Uh, in the future! For now, we have progress shots. Progress is good, right?

Usually my process is to think long, hard, and mightily over each and every aspect of what I'm about to make. This time? I had the idea for this bag kicking around in my head for about a week until I decided, in the yarn store, that I needed to make it RIGHT NOW PLZ SELL ME YARN, THX. The woman working there was most helpful with my dithering and led me to this lovely Cestari Cotton Wool Blend. This yarn is so great!!

Okay, this represents the one skein I took home with me, and 1/4 of knitting that needs to be done and 1/2 of the "front" of the bag.

 

And here is the stitch pattern I'm using. This particular stitch pattern is really cool (um, says the woman who chose it) but for this bag I only like this pattern if used vertically. This made for some interesting problem solving when it came time to figure out how to actually construct the bag itself. Let's just say a lot of swatches, a lot of silent glaring.

 So that's what I've been up to. I must say, I've been having lots of fun with this pattern. The hard designing part is over, now I just need to find the perfect purse strap (or, ANY purse strap) and some closures for the finishing.

Oh, I made a washcloth, too. Louet Linen yarn (waves to Superstarra Christie). This yarn was ugly to knit with, but once I machine washed and dried it, it was lovely. Very drapey and pretty with a nice sheen. I love using to wash my ass. FYI, lace = very exfoliating. For my ass.