Heather's Market Bagg

This is another Knitty project.The pattern is French Market Bag by Polly Outhwaite. It is a felted bag knitted in the round. Apparently using techniques that are a preparation for sock knitting :) knitting in the round, joining, and grafting. It isn't as scary as it sounds, it's a really easy knit, and the felting process conceals any mistakes you make :) such as trying to wrestle with double pointed needles! I am now a devotee of the magic loop :D


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Heather's Great Big Little Orange Bird

I decided this year to start knitting Christmas presents. Also I had just been given a lot of wool and wanted to try fulling or felting. My first attempt was a knitted bag based on the pattern A Little Bird Told Me ... by Mags Kandis which appeared in the Knitty webzine in 2008 (Knitty is an absolute trove of free patterns)

The bag turned out a trifle larger than intended because of a last minute change of mind about knitting needles, but I'm pleased with the results.
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