My friends at the Pendleton Center for the Arts came up with this idea, as well as the vintage yard sale knitting caddy.
It's no surprise, that in a town famous for it's wool, there are more than a few knitters. One of these knitting friends had re-purposed a knitting caddy for herself, and had a few extra yard sale finds, but decided that she'd rather knit than sew, so she handed them over to me.
A trip to the Pendleton Wool Mill led to the purchase of this beautiful fabric. It was so hard to make that first cut, but after careful measurement, I deconstructed this "dated" bag, and used it to make the new pattern to reconstruct a new one.
I wish I had taken a few more pictures. The hardest part was taking apart the wooden frame to thread the new bag back onto.
One of the best things about these woven wool fabrics and patterns is that there is a "mirrored" image on the back. It's 2-sided. I decided to show this off on the other side of the bag.
Because I'm not a knitter, I decided to list this in the Art Center's gift shop. If it sells, maybe I'll make some more!
With Christmas right around the corner, and not only the wool scraps, but some outgrown, worn out kids' blue jeans laying around, I further re-purposed these into a Christmas ornament. I'll be making more of these to sell too.
On another note, I did finish a wonderful quilt for a special friend for my October "A Lovely Year of Finishes", but want to keep it secret until my friend receives it, which will be in a few weeks. Since she's on the Internet, I don't want to take a chance by posting it here, but will in a week or 2.
you have certainly made a great job of doing this up
ReplyDeleteAs a knitter, I appreciate the project -- and it's well done! I can't believe you're not going to put your own yarn in it... ;-)
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