Well, this attempt at a Buttonhole Bag went much better. The last one came out tiny b/c I made it using two strands of Galway worsted instead of Lamb’s Pride Bulky. Being on a “yarn diet”, I had figure out how to use what was in my stash to make one in a more normal, usable size.
ALTERATIONS: I made the base 15 sts wide instead of 11 and 60 rows long instead of 40. I did one extra repeat of the increases. On the “knit 10 rows straight” part, I did 15 rows. I did one extra repeat of the decreases. I made the handle 4 or 5 rows (can’t remember!) instead of 3. Oh, and b/c it was going to be bigger, as an afterthought I added a loop for closing it. I’ll put the button on after it dries (I wanted to wait to see how much the loop would felt). I’m not terribly thrilled with how the loop turned out, but it’s OK considering it was an afterthought. I have a cool, lopsided fuchsia button that I’m going to use on it. I was afraid to put it in the washer too long, but as it turned out, I ended up having to put it through three 10-minute cycles to get it to felt sufficiently. You can still kind of see the stitches, but that’s how every picture I’ve ever seen of a Buttonhole Bag was (except my tiny one!).
This is for Thing Two’s teacher, Miss Claudia’s, birthday. It’s not till mid-August, but they won’t be in class then, and she’ll be in Europe on a cruise (ooh, la, LA!). Thing One took a few classes from Claudia, and Thing Two has been taking classes from her for about two years now. She’s become very special to us. She even mailed Paul and the girls presents when Paul was born and came to his memorial service. One day last year, she offered to watch Thing Two all morning for me one day so I could get a break. Soooo, I wanted to give her something special for her birthday this year. She’s a blonde, so these colors will be good for her. I think she’ll really like it. Hopefully, it will be useful on her trip.
