Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 35

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 35

Technically my Bag is now usable. However, I want to tidy it up.

Sort Leaves

Before I can do anything I need to Sort out my Leaves and see what Colours I have. I may need to make some more.

Pin Leaves

I start to Pin the Leaves in place ready for Sewing.

Inside Out

Some of the Leaves are quite hard to get to, especially the further down the Bag you go. For these I turn the Top of the Bag Inside Out. This makes it much easier.

Yellow Hole

I have found a Yellow Hole. By the looks of it is the result of a dropped Stitch, which I did not pick up correctly.

Hole gone

I Sew the Hole together. I then place a Leaf over it to hide the Mistake.

Yellow Problem

I have found another Yellow Problem.

Problem Fixed

Again, I Cover the Mistake with a Leaf. I try where possible to use different Coloured Leaves to help break up large blocks of Colour.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 34

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 34

When working on a project like this things take a great deal of time. Consequently, I can struggle to get enough photographs to make up a blog. This time I have too many so going to split into two or more.

Pin Top

 

I know have the Top part finished. I have had to Pin it to keep it from rolling while I work out the next Step.

Sew L Shape

 

I have decided to Sew the Top to the Side rather than Fold it, which was my original idea. This will create an L Shape. Before I do this, however I will Sew the loose parts of the Strap that I had left together.

 Strap Bottom

 

Ok I confess I have not a clue what this was supposed to be. This is one of the problems when blogging. Sometimes you have moved on so far you have forgotten what point in the order of things the photograph was taken.

All Attached

 

I have now attached everything and it has made that section much stronger. Now for the other side.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 33

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 33

Annoyingly because I have been let down by somebody I cannot get to what I need. Therefore, I am having another swap around. Therefore, this will be a short blog

Adding Stitches

 

I am starting on the Other Side of the Bag. I have currently picked up 58 Stitches. I need to add 2 more, one at either end on the Knit Row. I then continue with a Purl Row.

Selvedge

 

I have decided to add a Selvedge... I have used these before. However, as a bit curious I decided to look up what this particular Style of Selvedge is. This is what I found.

French Style

On the right side slip, the first stitch knit -wise knit to the end. On the wrong side slip the first stitch purl-wise and purl to end.

Cast Off and Tails

The Selvedge did not flatten the work as I had hoped. Perhaps I should have used a different type. On the other hand, maybe it will be fine once pressed. In either case, I have now Cast Off and need to Sew in the Tails.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 32

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 32

I am going to continue with the Embellishments

Flap Join

 

I had started adding Leaves across the Flap Join. This not only covers the Join but also Strengthens it.

More Gold

 

I searched through my pile of Coloured Leaves. I realised that I was short on Gold so had to make some more. I also made a few Orange Leaves.

Flap Leaves

 

I have now Covered the Flap Join with a variety of Coloured Leaves. I can now move on to something else.

Hole

It is difficult to see but there are quite a few Holes. This is where Stitches have Stretched. I placed a piece of paper underneath to spot them easier. In the photograph above, there is one in the Brown towards the bottom.

Hole Gone

I have tightened the Knitting by Sewing in some extra Red. The Hole is now Gone. Unfortunately, there are more I need to do and it is a thankless task.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 31

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 31

This week I have Cottoned on to an Idea. Since I cannot find the Correct Colour Wool, I will try to match it up with Cotton Thread.

Secure Cotton

 

I attached the Leaf with the Wool Tail then I switched to Cotton. I decided because of the difference in Width between the Wool and the Cotton I would Double it before using to Secure.

Double Loop

I then proceeded to Sew the Leaf all the way around. I went over each part twice to Double the strength.

A few Leaves

After I had added the Pale Yellow Leaf, I added a few more of different colours.

Cast Off

I need to make some more Leaves so I decided to carry on Knitting for a few more Inches then Cast Off.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 30

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 30

A Tail of Two Stitches.

More Tails

 

The problem with this kind of Colour Change is it leaves dozens of Tails. Not only is this laborious but also does not give me much to blog about either.

