Wedding Dress

So in my last post I mentioned wedding dress shopping. She tried on a few different ones but we all thought, this was it!

So, for those of you following along - I am looking for a pattern, it was going to be a shawl, but we have re-thought that to a stole. I don't want to block the beautiful embroidery in the back. I would like to find something lacey, maybe with a flower pattern in it. Will be making one for her and her bridesmaids as there dresses will also have flowers to complement her dress. Imagine black dresses with white flowers at the top of the bodice and on the back just where the knee bends to the bottom of the dress with the same flowers.

If anyone has ideas, please let me know. I plan on going to my LYS and looking in the library, but as my great grandmother would always say, "Many hands make light work" And who doesn't like helping with a wedding!

Felted Bag

Last night I finished my first felting project....fun times! I am amazed at how much different the bag looks now. Needless to say I was just a bit freaked at first putting it in the washer, but I am happy with the results. I used 100% wool from Carodan Farm - it is their wool. It was wonderful to knit with and I cannot wait to make another project using their wool.


Here is the bag before - look how small my phone looks! The before measurements are from the opening to the beginning of the bottom, see the ridge? It measured 12" and across the middle it measured 14".

I didn't twist my handle as much as the pattern showed, but I like it!

http://www.magknits.com/warm04/patterns/sophie.htm

You can see the pattern here. Now, here is the finished product......




Look how much larger my phone looks now...amazing! The handles did not shrink very much, so I put a small knot at the top just to try it out. May take it out after I take it out for a spin tomorrow - wedding dress shopping with my daughters.

Anyway, the finished size is:
Top of opening to start of the bottom ridge - 8"
Going across the middle - 12"

So cute, but I was thinking I need to embellish it a bit more somehow, give it a bit of pizzaz. I am always trying to build a better mouse trap, maybe this time I should just leave it alone.


Let me leave you with a picture from the DC Knit-Out on Oct 23rd. Must be the worlds largest needles! She tried to get me to use them, that is just to much needle for me!