Hi y’all! Today we’re chatting about the #somethingoldsomethingnewMAL and I’m sharing what I have on the needles for my submission. I’m so excited for this you guys and I can’t wait to see what you all have in mind for your projects. ❤ #knitting
I don't do make-a-longs, but I enjoy watching from the sidelines. I am "multi-craftual" as you said you are a couple of weeks ago 😊! So right now I have a quilting project, a cross stitch project, and a knitting project, and that's how I do my thing, I always have 1 of each and I only work on those, rotating between the three projects. So my projects rarely line up with make-a-longs. I just march along to my own tune and play cheerleader. I look forward to what everyone does!
Love, love, love your homage to your grandma!❤ Your bag is gorgeous; the striping is spot on. I hope to join you in repurposing a bag from a bag. Working on a sweater for my husband takes precedence. Very excited about your Ilene bag. The Frilly yarn is going to shine.
I completely understand that. However my grandma did not weave this bag. When I mentioned that it is woven, I simply mean that the fabric is woven, not that it was woven by my grandma. However, I do think I’ll be repurposing the inner lining and I do have plans on how I can save the fabric. 👍
Another way to look at it is that now the bag is usable which means Tayler gets to think about her grandma every time it gets used. It honors the crafty spirit of grandma and continues the legacy. ❤❤❤
YAY it’s time for the MAL! I am repurposing #10 cotton thread from a crochet maxi vest that my grandmother purchased years ago and eventually gave me. The vest is not something She ever wore and I would not wear but she loved how it looked. We have recently down sized our home and I no longer have the closet space for the vest so had planned on donating the vest until I saw that you were doing this MAL! I will be crocheting angels with the yarn (one being a tree topper and the others will hopefully be ornaments that I will give to each of my cousins in remembrance of our wonderful grandmother). Thank you Tayler!!! 😇
I have an old crocheted blanket that has seen better days. After I unravel it, which could take all month, I am going to make some cat/dog beds. 2 months ago i made a cat bed from a family friend's partially knitted sweater (she passed away over 20 years ago). Project 2 will harvest zippers from basamati rice bags + crochet a pencil case around it with scrap yarn from a granny cardi. I love those handles from your grandmother's sewing bag, Tayler. Great way to keep memories alive. Wishing everyone a creative month of repurposing!
I love your podcast! I'm from Quebec Canada and have recently returned to my knitting roots and came across you and your podcasts. Wonderful. Your mention of the Ilene bag hit home as the perfect project to pay tribute to my late sister Ilene. I can only hope to do her justice, she may have been my little sister but she was so much better at all things crafty than i. Thank you
Hi guys. Not sure if this counts for the MAL. please let me know your thoughts. I have knitted a kimono in beautiful wool but I only ended up wearing it once or twice. Because I did not want to waste the wool I unpicked it and knitted a cardigan. Big mistake. Hated it. I unpicked it again and remade the kimono. Hated it. I have now unpicked it again and am knitting the Autumn League Pullover and I LOVE it! It’s almost as if this yarn was just waiting for the right garment - rather than the other way around. 😂
Cool about the MAL. I was thrift store shopping, or op shopping as we say here in Australia, and among other bargains found a 100% cotton top, which I swiftly pulled apart. I will share photos soon on Instagram. I'm planning on making a crochet bag, but since it is off white will try various ideas I have for dyeing the yarn, too. Perhaps some handles from old bags will be employed, too. Thanks for the fun MAL. 🎉
I have the perfect yarn for this. My dad got me 3 boxes of 100% wool yarns from an auction last year, some of which are rather funky and all are at least 30 years old. Some are possibly over 70 years old - all the patterns I could find for two of them were from the 1940s and 1950s! I have a WIP shawl with one of them and some stash yarn already, which won't count for this but is fun to work on. For this I will use several mixed texture greenish yarns from the auction, and the liner will be made from our tent that collapsed during an epic tropical storm camping trip. I am very excited about this MAL!
I have a shawl I knitted with gifted yarn from my son that I left wrapped up in a jacket and it ended up in the wash and was felted. I’ve been contemplating folding it over, picking up stitches and making a bag for a long time now. No idea how to do this but I think I could figure it out. I think it is the perfect project for this MAL. Love your grandmas bag… it’s awesome you are repurposing the handles for a new bag.
