so long, Seattle

So we're leaving for the Old Country (Texas)!
It's a 2,400 mile trip, so obviously I need something to knit. I pulled this yarn palette from my stash--it's an assortment of regular and heather Cascade 220. I love it! The colours are so yummy! I'm going to make a felted laptop cover for myself. I was thinking about a colour graduation, from the pink through the purple(s--there's another, darker purple I didn't include in the pic) to the blue and greens. After much careful deliberation I have decided to kit it in the round, from the flap up, then close up one end of the tube by grafting it together.

Originally I had planned to cast on with the Turkish method, but I only have cirular needles, and it didn't seem like they would work for something that big. Of course all of this dawned on me after I had started my swatch/test Turkish cast on. I decided to just roll with it and make myself a cute little bag. I was excited to see that I had pulled off the whole Turkish thing, for awhile there it was looking pretty messy. I used this really great tutorial I found here. Mad props to yarnivorous!!!


So this is my *pouchy* mid-way point pic! She's pretty cute, and super easy. I think I might switch to DPNs, now that I think about it. :) Right now I'm using a 16" in. and a ahem 32" in. circulars. Needle-ess (pun intended) to say, it's a might cumbersome.

All these great ideas for fuzzy/funny little creatures occur to me whenever I look at the pouchy. I should make some wacky, macabre little stuffed guys. I know my Mom had tons of buttons, notions, etc. Hhhhmmmmm. Stand by, creatures to come!