Creeping Jenny

[Corvus_Alatus]

So, i've just finished one of these (minus the cords--haven't found any yet).

It's not in the archive (yet) but here's a direct link to the pattern.

I could not find a cotton-acrylic blend, so i went with 100% cotton (Lily's Sugar & Cream) in black and hot green. The leather base is cut from an 8.5" x 11" soft leather trim piece in black from the tandy leather factory; bought right off the shelf at the craft store. Honestly the hardest part of the entire thing was just cutting out the base and punching in the 100 holes around the edge. I didn't get them perfectly even, and the base isn't a perfect circle like you see in the pattern, but i got it close enough.

Costs: the leather hole punch was about $10, the leather, yarn and crochet hook (along with some crystal lined beads i picked up for a different project) were another $20--but i had a gift card for $20 on me at the time. I have leftover yarn because Lily's put-up is 70 grams, while the pattern calls for 50 grams--and used all of the MC. I may use the pattern and make some/a funky dish/washcloth

Blocking: held the knitted portion under the faucet with the leather portion up and in my hand, trying to keep it from getting wet. the "cylindar of appropriate size" for me turned out to be a roll of paper towels from the closet (did not unwrap them!).

Pictures:

[Sparrow]

That turned out awesome, Corv!  This pattern is on my list of ones to try... sometime.

[Corvus_Alatus]

Mosaic knitting is really simple in comparison to many other color knitting techniques--you're only working with one color at a time on each row (in this case, it's two rows), and you slip any of the stitches that are not the color you want/need. So, two rows green, two rows black, two rows green, etc.

So, even though it's two colors, i only ever had to worry about one color at a time on any given row, just following the chart.

I also wrote my chart out on a seperate page of graph paper, to include the missing rows and because i didn't have a printed copy of the pattern with me at any point during the making; my computer decided to die a few days ago (Ivan fixed it), and the only web access i had was from my smartphone--and while i could easily read the charts and info from the phone, i got sick of the automatic shutoff it does if i'm not actively using it for x amount of time. The printer is acting wonky anyway; it took a few tries to get it to print the bag bottom template.

I started on the 15th, and finished today; there's probably somewhere around 24 total hours time invested.

[Sparrow]

Sounds like a quick project.  And I've already got the leather and hole punches.  This would make an awesome dice bag, and I kinda need a new one.

[Melankalia]

Wow!  That turned out great!

[Rebecca]

When I did my editing pass on this, I used fabric instead of leather.  I added grommets to stabilize the holes, though some fabric (terrycloth, notably) doesn't really need that sort of stabilization.  It slowed me down a bit on that row, but it worked.

I never finished it, I just did enough to see how things worked and to make sure the pattern was doable as written.  It's really great to see someone did it!!  I love this pattern.

[Corvus_Alatus]

I had wanted this bag since the moment the zine featuring it went live; the leather portion was intimidating until I went and actually tried it--much easier than I thought it would be.

I'm considering lining it with something though; I have a sock in progress in it, and the DPNs keep poking through the sides. Fabric might not stop that, but it should help. The interior resembles stranded knitting.

It's a good sized bag, but if you have a LOT of dice, it should work fine for that, Sparrow.

[Rebecca]

For a smaller bag (swatch this to be sure of your finished size), use smaller needles and/or finer yarn, depending on how much smaller you want it to be.

[Wendie]

Corv, it turned out great.  I really like the colors.  There are a lot of the mosaic patterns in the Barbara Walker Stitch Treasuries that I have been meaning to play with.  I love how complex they look for the relatively easy pattern stitch patterns they use.