The Crafting Journey (Part S)

 I was realizing that I am coming down to the end of the Crafting Journey- only 7 more weeks to go. A lot can happen in 7 weeks. I was also realizing that it is hard to come up with crafting related content for 26 weeks!

This week, I have been working on a doll cradle bag. Unfortunately, the yarn I used, I bought a long time ago. I ran out of that yarn and had to buy another ball, though this time, I could not get the color sequence of the stripes correct. It is a little frustrating, but I did some rewinding and the color will just have to do. 

This cradle bag is tedious. First, it said to make the base in moss stitch but to do every row (for 30 rows) be k1, p1- which gives seed stitch. I was informed that sometimes the terms are interchangeable so I continued in seed stitch for the base. Then when I got to the eyelet section, I did as the instructions indicated and my eyelets looked terrible! I decided to do it another way. I have often made the Higher Love hat (by YaYa Loves to Knit) and the hat has eyelets made using two yarnovers. I had to do some frogging to make my colors and patterns line up, but I will definitely be doing it that way instead.

I am really looking forward to finishing this bag. I think some little girls and (maybe boys too) might like to have them. Perhaps I can give them for the Christmas round up and some little kids will get them as a gift or maybe it will just be something special they recieve from an unknown lady that cares! If it all works out, I will post the pattern tweaks I made.

I am still working on the Dazzling Daffodils shawl in pink and purple. It is turning out beautiful. I will post some pictures when I am done. 

Thanks for reading my blog. Have a wonderful week in your crafting journey!

Melanie

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