Laptop Bag for Her!

The 'custom order'  lap top bag is now finished and ready to go to its new owner. These are available from my Etsy store and they come with a complementary brooch in the matching colour of the flap on the bag.

Light Summer Bag - Finished

My summer bag is now finished and when I look at it, it reminds me of spring. As soon as I started playing with the light gray fabric of which this bag is made, I knew that it needed to look fun, light and summery. Initially I was going to use the main fabric in combination with 'English grass' green, but on my last trip to Spotlight I have discovered this wonderful flowery fabric that I knew would work wonders on this bag as a lining.

silky button hook

Below is the back of the bag. The button hook is crocheted out of silk and matches the lining fabric of light and dark purple roses. Just to add some more interest, I secured several flowers in between the over sized stitches.

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Getting used to the 'Giant Knit'!

I love 'Giant Knit'... you need to hold the yarn quite loose so that your knitting needles can flow from one stitch to the other. Trudi Pollard, a recognised WA artist, mentioned recently that when she does stitching, she calls it 'dolphining' - because of the way the needle goes up and down. She may have just added a new word to the English dictionary! When I do the giant knit, it reminds me of exactly that, the ocean, and gliding on the waves... like a form of meditation....

Light Summer Bag - Inspiration starter

I got nearly 6 meters of this light gray fabric from a wonderful artist Trish Bygott on my recent visit to her very inspirational boutique in Fremantle. I thought I might use it to make a light summer bag. Today I spent time preparing this fabric for my crochet / knit  bag project (time will tell which one will it be). It is such a wonderful natural colour that can be combined with stronger tones to add a bit of glamour. So, as I was cutting this fabric, colour combinations were storming through my mind and then I remembered that I used to have a bright  green,  satin colour skirt that I can't fit into anymore that might just work the wonders with this light gray.

Still brainstorming, but thinking a light summer bag... maybe?

Light Summer Bag in progress