Coolness, huh? You can see the lace finish, too, although it's a little blurry.
Cowboy Christmas is hurrying toward doneness, too. As you can see, I'm sewing down the binding. It's about half-done. Hope I'll be telling you it's finished, too.And I thought I'd show you how I finished the Juice. I knitted and knitted until I was down to about three yards of yarn.
Then I turned the whole thing inside out.
I'd read about something called the 3-Needle Bind-off. It sounded like it was just the ticket.
So I searched online and found a video tutorial, followed it, and voila! There are others, but this is the one I used and had success. This is what success looks like.
Turned it right-side-out again and I added the handles. I didn't really care for them in the standard installation, so I flipped 'em and created a kind of echo to the shape. (That's how I do my hair, too.)
I carried the purse yesterday and it didn't fall apart, so that's success to me!
So I searched online and found a video tutorial, followed it, and voila! There are others, but this is the one I used and had success. This is what success looks like.Turned it right-side-out again and I added the handles. I didn't really care for them in the standard installation, so I flipped 'em and created a kind of echo to the shape. (That's how I do my hair, too.)I carried the purse yesterday and it didn't fall apart, so that's success to me!
The mail came and brought with it some fresh excitement: the Pride and Prejudice yarn and sock pattern. Yes, it's 
It also came with this weird chain thing. I'll have to ask the artist about it. It must be of some use to the pattern. Or it was something just sitting around her studio and she threw it into the box to get rid of it... nah! Nobody would do that, would they?
Oh, the Fish Cozy: I'm 
And here's Molly. She's been a little lonely, so I thought I'd do some quilting today. We'll see how it goes.
And speaking of finished... 
The Red Herring Purse is all done, including lining. It took about half an hour to make the lining and then I sewed up the sides, put in the handle doweling, and tacked in the lining this morning at Knitting with the Girls. 
Now we turn our attention to an item not yet finished, but well on its way: the infamous Fish Cozy. When I knit on it in public, people stop to ask what in the world I'm working on; funny they can't tell. But look! I've done Fair Isle knitting (that's the pattern-y looking thing near the top) and decreasing and striping and stuff. I've learned so much just working on this little bugger!
Had one skein of this super-bulky yarn. Tried the Unoriginal Hat pattern.
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