Well here it is....FINALLY! This is the Nicky Epstein Cherry Blossom Purse from the August 2007 issue of Knit N Style magazine.
It was knit with Cascade Pastaza, and I had a very bad experience with the felting. I knitted to the exact gauge at a normal tension for felting, and it just wouldn't shrink enough width-wise. I ended up cutting it at the seams on one side, cutting off the excess and sewing it back together. Also the dowels that it calls for in the pattern for the rod pockets were 12 inches....how does that make sense for a purse that is 16 inches wide? Still, I didn't catch onto that until I was assembling it. LOL So, I need to go buy new dowels and some end caps for them to complete the purse.
Although it's not complete, I decided to begin using it, since the warm weather will be coming to an end very soon. This is clearly a "Spring/Summer" looking bag, so I wanted to get some use in before I had to put it away for Winter. LOL It has a pink lining to match the flowers, one zippered pocket and a cell phone pocket. I still need to add snaps at the side to keep them poking inside when closed.
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Wow - VERY nice! Why do you think it gave you problems with the felting?
ReplyDeleteHOW can I make you an amazing Fall Felted Bag when you insist on making such gorgeous ones yourself?!!? LOL!! Your Secret Pal!
ReplyDeleteIt looks fabulous! Congratulations. I am currently day dreaming over her Jacobean Bag (http://www.camillavalleyfarm.com/jamiesons/fabulousfeltedbags.htm). It'd be a great winter bag, but I'll be lucky if I can get to it before Christmas.
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Very pretty regardless of your problems. You should be able to use this in the colder months as it looks like winter white.
ReplyDeleteDeb, that bag is luscious! Absolutely beautiful! I am impressed and now adding that bag to my to-do list as we speak. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteThe color is actually a light butter yellow. I am thinking that it gave me a problem felting because of the light color...isn't that what they say? Well if that is the reason, I can't understand how the model bag felted and came out perfectly for the designer and mine did not when I used the same yarn, same color.
ReplyDeleteLOL Katie - I have the pattern AND all of the yarn for the Jacobean Bag. I hope to get to it this winter (I have patterns and yarn for A LOT of bags LOL)
ReplyDeleteI bought the yarn in a pack form my LYS. The put them together just for Nicky's patterns. Pretty convenient and nice when you can get a discount on them (which I talked my way into on the yarn for the Jacobean).