1st Knit Along!

This is my first knit along as well, hopefully I'll get to start the bag this week. I have some extra "sugar n cream" that I had wanted to use for dish towels, but that can wait.

Good luck all!

Let's Get Started!

This is my first KAL and I'm nervous and excited at the same time. I am a fan of this tote and have wanted to make one for awhile. I don't really have any projects going right now except for some washcloths and a blanket I'm making for my son. I've run out of yarn and can't buy any more right now so the blanket is on hold. Speaking of not being able to buy yarn for the blanket, I also can't buy yarn for this tote. My husband and I are trying really hard this month to stick to our budget and only buy necessities. For some reason he doesn't think yarn is a necessity and I guess if I think about it really hard... I agree with him. I thought I had quite a bit of an off-white/cream cone of cotton left from a wrap around sweater thing I made for my daughter but after searching and searching I couldn't find it. But I did find these partial balls of peaches or sugar & cream.
So that's what I'm gonna use. My husband should be proud that I'm using up yarn from my stash and not buying more to add to it! That just means that when my stash is gone I'll have to buy more to fill it up again, right?!
I hope you all have fun knitting your totes and I can't wait to see everyone's progress. Have a GREAT day!!

Quick update

After yesterday's tale of great stupidity when ordering yarn, I am very pleased to be able to say that I had a very nice parcel in the post today! Yes, the two balls of cotton got delivered. From handling I can tell that this is going to be very nice stuff to knit - it's so soft.



Now I *really* need to finish the baby cardigan before I start on the tote.

KAL

I've been wanting to make this. I decided which colors of Sugar N Cream I was going to use yesterday. I have 2 skeins of it in Lavender Ice that I received for Christmas and I'm going to use that. It's actually slightly less than 2 balls because I used a little bit for the log cabin blanket I made for my doll but it will work. :)

My first knit-a-long

This is all very exciting. I've never done a knit-a-long before, but I couldn't really ignore this one, as it's a pattern I've been wanting to make for a while now, and I know there'll be some good photos and lots of support and comments from the Ravelling 365ers.

I spent a lot of time yesterday looking at different yarn options and colourways, and finally settled on Twilleys Sincere organic cotton in a colour called silver fern - a pale green I think. I found it for a very reasonable price on ebay, placed an order for it... then realised once I paid for it that I had in fact moved house since last time I used ebay, and hadn't yet got round to changing my address. I've e-mailed the seller to ask if they can send it to my new address, but so far I've not had a response. Nevermind, I still have a baby cardigan to finish before I start the bag, so a couple of extra days wait shouldn't be a problem.

I picked up two

I stopped by the chain store yesterday to buy my new KAL yarns. Couldn't really find the colors I'd had in my head - I really wanted tangerine and a turquoise. So, unless I get a chance to head up to the yarn store, these will be what I'm going to start with. Both are Cotton and the Paton's is merchandised - fancy word for polished a bit!! Can't wait to see what everyone else choose.

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