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I am having so much fun with this knitting machine and I love the speed in which I can get some of my knitting done up with.
On Saturday, while I was at work, I was asked to make a felted purse. The requirements: it needed to be small (she wants it to hold her wallet, cell phone and keys) and it needed to have a flap. So, on Sunday I sat down and knit one up - I'll be taking it to her on Friday when I go into town, but here is a sneak peek of how it turned out:
Here it is, on the machine - by the time I was done knitting it, it reached almost to the floor.
This is showing the label of the yarn that I used, it's Sean Sheep armytage (I love using this yarn for felting because it felts up really, really nice).
Here I have finished knitting the purse, folded it into thirds and clamped it (I got those little clamps from Princess Auto - who knew they sold knitting supplies there, right, lol) so that it is ready to be sewn together.
I took it over to Lori's house so that I could get it felted and here is how it looks when the flap is down.
And with the flap up.
I took this picture today, my beautiful assistant insisted that it be modeled, lol.
Finished Crochet List of 2008:
≈ felted slippers for my Mom
≈ crochet dish sponge - 1
≈ doll carrier for Taryn
Cinnamon Rounds
≈ 1 1/2 cup margarine
≈ 1 cup granulated sugar
≈ 1 egg, beaten
≈ 1 tsp vanilla
≈ 1/2 cup brown rice flour
≈ 1/2 cup tapioca starch
≈ 1/4 cup soya flour
≈ 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
≈ 1/4 teaspoon salt
≈ 2 tsp cinnamon
≈ 1/2 cup finely chopped nuts
* Heat oven to 375˚F. Grease baking sheets
* Cream margarine and sugar together. Add egg and vanilla and blend well.
* Sift together flours, starch baking powder, salt and 1 tsp cinnamon. Add to creamed mixture.
* Mold the mixture using about 1 Tbsp into balls and roll in a mixture of the chopped nuts and remaining 1 tsp cinnamon.
* Place on prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
* Bake for 15 minutes. Remove immediately from baking sheets.
* Yields about 2 1/2 dozen cookies.
Here it is, on the machine - by the time I was done knitting it, it reached almost to the floor.
This is showing the label of the yarn that I used, it's Sean Sheep armytage (I love using this yarn for felting because it felts up really, really nice).
Here I have finished knitting the purse, folded it into thirds and clamped it (I got those little clamps from Princess Auto - who knew they sold knitting supplies there, right, lol) so that it is ready to be sewn together.
I took it over to Lori's house so that I could get it felted and here is how it looks when the flap is down.
And with the flap up.
I took this picture today, my beautiful assistant insisted that it be modeled, lol.
