classic Wool Merino - Medium? in Petal Pink.
The bright pink and the green were from (dare I admit it?) Hobby Lobby - Lion Brand medium/worsted weight. In a bright pink and a spring green - but I don't know the actual color name.
I don't have the papers from the yarn...waaa...online the LionWool site mentions a sage and a dusty rose, but the colors I bought seemed brighter.
Sorry I am not more help, Donna, I will keep searching for the yarn info!
Hey! Thanks for trying!
Ya never think anyone is going to want to know such specific information about a project....but we knitters are a stange bunch :o)
I love the Lily Pulitzer colorway! Will be perfect for Hawaii! xox Kay
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