Back to the Needles

If you are a frequent reader you know I am a sometime knitter who has a lot of yarn. And by a lot, I mean A LOT. It is tucked away in every corner of my house. It occupies under the bed boxes, bins in every closet including the laundry room and linen closet. I have found that I can masquerade it in CityBaby's arts & crafts stuff among stickers & glitter & glue. This leaves me stuck with finding lots of inspiration.

As I go down the rabbit hole know as the world wide web, I often browse knitting sites for inspiration. I have several categories of patterns I find: things I love but could never knit, things I love but don't want to knit and my comfort zone. My comfort zone is made up of scarves, hats, shawls, wraps and bags. Things that don't require too much thinking or expertise. There is also another category of patterns I find that like but think I can change to suit my taste, expertise or timeframe. I may be a sometime knitter but I am an excellent pattern maker.

So, I found a bag I really like. Something I think I will actually use. And I have some gorgeous deep gray wool I scored in Florence (and subsequently schlepped back to the US and through customs) that would make a beautiful winter bag. And, since winter is just about on us (and I only have a small window here in the South) I need to get cracking. Here is the bag:




Imagine it in a deep gray. Gorg, right?

And, here is my vision for what my bag will look like: no pleats - there is no way I can even pretend like I can pull that off. My version will be a slouchy bag with rounder handles than the ones pictured. I plan to start today (like I have a choice with the winter meter running).

I found this pattern on Lion Brand's site and since it is free, I am passing it on.