Dumpling Bag!

Hi all... I just love the cute Dumpling Bag that Sharon has in the Fall IK and had to make one right away. After making this I thought about doing daisies instead of the swirls for embroidery, but will have to try that on the next one! The little recipient of this will be thrilled as she loves pink & purple and her big sister is getting a bag I made, too.

Yet ANOTHER Carie Lynn joins the family...

Well having knit 3 Carie Lynn bags, I thought I was done... but my 6 1/2 yr old goddaughter is a new knitter (and doing remarkably well!) and every time she sees mine she tells me how beautiful it is and how some day she wants to be able to knit like me...

So I made her one with hot pink and turquoise... so I call it my Child's Bright Carie Lynn. I used Cascade 220 (doubled) and it make a great child-sized version.



Happy Knitting!!
JavaNut

Some amazing She-Kntis customers Carie Lynn bags from Ravelry

A whole buncha Carie Lynn Bags...these beautifes are from Dawn, Tina and Cheryl...thanks for sharing ladies!

Carie-Lynn done!!

Well it's been a while since I've done a She-Knits bag, but here's the latest Carie-Lynn



Made with Valley Yarns Berkshire held doubled (less than 2 oatmeal and green, 2 complete chocolate). Didn't shrink too much in felting, but I wanted to keep the stitch definition of the cables and moss/seed stitch panels.

My Finished Bags

Here are my Robin wristlets.

The second one was much easier with the intarsia. I was not totally in love with embroidery at the end, but it made a big difference. They were both gifts and the recipients loved them!

Finally!

Hi all! Here is my finally finished Melly Bag. I started working on it in November, but couldn't finish it because of dye lot problems at Brown Sheep. Sharon saved the day for me and got me what I needed to finish it, so now I have an awesome Black and Red She-Knits creation! I couldn't be happier. I think the Marly Bag will be next on my list...or maybe Carie Lynn...or maybe...

A Finished Bag

I finished the Marly bag. Loved this pattern. Now I REALLY want the Toothpick Optional bag. I'm going to get it as a reward for cleaning my house. I better hurry up then because I want to work on it soon!

Two new bags

A Carie Lynn bag and another Bigbag...or not so big bigbag. I am very pleased with them both even if they are a little smaller than Sharon intended by the pattern. But I used other yarns and smaller needles, and these came out the perfect size that I like for bags.

Holly and Charlotte with their wristlets!

My cousin in New Zealand very kindly sent me these photos of her daughters with the wristlets I made them. Are they the most adorable little girls! And I get to see them in 9.5 weeks :)

Its been a bit...heeerrreees (another) Melly

Hi everybody- I finished, what I think will be my last Melly Bag to go to the boutique I sell out of. The nice thing is everytime one sells, and this is now the 5th one I have made for sale, I replace it with a new one with slightly different colors. I love Melly, and I am glad she sold but honestly 5 of them is ENOUGH, I am a little sick of her success....well, not really...however you knitters kow what I mean...how many times can you do the samey samey same.





I have finished a new pattern of a wonderful bag that has slip stitching and cabling and texture and and and... unfortunately I can't show you as that is the rules when you submit a pattern for potential publication...so I am just a big tease. I am working on finishing up a pattern for a messenger/laptop bag which should be done soon.

Last think I wanted to show you was my Dream Floral bag, which I haven't written the pattern for it however if anyone is interested perhaps you should e-mail me privately and let me know.

Toothpick Optional

Well, Sharon has done it again! What a wonderful pattern and a CUTE CUTE CUTE BAG!!!

I did mine and took lots of pictures! Here are a few but if you want to see all the pictures I am hoping to post all about it on the blog tomorrow. But if you are on Ravelry...go and take a look :-)







xoxox

Marly

Caroline Bag in New Zealand!

Here's a photo of Mum with her Caroline Bag. She was visiting a butterfly exhibition.

Another Melly Bag...

I made another version of the Melly bag but this time I went with contrasting colors... I love the way it turned out!!

This one was made with Paton's Classic Wool Merino (doubled) so it's smaller than the 'original' made with Burly Spun, but it's still a good size. The Paton's felted really well (one cycle thru the wash) except the cream didn't felt as much as the other colors. I've heard that sometimes white doesn't felt in some yarns - anyone know why??




Happy Knitting!
JavaNut

toothpick (and olive) optional

I knit this bag for my sister. It is knit from Sharon's latest pattern, and it was a lot of fun (and super quick!). I think I'm going to felt it a little more. I'll definitely make another wristlet. I hope my sister likes it! Sorry the picture isn't great - it really doesn't do Sharon's pattern justice.

Another Ali Bag...

I finally finished my Ali Bag! I love the colors and think it's a great design!!

I still need to tack down the braid - I didn't tack it down (except the ends) before felting because it was a few inches shorter than the pattern and I was afraid it would felt much shorter. It didn't really so now there's plenty of extra to 'drape' between the Xs.

And next time I'd probably make the straps a bit wider... but I love it and decided that I just have to keep it for myself!

Thanks, Sharon!

Caroline Pictures

This one is from the first She-Knits Felted Bag class I taught at my LYS. I am incredibly proud of this student!



Here it is again in the center flanked by the original colors Caroline Bag on the right and a cutomer ordered custom colored one I completed on the left.

Newest bagchild...and she is a fiesty one!

I'm so happy!

I'm such a proud new Mum here and I hope Sharon is too! I just can't tell you how much I love this bag that will be my Mum's Christmas present. I can highly recommend this pattern. The intarsia is not too difficult and I had a lot of fun with the embroidery. I used Berkshire Bulky wool which is a wool/alpaca blend from Webs. It came out a little fluffy for my liking but I just gave it a little shave with a disposable razor.

Caroline Before Felting

Here's my Caroline bag before felting. I have to run out now but wanted to (hopefully) put a smile on Sharon's face :)

Melly's Cousin Bag in Berkshire Bulk

Hi everyone! I'm Lisa and I'm from Pennsylvania. I started listening to Sharon's podcast a few months ago and have been more and more intrigued with the notion of making one of her gorgeous bags. I decided to start with Melly's Cousin Bag. I chose Valley Yarns Berkshire Bulky from Webs in Coffee Bean and Tan. I used US 13 needles instead of the 15s called for because I didn't have 15s. And the handles were knit on US 10.5 dpns because I couldn't find 13s. Otherwise, I stuck to the pattern. I knit the bag in only a few days during my vacation. In fact I was knitting on it Halloween night in between answering the door for trick or treaters. Here she is pre felting...

And after...
The yarn was really hairy so I had to go over the bag with my sweater shaver. And the holes for the handle didn't close up tightly enough. In hindsight, I should have made the holes smaller knowing I'd be knitting the handles on much smaller needles. But it looks fine. And I've gotten tons of compliments on it. I just love when people ask where I got my bag and I say I made it and watch the look of awe spread across their face.

Turns out, this bag is just a bit too small for me though. So I just got the Ali Bag pattern to knit next. The yarn decisions are proving much more difficult for me on this one, though. I want the main part of the bag to be blue and the pipes to be purples or maybe greens (Sharon suggested both, which could be totally awesome too). It's so hard trying to decide by looking at pictures on the computer (I don't have a local yarn store so the majority of my shopping is done online). When I do find yarn, I'll be sure to post.