I'm unusually excited about this MAL. They're typically not really my thing, but I'm looking forward to this one. I think it's the repurposing that's got my interest! I've been searching my house for something to tear apart and reuse. I settled on an old sheet that I needed to get rid of. I tore it into strips for "yarn" that I'll crochet into a market bag.
I love this! I think MALs like this are a fun way to shake things up a bit and add an element of challenge that keeps it interesting. So glad you’re joining! ❤️
I love this idea of something old and make something new. I found some old yarn, a button and will be making a book sleeve. I also have beads from my daughter's communion dress so I will use those too.
I'm excited to join the MAL. I recently sorted through all of my yarn and I have one of my faves forgotten in a half made Christmas stocking. I am going to frog this long forgotten project and make a tote bag. Can't wait to start. Tomorrow. It's been a long day but I sure look forward to your video every Sunday evening. :)
I have the Knitstrips book and I agree it's great. The patterns are interesting and the book teaches you to think for yourself about what you're doing - a great skill builder. I actually have it on a shelf near my desk so I can reach for it - not with my other knitting books. That was a mistake because the last time I looked for a pattern, I forgot I had it!
I just cast on my bag - I'm crocheting the Stonecrop Tote and plan to make leather handles from a couch I scalped the leather from in the trash many years ago. Its totally out of my zone of what I usually make, so im excited :)
I’m so excited for this! my husband thrifted a picnic basket for us a while back but one of the leather straps broke, i’ve been meaning to replace it so i think i’ll do that and use some reclaimed yarn to update the lining/plush top
For those 100% wool sweaters that you can’t rip out*, wash and dry a few times. Cut this felted material into potholder sizes. Wool makes the BEST potholders! *If the sweater material is not made in pieces (meaning lengths of yarn are only width), or a colorwork/fair isle pattern. OR: Make a tote bag: cut off arms of sweater, use straps &attach to shoulders, sew bottom of sweater = bottom. Voila. (I wish I could draw/diagram for the ideas I have…) Using Tayler’s wooden handles, same principle- I see an arm scythe at the top& sides, (arm holes = opening just below handle), shoulder/neck area thru the handle & sewn to inside. Sew bottom.
I just cast on for the MAL. I am knitting a market bag out of yarn I did not buy. A lady decided she was too old and her hands were too arthritic to continue knitting. She gave a lot of yarn to my friend , and she gave some to me. I am knitting my Farmer's Market Bag pattern out of Lily Sugar'n Cream in the color overcast twists which is black, gray, and white. I have only been on Instagram a couple of times to look. I will try to figure out how to post a picture of my hand me down yarn.
Love your podcast. Thank you for all your great content. After the next podcast can you link the etsy shop where you got the vintage crafting supplies and yarn?
i actually decided to cast on for the mal while watching this episode!! i already shared a bit of it on insta, but i decided to go for a small bag to which i pretend to apply as much new techniques as possible. i'm starting with a pi circle and let's be real, knitting that with kinky yarn was not ideal lol very excited about seeing what everyone else is making too, thanks for this lovely make along and for everything you shared in today's podcast!
I didn't intend it to go with this MAL but I recently unraveled an oversized scarf I had made a few years back out of leftover sweater yarn, realizing that with a few skeins from my stash it would be enough to make an entire second sweater! It took me two days to unravel the scarf since the whole thing was fingering yarn held double, but I've since started on the sweater and I'm super excited to finally use this yarn for something I'll actually use. I've been prioritizing using things in my stash over buying new yarn (as much as I get tempted) and it is SO satisfying to finally make something out of these skeins I've been holding onto for so long.
the new knitting/ sewing bag is going to feel so luxe 😍 I've already made a basket (to hold all the yarn for a new blanket), but I was sorting through my FO bag and found 5 things I don't use, they were really just "proof of concept" projects. They're all wildly different weights and fibers, but I think I'll combine them and make something funky for my office table.... time to hit ravelry! This is really exciting!
I just had to add this. I went to a Value Village today. A second hand store. And I found a 900 gram cone of DK cashmere / wool yarn. From Shrewsberry, United Kingdom. It's dark brown. I'm just floored! I paid a little under $5.00 for the whole thing. Now to find the perfect thing to knit! I think there is enough there to double to make a sweater. Lucky day for yarn!
Omg 1st comment...And I'm in, want to make a bag..🎉😂❤ the bag you are making is wonderful, hopefully will get an inspiration as I go thru my yarns, and YIPPEE can crochet too😅
Working on unravelling a sweater to make a bag...wish me luck! I have been seeing Knitstrips in a book outlet and have thought about purchasing it. With your recommendation I have now ordered it. It sounds like a great book!
