Thursday, March 11, 2010

Debbie Bliss Lined Bag

The second of my three projects from the Debbie Bliss Simple Living book is done.

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I liked Debbie’s idea of knitting a lined bag for the bathroom; it’s huge and will hold quite a lot. For my pictures, I draped one of my linen hand towels I made and shared with you last week.

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The same seashell fabric I used for lining my slippers project from the same book worked for this bag, too. While Debbie used regular round buttons on her handles, I opted for golden ones, a starfish on one side and a fish on the other. The straps are sewn to the sides of the bag so the buttons are merely decorative.

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The bag is knit using two strands of cotton for each stitch. Around the near middle of the bag is where I forgot about doing the moss stitch. I’m okay with that as it actually looks kind of interesting to me.

6 comments:

Jessica said...

Ah - that turned out much better, great work :)

Thimbleanna said...

Haha! A very happy accident! It looks like it was meant to be and it adds a stripe. Very pretty June!

A Spoonful Of Sugar said...

A knitted bag looks lovely in the bathroom filled with bath products. It looks so natural and fresh. Love how you have styled it in the photo.

Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...

Nice idea and so handy! I like the stars!

A rootdigger said...

Cute, seems so spa like. great idea. line and crochet too, right [I don't know how to knit.]

Bridgett said...

It's adorable!
And I agree with you...I like the different stitching right in the middle.

Well done!