A New Bag

I am increasingly becoming a bag lady. This week, it was a new tote bag for the man in my life.

I choose some denim, from the vintage section of my fabric. The fabric has been aging long enough that it is faded where it was folded. However, I mostly worked around the faded line.  You can see the mark on the handle of the bag.

The fabric was two sided, with a solid colour on one side and a kind of paisley on the other, so I made the bag as a double layer, using the print side out on the inside. I also put a large pocket to hold his papers on one side of the lining.

We had all kinds of wicked weather lately. Good weather for knitting. I started a toe up sock, and I am working on the heel.

I am reusing the yarn that I used to make the ill-fated True Love sock last year. This sock looks much more like my foot.

I wound a couple of skeins, this evening, preparing for a winter challenge.

I bought the yarn and the beads from on line sources, and managed to end up with a pretty good match. There is about 800 m of lace weight there, so it should keep me busy until the weather warms up.