When you assemble, you make an ass of … me. And, um, ble.
Still on a roll with the finishing work! I’ve assembled the pieces of the Davina purse. It took hours: It turns out I’m spectacularly bad at marrying pieces of fabric at opposite angles, especially when they’re blocked to different gauges. Like, seriously bad at this — as in, I haven’t been this bad at anything since I started knitting, when it took me six freaking weeks before I could create a non-wobbly, marginally even piece of stockinette with a stable stitch count.
Now it’s 4 a.m. and the bag actually looks like a bag instead of a long strap and a couple of very, very small place mats. I’d be excited, except I can’t look at it without thinking of the work still left to do: securing all the yarn ends, finishing the sides of the strap so the raw edges don’t show, lining the bag and installing a zipper. The sewing part’s easy when you have a sewing machine like mine, I hear, but I sort of haven’t learned to actually use the thing yet, so hand-sewing it is. And bonus: I have carpal tunnel, and I’ve never sewn in a zipper!
Tomorrow’s going to rule. I can tell already.
2 Comments to When you assemble, you make an ass of … me. And, um, ble.
carol
October 18, 2006 10:51 am
The bag looks great! Keep on truckin’. The end is in sight! Yippee! At least that’s what I always tell myself in those situations, so I figured I could use it for you!
Arlette
October 24, 2006 2:49 am
Thanks for the encouragement! Er … am I still entitled to all that cheering after I jammed the purse into the bottom of the knitting bag in the living room so I wouldn’t have to look at it? It’s just until I’m caught up on homework, I swear.