The operation was a success

So sometimes my head muscle gets these ideas which i think are pretty cool. So i take these pretty cool ideas and try to make them into reality. The results aren't always what i expected.  But when it does come out what i had imagined, its freakin' awesome!

I always put liners into each purse i make. i try to find really fun patterns so people can enjoy the inside as much as the outside the bag. Sometimes i find a material that is so freakin' awesome that i get bummed that its only on the inside of the purse. So i needed to find a way to surgically combined yarn and cloth together into and awesome purse.

So i took a weekend trip to visit my quilt fanatic mother-in-law and this is what i came back with.



Patient A
I knit 2 flat sides and constructed the rest of the purse in cloth.







Patient B
I knit a more complex pattern and again constructed the rest in cloth.



I think the results are amazing and i already have more ideas for different patterns.

and then i said "?#@*&%!"

"?#@*&%!"

The moment when you realize you don't have enough yarn to finish a project.

Option 3- "I totally did that on purpose"

I am currently in this predicament. I've been working on a purse and realized that my ball of yarn is getting smaller much too quickly. I will most likely run out of yarn before i finish the pattern.

There are three ways to fix this...

1. Find the same exact yarn and dye number at the store you purchased the yarn from
2. Find a yarn very similar to the yarn you've been using and hope no one notices the slight different in color or yarn thickness.
3. Find a yarn in a complimentary color and finish your project with that yarn. Tell people you switched colors on purpose as a fashion statement.

i will have to go with a combination of options 2 and 3. The dark red yarn i was using was leftover from another project and one that i've had for a few years. Its very unlikely that i will be able to find the same yarn at the store.

The purse project I've been working on requires a double strand of yarn. which means that i have to knit two strands of yarn at the same time as one stitch. i plan to find a similar yarn to the one i've been using and use the leftover yarn as one strand and the new yarn as the other strand.
If anyone notices... option 3 will come into play. "I totally did that on purpose. Doesn't it look so fun!"