aaah weekends
Kicked off this weekend with a burger and movie Friday night (Cinderella Man). A tear jerker. Well, for me it was. Not just little tears, big, wet tears. Quite satisfying. I really enjoyed the film. Doughman and I had a quality evening together.
Saturday woke up late (9am), got dressed and went out for a leisurely breakfast, then on to domestic duties. Saturday afternoon I started sewing a bag. It was intended to be my new handbag, but I think it's a little large and could do with some refining. It's an excellent knitting/craft bag. It's made from the woollen fabric and cotton I bought in Sydney visiting Al. I'm going to test drive it as a handbag this week. Great simple pattern from Cotton & Paint volume 21. Easy peasy. Was frantically sewing on the machine at 6.59pm as guests were knocking on the door for dinner, just as well Doughman was on the case. I finished it off this morning. I covered a couple of buttons to add to the fabulous rose button and used a couple of magnetic closures on the interior. Overall I'm happy with the bag.
Doughman spent quite a few hours Saturday afternoon cooking up a feast. Fresh pasta with a puttanesca sauce followed by coconut and rhubarb cake with lemon syrup and vanilla icecream. Yum.
Then today a couple of girlfriends (Alison M and Kate) and I met up with Di who's in town. We spent the afternoon knitting and eating. It was great to see Di. We met over 5 years ago and it wasn't until I started blogging that I met Al who mentioned Di to me and we realised we have quite a few common friends. I made some further progress on the sock. I know on Friday I made the grand statement that I would have finished one sock and be on to the second....well there's still time tonight whilst watching, cough umm, Idol.
nice job on the bag! i have a similar pattern in a book i picked up last month 'bag boutique.' looks like good progress on the socks! i tried socks with 2 circulars, but couldn't get the hang of it; am going to try the magic loop method when i settle my nerves....
Posted by: debbie | Monday, 03 October 2005 at 01:13
Your bag is beautiful! The picture of the pasta makes my mouth water-yummy! Have you ever tried making pasta with spinach or beets in place of the eggs-it's divine. There is a great recipe in one of the Jamie Oliver books. THe socks are so sweet-although the two circular thing scares me a bit. I think I'd end up screwing it up!
Posted by: abby | Monday, 03 October 2005 at 02:44
ooooh the bag is beautiful...is that a new banner? lovely too!
Posted by: sarah | Monday, 03 October 2005 at 06:01
Seriously gorgeous bag! It's such a cute shape. That cake sounds delicious, too...
Posted by: Fiona | Monday, 03 October 2005 at 07:20
awww, look at you all playing nicely!!! Looks like you're having fun :) Fresh pasta yummmmmmmmmm
Your banner looks great - I LOVE it!!
Posted by: Alison | Tuesday, 04 October 2005 at 07:24
i love your bag!! the interior lining's so cute, too! ^-^
Posted by: i Neat & Pearl | Tuesday, 04 October 2005 at 17:23
the bag looks great! i wish i could make a bag like that. I need more practice.
Posted by: feli | Tuesday, 04 October 2005 at 18:24
whore sauce!
Nice rack BTW
Posted by: anthony | Tuesday, 04 October 2005 at 20:20
wow, that bag is utterly marvelous!! :) what skill!
Posted by: jenny vorwaller | Wednesday, 05 October 2005 at 00:48
I bag looks lovely. The inside fabric is really fun.
Posted by: Gina L | Thursday, 06 October 2005 at 05:48
And what a lovely afternoon it was too!! (and bag)
Posted by: di | Sunday, 09 October 2005 at 20:31
Cute bag :) Where did you find that wonderful little snap closure? Is it really as tiny as it seems or is it the photo? Love it!
Posted by: Jannah | Tuesday, 11 October 2005 at 08:12