Just unraveled my first sweater. It was a sweater I was going to thrift but watching your last video made me want to give it a try. It was not easy. It took me a couple days. Then I used my yarn swift to make hanks which I washed and dried. Ended up with about 400gms of DK weight yarn.
What a fabulous idea to give a new lease of life to your grandma’s bag and also to the repurposed yarn! I am going to get my brain in gear … I was thinking about something like knitting or crocheting back of cushions with thrifted yarn and put in front thrifted vintage canvases? Hoping that you won’t suffer too much from your allergies! 🧶🪡🧵
Love this idea--and I have some yarn from a re-purposing class I took several years ago that I could use! Probably will be a shopping bag/tote. I'd love to check out the Knit Strips book. Thanks for sharing these great ideas!
You might be able to use hair conditioner to soften the fibers of the bag and rehydrate them. Could turn it into a shadow box with a picture of your grandma (bonus points if it is a photo of her with the bag).
Love your grandma’s bag. What are your ideas for the fabric part? My thoughts would be either to frame it or use muslin or light canvas as a backing to give it some stability.🤔🤔😄 The book looks very interesting. Have you read Vanishing Fleece by Clara Parkes? Definitely a favorite of mine! Happy Knitting 😄🧶👍
I have never joined an online Mal and decided to jump on this one as Repurposing is something I really like to do. I picked up a pretty sweater at the church rummage sale and am almost done unraveling it. Now to decide on bag pattern.
Nice bag. You will need quite long flaps to give you space to open the bag. There is no flexibility in the handles. So if the flaps are only long enough to feed through the handles, the handles will be quite tight together since the bag looks quite narrow compared to the handles. ( no extra space due to sides sticking out which could give you space to open the bag.) Ask how I know. :)
Agree. I was assuming that the flaps would be fed through the other wider slots….just sayin’. Love this MAL idea, but we’re overseas at the moment with all my stuff in storage stateside. I’ll have to do this one vicariously 😅
Yes! You’re absolutely right. In fact the old bag had splits in the sides of the upper portion of the bag to allow for this. I’m hoping that if I create the same splits, I won’t have that problem opening the bag. I really need to think on that though. Thank you! ❤
Off subject but, I am looking to buy a different ball winder and I've been searching amazon and youtube for the perfect one. And my thought was, this would be a great thing for Taylor to do a podcast on. Then my mind went back to that one you did with your favorite things and I went back and watched it again and that is exactly the ball winder I want. All I had to do was click on the page you had in the description box below and I was at the page for the ball winder! So, thank you again, for being a wealth of information and helping in so many ways!
Hey Missus Earl! Your hair looks fab! Remaking your grandmother's bag is inspired, and I actually prayed in the last video that you would be inspired to do two projects for the MAL, so please don't hate me. 😄 Both are so beautiful. I think I remember actually seeing a comic book knitting guide about a decade ago in JoAnn's. Happy Early Mother's Day! I wonder if you're going to post a video of threadworks projects "for Mom," or even a recap of items you've made for your mother, your hubby's mother, and your grandmothers over the years. Oh! And did you ever show us the mini-afghan "baby blanket for mama," by mama and a stitch, completed? I remember you saying you wanted to do another one for you. Oh! OR maybe a video just showcasing all of the things you made for your children and your children made for you. That would just be TOO CUTE!
if it were me, i'd finish the bag with a tubular bind-off style join - when you get to the point where you're going to connect the handle to the bag, increase 2x and divide back and front so you now have 2 rows of the same size, then knit for a few rows, then finish with kitchner
Had been brainstorming ideas for some leftover cotton and was thinking of making a belt with repurposed hardware from a belt that broke recently. Just noticed the no wearable accessories, so I'll think of a few other ideas. Never can go wrong with a knit bag!
I LOVE Norah Gaughan!!! I’m working on Denali for my husband, and Nightingale is planned for Future Me! That book is going on my Wishlist. Thanks for showing it.
Love the podcast! Especially the pace! I wanted to know if the repurposed item had to be from something crafted... or I can tear up any pair of jeans and use the zipper or use satin lining from my son's suit vest that is too small?
