I finished the Saturday Market Bag! This is perfect timing as I was hoping to use it at the beach for my family vacation at the end of July, but then Paul and I decided to go to Puerto Rico next week, so I wanted it for that, too. I also leave Friday for Portland for Paul’s brother’s wedding, and I think this bag will be nice to stuff my smaller bags into to make my one “personal item.” That way I can cheat and take more stuff 
Anyway, this project went well. It was pretty simple, except the seaming threw me for a loop at first. I’ve never seamed anything before, so having lace be my first seaming project was a bit of a challenge. I ended up using a whipstitch-type deal to do it. It’s not perfect, but it’s better than I was expecting!
Here’s a picture of the bag all finished:
And here it is with four rather large books in it, to show it’s stretching capabilities. I’m very pleased with it’s stretchiness!
Pattern: Saturday Market Bag with this variation
Yarn: Lily’s Sugar ‘n Cream, color Rose, 100% cotton, worsted weight, less than one skein, and something like $4
Needles: Boye aluminum, size 15 (10mm) straights and KnitPicks Options, size 10 (6mm)
Time to knit: Started June 13, 2007 and finished June 27, 2007
Places knitted: It was all done from the comfort of my apartment!I’ve also been working on my second pair of socks. I’m using Knitty’s Hedera pattern and the Cherry Tree Hill turquoise yarn I just got. I really like them so far. They’re for Mom for Christmas. This is the first sock, and I’ve done the whole cuff and a little bit of the heel flap. It’s going well so far and will be a great project to take to Portland and Puerto Rico, especially since I’ve heard there have been problems with taking metal needles through airport security, and the only non-metal ones I have are DPNs!
Finally, I cast on yesterday for the Peppermint Twist sweater from the first Stitch ‘n Bitch book. I’m using KnitPicks Shine Sport and I’ve got about an inch of ribbing done, so there’s a lot more to go!! This will be my first sweater so I’m excited. It’ll probably take forever though!
Hopefully I’ll finish those socks over my vacation and make some progress on the sweater when I’m home!