 Flap Join

 

I have decided before I go out of my mind with boredom to shake it up a little bit. I have therefore left the Tails for a bit and moved on to the Flap Join.

Wool Secure

 

I get out a Leaf that I had Knitted earlier and begin to use the Wool Tail to Secure it. However, I do not have enough to go around the edge so I need to get some more Wool.

Crivens!

 

How this has happened I have no idea. I cannot find Wool of the same colour. I have the Bright Yellow and the Golden Yellow but not the same colour of the Leaf. I can only think that somehow that the Wool has faded or that I went completely Colour Blind when buying the last lot of Wool.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 29

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 29 

Nice to be doing something different.

New Part

I am now moving on to one of the Side Pieces. What I am going to do is make a Flap

Adding Colours

I am continuing with the Colour Leaf Pattern. I simply add a few Colours at a time Knitting in Stocking Stitch.

Tail Mess

As I have done several inches, I am finding it hard to work out what is current and what are Tails. I need to sort out the Mess before I continue.

Tidy Time

I have now Sewn in all the Tails and now it is Tidy so I can continue on. I will have to do quite a bit more before I can move on to the next part.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 28

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 28

I refuse to be beaten by a Woolly Bag. This is going to be a longer blog than of late.

Pin Strap Tops

 

Before I can do anything, I need to know how bad the Twist is. I have Folded the Strap in Half and begin to Pin the Strap starting at the Top

Pin Strap Bottoms

 

I now Pin the Bottom part of the Straps. I now have a firm anchor from which to work.

Twisty

 

I continued Pinning along the Straps from the Top. I had to check it quite regularly to make sure that I was not adding any extra Twists. Once I reached the Bottom, I realised that the Twist was far worse than I had originally thought.

Sew Twist

 

Beginning at the Top of the Twist I Blanket Stitched the Seam.

Twist Sewn

 

The Straps are now Sewn together at the Bottom but it does look a bit of a mess. I know this is on the back of the Strap and therefore not in view. Even so, I am not entirely happy.

Twisty Leaves

 

I have decided to add a couple of Leaves to try to hide where I have had to Sew the Twist. If the Twist had been higher, I would have had real problems trying to Slide it through the Buckle.

Buckle Up

I have Buckled up the Long and the Short Straps together. With luck I will not have to do anything major to the Straps from now on. That is except at the back where I have to secure it.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 27

 Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 27

I cannot believe that it is Part 27 of this blog. I thought that this must have been getting near how many I had done for the Cape. However, after a quick count up I found that I had done at least 57 blogs on that project. Feeling a little better now.

Brown Odds

 

Time to find out all those Odd bits of Brown Wool. Going to use them for Stitching the Strap together.

Needle Pinned

 

Had a super idea. Rather than get more Pins out I have used the Knitting Needle still attached to the bag to hold the Strap together.

 Sew to Curve

 

I am going to Sew to the Curve using my favourite Blanket Stitch to pull the Edges together.it

Attach at Curve

I have reached the Curve now to Attach.

Cat-astrophe

Damn it! Knew things were going to well. I had taken the Bag outside to Sew. I was doing fine until one of our local cats decided to come and have a nose.

While shooing it gently away I had not realised that Strap had become Twisted. I only realised after I had pressed it. Now I have two choices. Either Unpick or Cover up.

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 26

Autumn Cape Bag 2022 Part 26

Okay am seriously bored now. How can something so technically simple take so long?

Pin to Sew

 

Once again, I am Pinning to Sew an End.

 End Backed

 

I have now Sewn the Backing End in place. However, I am not entirely sure that I have lined it up properly. I seriously cannot be bothered to Unpick and Redo. If it is a problem, I will sort it afterwards.

Nearly There

 

Finally, the End of this Section is in Sight.

 Grrr

 

OH COME ON! I measured this and if anything, it was over. I am really beginning to wish that I had never started this damned thing.

Finally Backed

 

Thank God, I have now Finally Backed the entire Strap. I wonder what can go wrong with the next part.