Back in July when my younger son said, "Mama, I need a gym bag", it felt like a ridiculous (read 'overwhelming') request. How easily he can twist my arm! I started to work on it. The only ready-made pattern I could find was McCall's M6410, which is a children's size. When is the last time you altered a backpack pattern? Yeah, me too. Fast forward a few months and I had the cloth on the loom. That was completed in November. And, not that I was dragging my heels, but I didn't start sewing until last month.
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| This is a picture of my jammed sewing machine. And a project once again marked as "pending". |
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| But I did finally get it done! |
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| I can't remember if he told me it was "legit" or "sick", but I'll take either one! I'm pretty proud of myself, too! |
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| And since I'm always knitting, here are some warm wool/silk socks for the Bostonians. This yarn was the RedFish I bought back in November. |
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| And finally, here's Gilmore on his way to his new home! |
OK, this is try #4 (see you're not the only one who's persistent, Karen), then forget about it. 1) Bye bye, Gilmore! 2) Those are stunning socks! 3) If I hadn't heard you complaining about it for months, I wouldn't believe you actually made that gorgeous backpack! (You owe your mother big, Ben.)
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DeleteWhat a lovely back pack! You sold your Gilmore? Why? Did you buy something to replace it???
ReplyDeleteWith an almost full time job, I don't have enough time to keep all of my looms busy. Then, about 2 1/2 years ago I bought my Glimakra Standard and fell head over heels in love! And I still have a Glimakra Julia, a Mountain Loom, marudai, inkle and a small two shaft loom. I think I may donate the latter. It's still way more than I have time for. And I never know where to start first.
DeleteWow, what an awesome backpack!! I can see why he's so jazzed about having it. Nice modeling job, by the way ;-) It's fun seeing photos of family members. Great socks and I'm sure that they are appreciated by the folks who received them. There's something quite decadent about slipping on a pair of handknit wool socks.
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