And another pattern!

I have another pattern up today!  It's a freebie, on Knit Picks, called Lacy KiP Bag.  It's perfect size to hold your 100g ball of yarn when you Knit in Public, and way cuter than a ziploc bag!

The pattern can be found for FREE here.

Lacy KIP Bag

Since I got Princess's shawl done, I decided to hurry up and do the KIP Bag sample and send both together, even though Stacey over at Knit Picks told me that it would probably be a while before she could get it posted.  She only puts up a couple of free patterns per month.  So anyway, here it is!

I'll probably go ahead and post the pattern on my other blog in the meantime.  Since the IDP program lets the designer retain full ownership and control over their patterns, there's no reason not to. ☺

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And you might notice from the above picture: I've finally lost a little weight!  Five pounds this week, thanks to the green tea.  I'm going to make some iced green tea also; with the weather warming up, I'm not always in the mood for a hot drink.  And I've been taking Zumba classes, which are a lot of fun.  I'm planning on trying out yoga tomorrow.  We'll see how that goes; I'm not very flexible, and I've never taken a yoga class in my life.

Haven't really felt like blogging...

I just remembered that I was going to try to blog more often....and I haven't since last Thursday.  So...what shall I blog about?  Since this is my mostly-knitting blog, how 'bout I start with that?

I'm nearing the end of the blue Evellyn Anne blanket; almost ready for the ruffle.  Katiee's Bag is over halfway done, and stripes still make me twitch.  I haven't made much progress on Crown Jewels, because I've been so busy with those two projects.  I did a couple inches on the second Winding Road sock at Knit Night yesterday.  I have too many projects going on, and not enough time to get them all done.  As soon as I get the blanket done, the shawl will be top priority, since it's a sample for Knit Picks.  After that's done I need to start and finish on the Lacy KIP Bag sample.  And once I get Katiee's Bag done I need to finish writing the proposal for it and get that sent off.....and time is flying!

I've also been trying desperately to get organized.  It's not going well.  Every time I think I'm nearing the end of a project, I see that the kids have undone half of it, or totally un-organized some other room.  Someday I'll be organized.... like Kitty tells me, "Mommy, when I'm grown up, you won't have any more kids."  Yes, darlin', that's true.  Hopefully I survive to experience that.

Speaking of Kitty, she turned four last weekend.  She had a fun birthday, with lots of cake, and a bunch of great presents.  Fortunately, she's easy to please when it comes to gifts.  I can hardly believe she's really four years old already.

Okay, I think that's enough for now.  I'm gonna go knit on that blanket.

Happy Thursday!

Happy Thursday, everyone!  I am feeling better; still have a little bit of a cold, but not feeling like a slug anymore.  I got an email from Knit Picks today, and they're interested in my Crown Jewels shawl pattern, and will be publishing Julia Lynne sometime in the next two weeks!  Woohoo!

I got Angel to take some pictures of me with my KIP Bag today, so that design proposal is ready to go now.

She needs to work on not cutting people's heads off with the camera.  But she's getting pretty good at directing her subject..."Suck your tummy in, Mommy!"

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And just for a smile, here's Princess, crocheting a chain. 

Time to get ready for Knit Night!

When yarn speaks...

The other day, I decided I wanted to make something round and lacy.  I was thinking maybe a baby blanket, or a project bag.  I had a basic lace idea in mind, but when I got started I didn't like how it was turning out.  So I frogged it and started over with a simpler stitch pattern.  And then the yarn spoke to me.  It said, "Haha, I'm a snood."

I said, "No, you're not.  Nobody would knit a snood.  Or at least I wouldn't knit a snood."

It said, "I'm still a snood."

I threatened to frog it.  So it changed its mind.  "Okay, then, I'm a bag for holding a ball of yarn."

And I said, "A KIP Bag!  Now there's something I would knit!"

So here's the swirly lacy circle, waiting for the drawstrings...

 And here it is, with a ball of yarn in it!  I threaded the drawstrings through the outermost row of eyelets and cinched it up.

I used less than 50 grams for this, and it holds a 100-gram ball of yarn.  I was going to have one of the girls take a picture of me KIPing and using the bag; but I'm sick today, and the only place I went was the gym, and I don't take my knitting to the gym.  So that will have to wait for another day.

EDITED TO ADD: All three of my daughters have told me they want their own KIP Bags.  And only one of them knows how to knit. ☺

I'm wondering whether Knit Picks might be interested in a pattern like this.  It would only use one ball of yarn.  They don't have a lot of projects that use this little amount of yarn.  But they also don't have any lacy little KIP bags either.  I think I'll send a proposal, and suggest it as a free pattern, since it's so small and simple.

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And then I need to make a "banana bag" for my sister.  She asked for one ages ago, and I haven't gotten it made.  And she hasn't forgotten that I promised to make one either.  I haven't been able to find a pattern for one; the closest pattern I've found is a bag for a yoga mat.  So you know what that means....another design is in the works! ☺