A Knitted Bag

An article by Rachel    Comments Off

Last fall, I went with two friends to visit a couple of quilt stores in Utah County. After lunch, one friend suggested stopping by a local yarn store (LYS). I thought why not. I’ve never been to a yarn store. An hour later, I was a the proud owner of a set of knitting needles and cotton yarn. Cheryl was my first knitting teacher. She taught me to cast-on, knit, purl, and cast-off. In a week, I had a dishcloth.

Now, I have my first knitted project that I’m willing to show to the public, a felted bag.

One spring day in March, I visited a quilt store. Nothing said “spring is here.” So I went to the LYS. At first I thought I would get the necessary stuff to make socks. Then I found this bag. It said “spring is here.” So I bought the pattern and the yarn. Two months later, I have a finished bag.

This project taught me a couple of things about knitting.

1. Follow the instructions. Even if things don’t look right on the needles. Knitting has a way of transforming as it comes off the needles.
2. Felted projects need to be washed 3-4 times. After the first wash cycle, I thought my bag would never look like the bag in the store. After washing it 4 times, I’m happy with the results.

The felted bag is now the home to my socks in progress.