Work for Idle Hands

Note: this entry is now archived and has been removed from the main database

« Bangles and baubles. | Back to "More Archives" | Guernsey. »

Sunday November 26, 2006

I felt good

Actually I'm not sure if I felt good or not (yet).

I rashly bought my eldest sister a rather basic digital camera as a Christmas present, (Fuji refurbished thing from Amazon), as she had admitted to not having one. It seemed a shame, as she has recently returned from a trip to Israel where she used disposable cameras, so I went for it. After that, it belatedly occurred to me that a knitted camera bag would be a perfect addition.

I hunted for some kind of pattern for a felted bag on the web, but found everyone else is just doing their own thing, so I decided I would just have to work it out. I used left-over wool from the Fliss scarf (Kid classic) - not sure if it would felt successfully or not, as it's not pure wool. I noted that all the early Rowan stuff seems to be done with Yorkshire Tweed - which they are retiring just now - so....

I knitted a 4x4 swatch and popped it in with the washing (the red washing - ha! can't catch me out like that!). What came out was a tiny ball of fur - from which I deduce it will work. I carefully prized the ball apart and measured it; it seems to have lost the standard 25% in length and about 15% in width.

And here it is; to my relief it seems a good fit, (yes I did risk quickly trying it while the bag is still damp - I am so wild sometimes).

I am not sure she will appreciate the bag - I may have to attach a label saying "these are very fashionable you know". Now I have the taste for it, I may try using left over Rowan Tapestry to knit a bag for my own camera. [That will be in tasteful shades of blue, rather than a Dennis-the-Menace inspired look].

Posted by Christina at 1:52 PM. Category: Knitting

Comments

Posted by: Alison on November 29, 2006 12:16 AM