Today I finally put the handles on my Grazing Sheep bag. The bag was completed in November of 2008 but sat languishing because I didn't like the felted handles I made. I had the handles pinned into the bag, but never liked them enough to sew them in. So, in April of last year (or maybe it was the year before) , I bought some leather handles at Stitches South. I brought them home and put them in the bag and there they have sat since then. Last week, when I moved everything I saw them again and thought "What a waste!" So, this afternoon, while on Skype with Dena, I sewed the darn things onto the bag. It's lovely!
And then I stuffed it with sock yarn and my Eclectic Sole book and went off to sit in the car (with the dog) and knit and wait for the Divine Miss M to come out of rehearsal. The bag is great. Unfortunately the purple sock yarn had some bad spots and I lost a bunch of it - but there is enough left to make anklets and that's what the Divine Miss M prefers, so that just became her yarn.
I love your bag! At last, the handles are on, and now you can really enjoy it. I hope you have lots of fun using it!
ReplyDeleteGreat bag!
ReplyDeleteYou can be proud of yourself! Another project finished! And the result is great. Doesn't that give a lot of satisfaction too: finishing something that has been waiting for such a long time and turn out so well?? What more do you have on your "to-finish" list??
ReplyDeleteAnd you know where you can find nice handles: the dumpstore! Look for old bags and you'll be amazed what a nice handles there are available for almost nothing... (oh, now you know, that's so me, the Dutch girl..)