Shipwreck
and Longest Night:
Both are superwash Cheviot, new to me fiber. As soon as I took it out of the bag, and handled it, I knew it would turn into something other than a garment or anything else near the skin. It was just too rough for my taste.
Spinning it was super easy, but there were a lot of coarse hairs to be picked out, which I did in the beginning, and eventually let some of them go.
I also knew, that I wanted them to be together. I spun a 2-ply yarn from each colorway, and plied them together to get a cabled yarn. 279yds total.
Now, what to do with it? I loved how it looked, but was pretty scratchy yarn. I decided to make some kind of container with it. I haven't done any crochet in a long time, and I'm happy to report, that my hands could handle the whole bag without too much pain. Well, yes, I made a drawstring bag.
Here it is! I love it! Open:
and closed:
I asked Denny to come with me to do a photo shoot!
Nudge, nudge!
His payment was in the bag. :o)
And here it is on my desk.
This was a fun, fast project. I started out with this pattern, but modified it. I really like the look of single crochet, it's almost like woven. The base is not really round
I could have made it round, but I was following the pattern. The base is 6 1/2 inches. Then I crochet up for 7 inches, did the eyelet to get the leather bands through, and after that crochet another inch or so using a 4mm hook. I'm quite happy with it.
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Wishing you all a lovely weekend!
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24 comments:
Denny is the best model ever. LOL! Love the bag, something I would really like to show off kind!
Hallo,
danke für die ausführliche Beschreibung und die tollen Bilder. Der Beutel ist wunderbar geworden. Das werde ich auch mal versuchen. Liebe Grüße von Ate
You clever girl,that is so gorgeous,it gives a better idea what to do with some coarse fibre sIve had in my stash.I wan to rejoin SCF but theres a rather long waiting list!!
Die Tasche würde mir auch gefallen :-)
Liebe Grüße, die Bea
great spinning and i LOVE that bag....
Denny's coat looks so fabulously shiny and healthy here - I bet he sheds tremendously! And a lovely bad - the way the copper bits just pop out is very pretty.
What a great idea! It's really beautiful. I never know what to do with the coarser yarns and now I do.
I love the bag! Denny is so cute!! :)
I saw this over in the SCF thread, but I think it's a great use of the yarn. So pretty!
Goofy doggie!
Beautiful bag! I always have so much fun watching your spinning posts. It's so interesting to see how fiber transforms on spinning, and then again with knitting/crochet. =)
Have a good weekend! Denny is a very thorough model!
Simply gorgeous! And really inspiring...
That was the perfect use for that yarn!
You know I'm not a fan of the color orange but you always manage to make it look beautiful!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the bag. I want one!
Lovely yarn and lovely bag. Georgia and I were cracking up at the pictures of Denny sticking his head into it.
What a lovely bag! :) stunning colours
I love the way you pair things together. I would have never looked at those two fibers and thought to join them, but I love how they look in that bag!
Oh, that bag would be perfect for sock projects. I've saved it. Thanks for the link.
LOVE!
Wow, I love that bag! I never thought of making a bag with my scratchy yarn, but I will now. Great job
Happy Mother's Day to you.
Seems like this would be a useful item and I really like the pewter sheep pin! (sjn821)
You did make a silk purse out of a sow's ear!! What a great bag and I love Denny's help He's so funny!! I hope there was a treat in the bag???
Hi from the old world, Monika! Your great bag was part of my Hello Friday post of today and when I found your story just now about Bag And Benny I added a picture with him. Ein schönes Wochenende allen Tieren und Menschen, Amina.
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