First, yes, the handles are suppose to be different sizes. So, no, that isn’t the fail.
This is the Lucy Bag. The one handle is meant to be smaller.
I have been so damn proud of the progress I made on this, my first real project since learning to knit. It is suppose to be a friend’s Christmas present. She’s going to think I hate her. I don’t.
This is what it’s meant to look like:
I am allergic to wool. Sorry sheep, I love you, but your lovely coat maketh me itch. And break out. And occasionally make my nose bleed. But I really wanted to make this fun bag and that required wool. Problem is, the blue yarn. Yeah. It was supposedly wool. While it may be, it’s not as much wool as the brown. The blue didn’t “felt” as it was expected to. This is the fail. I ruined Christmas.
In an attempt to make myself feel better, i was going to post the other projects I practiced with, but they all have some level of fail too. Oh, what the Hell…I’ll post them anyway. I’m not too vain. One of the best compliments I ever received was from a teacher that was impressed with my ability to laugh at myself and accept that my failures don’t define me ~ how I react to those failures does. My reaction, acceptance & usually a lot of laughter. I can handle that I am not a professional knitter ~ for crying out loud, I just took my first class a few months ago. Now, on with the fails:
I am kinda proud of these, but they are a little too short. I have tiny hands. but if I had only gone another inch or two…
This one, I was proud of too. Until I got half way through the thing and skipped a line which ended up flip-flopping the pattern.
I seem to be OK at this thing called knitting, but time will tell if we become anything more than just casual acquaintances.
gauntlets are cool
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