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it Candace. And the repurposed item can absolutely be a zipper from old jeans or a satin lining (such cool ideas). Anything as long as it’s repurposed. ❤️❤️
I soaked it and hung it to dry with a little weight applied to pull out the kink (this is cotton-I wouldn’t recommend that with wool). It worked beautifully. ❤️
Hi y’all! Today we’re chatting about the #somethingoldsomethingnewMAL and I’m sharing what I have on the needles for my submission. I’m so excited for this you guys and I can’t wait to see what you all have in mind for your projects.
❤
#knitting
I have the Knit Strips book too! There was a book signing at my LYS so I got mine autographed :)
Love Love Love your grandma's bag. And love the idea of recycling the bag by making it your own. LOVE THE IDEA.
I love your bag project and the fact that you´re using those handles and that you were inspired by your grandmother´s sewing bag. That´s precious.
I don't do make-a-longs, but I enjoy watching from the sidelines. I am "multi-craftual" as you said you are a couple of weeks ago 😊! So right now I have a quilting project, a cross stitch project, and a knitting project, and that's how I do my thing, I always have 1 of each and I only work on those, rotating between the three projects. So my projects rarely line up with make-a-longs. I just march along to my own tune and play cheerleader. I look forward to what everyone does!
I totally understand that. It’s just nice to have you here watching from the sidelines. That means just as much. ❤
Wonderful idea! Thank you, have a great week everyone, blessings to you.
Love, love, love your homage to your grandma!❤ Your bag is gorgeous; the striping is spot on. I hope to join you in repurposing a bag from a bag. Working on a sweater for my husband takes precedence. Very excited about your Ilene bag. The Frilly yarn is going to shine.
I have my Baba’s weaved handbag. She died in 1942. I would NEVER undo the bag she weaved! I had her bag framed with her picture.
I completely understand that. However my grandma did not weave this bag. When I mentioned that it is woven, I simply mean that the fabric is woven, not that it was woven by my grandma. However, I do think I’ll be repurposing the inner lining and I do have plans on how I can save the fabric. 👍
Another way to look at it is that now the bag is usable which means Tayler gets to think about her grandma every time it gets used. It honors the crafty spirit of grandma and continues the legacy. ❤❤❤
YAY it’s time for the MAL! I am repurposing #10 cotton thread from a crochet maxi vest that my grandmother purchased years ago and eventually gave me. The vest is not something She ever wore and I would not wear but she loved how it looked. We have recently down sized our home and I no longer have the closet space for the vest so had planned on donating the vest until I saw that you were doing this MAL! I will be crocheting angels with the yarn (one being a tree topper and the others will hopefully be ornaments that I will give to each of my cousins in remembrance of our wonderful grandmother). Thank you Tayler!!! 😇
I literally gasped out loud when you described the shop update 😭 I LOVE Frida Kahlo!!!
I have an old crocheted blanket that has seen better days. After I unravel it, which could take all month, I am going to make some cat/dog beds. 2 months ago i made a cat bed from a family friend's partially knitted sweater (she passed away over 20 years ago).
Project 2 will harvest zippers from basamati rice bags + crochet a pencil case around it with scrap yarn from a granny cardi.
I love those handles from your grandmother's sewing bag, Tayler. Great way to keep memories alive.
Wishing everyone a creative month of repurposing!
I love your podcast! I'm from Quebec Canada and have recently returned to my knitting roots and came across you and your podcasts. Wonderful. Your mention of the Ilene bag hit home as the perfect project to pay tribute to my late sister Ilene. I can only hope to do her justice, she may have been my little sister but she was so much better at all things crafty than i. Thank you
What a pretty bag! That is a nice way to honor your Grandma.❤
Hi guys. Not sure if this counts for the MAL. please let me know your thoughts. I have knitted a kimono in beautiful wool but I only ended up wearing it once or twice. Because I did not want to waste the wool I unpicked it and knitted a cardigan. Big mistake. Hated it. I unpicked it again and remade the kimono. Hated it. I have now unpicked it again and am knitting the Autumn League Pullover and I LOVE it! It’s almost as if this yarn was just waiting for the right garment - rather than the other way around. 😂
I think this sounds like a great idea! Did you cast on after the launch date of this MAL?
