Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Ultimate Recycling

Newest in our line of Miss Marple chic accessories is...

The Sampler Bag



Displayed here on a filing cabinet, this entirely unstructured bag is recycled from a pillowcase knitted from Lion Kitchen Cotton (circa 2000)



as an experiment in the newly-learned techniques of cabling and entrelac.

Cable mis-crossings add to the wonky charm of this never-to-be-duplicated piece,



as does the irregular whipstitching that holds the lining--recycled from a t-shirt--in place.



Please do not place orders, as the knitter has since learned from (most of ) the errors in her experiment, and has additionally vowed not to go near a sewing needle for a very, very long time to come.

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