Chocolate

Change of plans. Erica says this pattern I test knit has been released. Since the post was ready and I had no work to do to post it this morning...

Pattern: Toto's Tote from Erica at Dreams in Fiber (my ravelry project)
Materials: 198 yards Paton's Classic Wool Merino in a deep Chocolate. About a half yard each of two blue fabrics for lining.
Made for: me
Needle: US7 32" Addi Turbo Circular
Start Date: Knitting - 6 May 2009; Sewing - 16 May
Completion Date: Knitting - 7 May 2009; Sewing - 20 May
Size: Roughly 10w x 11h x 3d

Notes: I obviously didn't make any changes to the pattern since it was a test knit so seemingly this will be a boring section. It was a LOT of fun and super quick to knit.

Sewing up the lining only took a lot of time because I was making the tutorial for lining the bag. I think it could easily be adopted to work for other bags with similar shape too. It can be found here. This is a flickr set so don't worry about that popping up a PDF or something. The link can also be found in my sidebar now. Feel free to ask questions or make suggestions for clarification etc.

Oops. I did change one thing. I accidentally sewed the matching handle pieces together rather then then sewing an inner and an outer lining together. I didn't really notice it enough to care and its not affected how I feel about the bag. I really like it and I've already added it to my bag rotation and started carrying it around with me. I've been considering making another too, just because it was fun and I have another skein of this yarn.