Soap Bags

 

I share a table at the market with a friend who makes soap. Sarah wants small bags to put soap in. She thought that my sewing pupil might like to do the job. He did 10, but that was enough for him. He's only 11 years old, so an order  for 50 bags was more than he could manage.  I said I'd have a go. This is half the order, which I'll take to the market, and then I'll do the rest next week. They take a bit longer to do than the jewelry bags and I'm still developing my rhythm, but I'm sure I'll soon have the hang of it. 

I have finished the pink/grey gloves and made a start on the blue/grey ones

I'll use the same Spragues pattern. Diane did some research and discovered that sprague is a word derived from Old English that means alert or lively. Thanks Diane! 

Colour

 

I dyed the wool in the microwave on Monday afternoon, one skein pink and grey, one blue and grey and two blue and orange. I like how they came out. I'm knitting the pink and grey, using a pattern called Spragues by the Galt House of Yarn. 

I'm doing the short wrist version, though I think the long one is rather elegant. I wonder what spragues means? 

Market Coming Up

 

The next market is on Saturday, so I need to get busy. I've finished the Nalu gloves. Last night I finished spinning a batch of four skeins of wool. I'll wash and dye them this morning. I'll see if I can manage two more pairs of fingerless gloves before Saturday. That gives me two skeins to offer as yarn. That's the plan anyway. 

Boring?

 

I've done this month's bags for Anne, the silversmith, 15 small bags and 15 tiny bags. A lot of folk say, or imply, that making the bags is a rather boring job. Granted, it's not the most exciting or creative task, but I enjoy the methodical nature of it. I put on the radio or a podcast and listen while I work.

 It's just as well I enjoy the job, because I've just agreed to make bags for someone else. Watch this space. 

Another

 

I dyed two skeins in this jade colour, used one for the half-finger gloves and am using the other skein to knit a pair of fingerless gloves for the next market. I'm using one of my favourite patterns, Nalu, by sparrowhawk/Leila Raabe. 

I'm sewing jewelry bags for the first time since we moved house. First, I had to round up my equipment. The cutting board was at the bottom of a trunk, but where is the seam gauge? I cut another one. 

A Pair

 

Right, I've finished the half-finger gloves. They'll be collected on Friday. Pattern is Tipsy by AndreSueKnits, yarn is my handspun wool. 

Back To Knitting

 

 I'm not entirely organised after moving house, but there's nothing urgent now, so I've taken time off to work on an order. The lady wants gloves with 'half fingers'. I've used this pattern before, Tipsy by AndreSueKnits.  Last time I did the ribbed version; this time I've done the stocking stitch version. I think the ribbed version fits better, but I shall continue and finish the mate of this one. Doing the fingers is much more fiddly than doing fingerless gloves, but there you go, it's probably good practice.