Progress on Tomato

I’ve slowly been making progress on the Tomato. Two weeks ago I started the colorwork pattern. Thanks for your help, ladies! Unfortunately, I had to rip out a whole row, twice, so I haven’t gotten quite as far as I should be by now. The first time, I realized I started the dark blue in the wrong place ( I missed the tiny pm in the pattern and started the row too early). As I was starting the 3rd row, I noticed I had made a mistake in the pattern at the very end of the 2nd row and I had to re-do the whole row again!

I think I’m back on track now I just hope this fits me when I finally finish!

I know these pictures aren’t the greatest for seeing the colorwork pattern, but I hope to finish this part up this week and have a better picture soon!

Girly Bag is Finished!

On Saturday I finally finished the Girly Bag!

Pattern: Girly Bag by Amy Polcyn *
Started: Saturday, July 8, 2007
Finished: Saturday, August 25, 2007
Yarn: Berroco Bonsai
Color: Japanese Maple (4141)
Needles: Size 8US

The knitting was pretty fast and simple for this bag. My problem came with adding the lining and trying to figure out what to do about the hem. With the help of some friends, I decided that I would hand-stitch the hem to the body of the bag so it wouldn’t lift up when I used the handles. I had this great idea that I would just use some ribbon on the outside of the bag to cover my stitching. I didn’t know how poorly I would do; I couldn’t keep the stitching straight & even! I’ll bring this on Tuesday for anyone who wants to see it, although I’m a bit embarrassed for anyone to look too closely at it

I really like this purple lining. It goes well with the purple ribbon in the yarn.

* I used Berroco Bonsai instead of Berroco Glace. I also put the flower at the bottom of the bag because of the ribbon I added to the top.