Regular
readers of this blog may remember a knitted striped bag I made some time ago
which is based on one in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O75483/bag-unknown/)
Two
bags were started but only one was completed (http://historyknits.blogspot.com/2012/02/knitted-bag-from-v.html.)
The smaller version is closer to the size of the original bag in the museum. Due to demands
on my time and the deadlines of the Year of Completion (2012), the smaller bag,
still very much just started, fell by the wayside that is clogged with infant,
if not, embryonic wips.
With
these bags, I had reversed my usual process as I occasionally make a miniature
version of items to puzzle out any problems, practice the stitches, etc. It was
easier, however, in this case, to make a larger, more visible version which is
now my pattern.*
The
smaller bag is back on the needles now and I am enjoying watching it grow, each
row taking around five to ten minutes to knit, depending on the section of the
pattern. The needles are extremely fine as is the DMC Coton Perlé
12. The weather, however, has
turned cooler, and, if it lasts, I should be able to make some progress.
*I cannot give any more details of the pattern as the original
is in the collection of a museum. When I wrote to the V&A, asking for
permission to reproduce another item from the textile collection with the
agreement that I would not sell or share the pattern. I received a very nice
reply from the museum that granted me the permission along with good wishes
that I might enjoy working on such projects.
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