Modified Coco Bag

My new modified Coco handbag is almost dry & ready for photography- finally. It had in fact dried once, but after putting in the gromments and rings it just didn't look or feel felted tight enough. So back to the hot water. Almost dry so tomorrow it can all be put together and photographed.

I have finished half of my Emma shawl- it's looking a bit smaller than planned, but once it is blocked it should be a bit longer. I just hope it will be as long as I need it to be...don't want to feel like I "wasted" my Handmaiden Sea Silk!

Quick Knit

I do love a quick knit! I started a new handbag on Sept 29 and finished the knitting on Oct 2nd- a new record to be sure. Don't ya just love size 13 needles!! I used the Little Coco bag pattern and modified it rather heavily to get the shape I wanted- added to CO sts & rows until it "looked right". I also added a flap by PU sts and decreasing evenly to get a triangular shape. The flap has a buttonhole & really cool handmade button keep it closed.

I had wanted to use some handbag handles rather than icord, but the bag ended up larger than my brain intended so I had to knit up some icord for the handles. Pics to follow once everything is dried from the felting....the shape looks terrific & I love the flap.

One Christmas present down and ready for more!