Hankering for Yarn

The Hemp Bag: The Cat’s on the bag!

by Noreen on February 26th, 2007

Last summer,  I made a bag to carry projects and stuff for the workshops that I taught at the Knit and Crochet show

So, I posted this:

Anyhow, I am making this wild and wonderful bag. It started out with a pair of painted wooden handles that I made a few years back.

you can see them by clicking

handles

I thought that rainbow hemp cord would be wonderful on my vintage Lily Speed-o-weave loom. I was right…. it’s great to work with. (click on the handles link to get the address for the hemp site).

And………

then, I thought……… OH! I should get my spoolie out and spool knit some dolls for the sides of the bag- matching up the flat dolls on the handles would be fun!

yep……..

and one thing leads to another………

and now……..

tadah!

There’s a cat on the bag!

and I have a million buttons, so I thought that it would be fun to scatter a few on there too…..

By the way, my wonderful almost-son-in-law is making GORGEOUS brass shuttles now. That’s one of his. He’ll soon be selling them. I love them. (and him, too. He’s a keeper!)

Next: The spool knitted cord for the edging.

I can’t believe how much fun it is to make this bag.

I love it when one thing just keeps leading to another, opening one magical door after another.

I wish someone would open a door that would let Springtime out of the bag, and stuff winter into storage! Sheesh.

Stay warm………

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