A lot of fulling going on…
Well, Saturday I squeezed in finishing the straps for the worstead Lucy. I decided on making the standard worstead version instead of the tall. Then I’ll have one for reference and if I want a taller one I can make a taller one! I didn’t *quite* use two full skeins (not there was enough left worth weighing or measuring).
So, yesterday around noon I cast on for a Not So Squatty Sister Sidekick. When Amber requested one she said she wanted it a little bigger. I asked her to show me what a little bigger was and it was really only about 1 inch taller or so and no wider. I thought since I had made a yarn substitution on my own Spring Squatty that using the Manos del Uraguay would roughly give me that inch. I mean, it seemed my Squatty was much smaller than Amanda’s. However, we put them side by side and they really were more or less the same size! So, I made some modifications - I added one extra row in between all the increase/decrease rows and a couple in the straight section for ten additional rows. She also wanted a wider flap, so I pretty much followed the directions, but started with more stitches. It ended up the flap was only another ten rows long, so I think it should hit at the right spot on the purse.
I’m sooo proud of myself! Her birthday is more than two months away and I’m nearly done! Granted I’ll have to locate the perfect button after it is fulled. But, I’m well ahead of the game. She’s been really into wearing turquoise and a chocolate brown so I’m kind of contemplating making the sport weight Lucy for her in a chocolate brown as the surprise element in her birthday gift. She likes smaller purses/bags so I think that will definitely be the right size. She never even saw the pattern while I was home (and she doesn’t have decent enough Internet to ever read my blog) so it would definitely be a surprise. I wish I had access to her cell phone, I’d make a cell phone cozy with the left over Manos I have…
I picked up some additional zippered pillow covers and the color catcher sheets at Target yesterday so I’m hoping to finish the very first ever Squatty I cast on (with the garish stripes) and then I’ll full all three bags at the same time. If I’m lucky I’ll be able to wrap that one up today while taking breaks from cutting massive amounts of paper.
Tonight is SnB, baby! Wooo hooo! 
(Of course that also means it is cheesemaking day…)
Unfortunately, Amanda hasn’t yet started selling her pattern. She says that it may someday be included in a pattern book. Wish I could buy the pattern. You’re making me want one.
Comment by Chelle — 8/15/2005 @ 10:39 am
I did basically the same thing you did to the pattern when I made the Bloated Sidekick for my daughter. I still haven’t gotten my Squatty back, though. I need to ask her about that, come to think of it.
I’ve been wanting to see a finished Lucy bag. It looks really cute on the pattern.
Comment by Snow — 8/15/2005 @ 11:42 am