Summer projects

Yikes! It's been almost a month since my last post. There hasn't been too much to post about though. Knitting-wise, the Brea Bag project has hit a snag do to being indecisive about how to line the bag. I bought a bunch of cotton fabric and was debating how to attach the fabric to the knitting. I think I've settled on making a pattern from the bag pieces before they are all sewn together, sewing an identical fabric bag together and using iron-on facing to attach it to the knitted bag. Also, the crab stitching around the top edges has been somewhat frustrating to me and has deterred me from working more on it.

In other knitting project news, I've begun my first ever article of clothing. I've chosen the Lelah cami to knit. I think that I rather like knitting lace and this pattern is simple (only a 6-row repeat) so that I won't want to disown it by the time I've finished it.

For the camisole I chose a gray-colored, worsted weight yarn by Cotton Fleece. The yarn itself is a 80% cotton, 20% merino blend.

I've modified the pattern a bit by using No. 8 circular needles for the lace part and No. 6 circulars for the stockinette part. I perused some of the finished pictures of the pattern on Ravelry.com and didn't like the floppiness of most of them. I also desired to minimize the peepshow effect of the stockinette stitch with a too loose gauge. I'm also planning on adding a few extra rounds of the lace knitting so that the top falls to my hips. I think that I'll put straps on it and not have this as a tube top.