The Never Ending Messenger Bag

Remember when I said I was going to start on the super cute messenger bag that I found a pattern for at Michael's?

That was over a week ago.

I mentioned in that post that I do not knit very well.

Well, I also do not knit very fast.

Now... mind you... I've been busy making friendship bracelets assisting Michael in making friendship bracelets.

But, my messenger bag is coming along quite nicely (if I do say so myself)!

Here's what the final product is supposed to look like.

And here's what I've go so far.

This would be the back. I've got about 6 inches of the 24 inches that it needs to be.

Then I've just got to do the front... the cover... and the strap.

So basically I'm practically done!

If you'd like to place an order... let me know!

I'm sure it will be done... around Christmas???

Tis The Season For Knitting???

I knit.

I typically knit non-stop from fall to early spring.

I do not knit well.

Today, Michael and I headed over to our local Michael's to pick up a project for his economics fair next week. He's making friendship bracelets with the name of his school, his friends names, etc...

While we were perusing the store in search of beads with letters on them, we passed by my favorite aisle in the world. The yarn aisle. I have a bit of a yarn obsession. I have yarn hidden everywhere. I can't get enough of it.

But as I said before, I do not knit well. So purchasing fabulous expensive yarns is not an economically intelligent choice for me. I have this small (or occasionally big) problem with sizing and gauge. I love to make beanies. But for some reason, the beanies I produce only seem to fit two head sizes. Newborn or Andre the Giant. See, I haven't really mastered the normal adult head just yet. I can't even seem to master my 7 year olds head yet. (But seriously, if you have an adult with a head the size of Andre the Giant in your life... I've got lots of hand made hats for them!)

While we were passing the yarn aisle, I noticed a cute little pattern book with a messenger bag on the back cover. I know it's not the greatest picture here, but as I sat there drooling over the bag, Michael looked up at me and said "Mom, you haven't knitted anything in a while." Well, there's a reason I don't knit in the summer. It's Las Vegas. It's 120 degrees. The thought of yarn and anything knitted in that heat makes me sweat just thinking about it. But oh, the bag was so cute.

So what did I do? I bought the pattern book and enough yarn to probably make 3 messenger bags. Considering my sizing issues, I'm thinking it may be one of three things:

1. It may wind up a tiny over the shoulder purse/clutch.

2. It may wind up large enough to use as baggage for a three week trip to Europe.

3. It may take three tries to get the bag "just right."

Here's the yarn I'm going with. Of course, I already have a "problem A" which would be that the bag is meant to be felted. A felted bag would mean that I'd need to be knitting with worsted wool. What did I accidentally buy? Worsted acrylic.

So, um, yeah... I'm not going to be going with a felted bag.

I would call it my own adaptation of a super cute messenger bag.

I'll let you know how it goes.