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS no ☹️
Cool about the MAL. I was thrift store shopping, or op shopping as we say here in Australia, and among other bargains found a 100% cotton top, which I swiftly pulled apart. I will share photos soon on Instagram. I'm planning on making a crochet bag, but since it is off white will try various ideas I have for dyeing the yarn, too. Perhaps some handles from old bags will be employed, too. Thanks for the fun MAL. 🎉
I have the perfect yarn for this. My dad got me 3 boxes of 100% wool yarns from an auction last year, some of which are rather funky and all are at least 30 years old. Some are possibly over 70 years old - all the patterns I could find for two of them were from the 1940s and 1950s! I have a WIP shawl with one of them and some stash yarn already, which won't count for this but is fun to work on. For this I will use several mixed texture greenish yarns from the auction, and the liner will be made from our tent that collapsed during an epic tropical storm camping trip. I am very excited about this MAL!
Oh my gosh, soo exciting! I can’t wait to see what you come up with! ❤️❤️
I have a shawl I knitted with gifted yarn from my son that I left wrapped up in a jacket and it ended up in the wash and was felted. I’ve been contemplating folding it over, picking up stitches and making a bag for a long time now. No idea how to do this but I think I could figure it out. I think it is the perfect project for this MAL. Love your grandmas bag… it’s awesome you are repurposing the handles for a new bag.
Yes!!! This is such a great idea. I can’t wait to see how it comes together. Ah, the beauty of picking up stitches and creating something new. ❤️
I'm unusually excited about this MAL. They're typically not really my thing, but I'm looking forward to this one. I think it's the repurposing that's got my interest! I've been searching my house for something to tear apart and reuse. I settled on an old sheet that I needed to get rid of. I tore it into strips for "yarn" that I'll crochet into a market bag.
I love this! I think MALs like this are a fun way to shake things up a bit and add an element of challenge that keeps it interesting. So glad you’re joining! ❤️
I love this idea of something old and make something new. I found some old yarn, a button and will be making a book sleeve. I also have beads from my daughter's communion dress so I will use those too.
This is a fantastic idea. Perfect size for a one month MAL. ❤️
In 1973 I was 11 years old and you were born 11 years later. I was waiting to buy the "comic book." I am heading to Amazon now.
Grandma’s bag redone - how delightful and it looks great. Your eye for colour makes me green.😁
I'm excited to join the MAL. I recently sorted through all of my yarn and I have one of my faves forgotten in a half made Christmas stocking. I am going to frog this long forgotten project and make a tote bag. Can't wait to start. Tomorrow. It's been a long day but I sure look forward to your video every Sunday evening. :)
I have the Knitstrips book and I agree it's great. The patterns are interesting and the book teaches you to think for yourself about what you're doing - a great skill builder. I actually have it on a shelf near my desk so I can reach for it - not with my other knitting books. That was a mistake because the last time I looked for a pattern, I forgot I had it!
I have old Cotton thread Doilies that I bought from thrift stores several years ago. I need to finally decide what to do with them.
Great idea, thanks for encouraging upcycling/repurposing. ☮️♻️🌍🧡
I just cast on my bag - I'm crocheting the Stonecrop Tote and plan to make leather handles from a couch I scalped the leather from in the trash many years ago. Its totally out of my zone of what I usually make, so im excited :)
I have my Grandma's and Mom's sewing basket. I love it. Your project is great ❤
Love this! I do this all the time when I make Tshirt yarn out of my old crappy Tshirts and use the Tshirt yarn to make bags or baskets.
I think that’s so cool!!
I’m so excited for this!
my husband thrifted a picnic basket for us a while back but one of the leather straps broke, i’ve been meaning to replace it so i think i’ll do that and use some reclaimed yarn to update the lining/plush top
U r so brilliant. 😊 Hearing ur family history explains ur DNA. Im trying to think of a item to knit w my chopsticks. 😊
For those 100% wool sweaters that you can’t rip out*, wash and dry a few times. Cut this felted material into potholder sizes. Wool makes the BEST potholders!
*If the sweater material is not made in pieces (meaning lengths of yarn are only width), or a colorwork/fair isle pattern.
OR: Make a tote bag: cut off arms of sweater, use straps &attach to shoulders, sew bottom of sweater = bottom. Voila.
(I wish I could draw/diagram for the ideas I have…) Using Tayler’s wooden handles, same principle- I see an arm scythe at the top& sides, (arm holes = opening just below handle), shoulder/neck area thru the handle & sewn to inside. Sew bottom.
LOVE!!!
I just cast on for the MAL. I am knitting a market bag out of yarn I did not buy. A lady decided she was too old and her hands were too arthritic to continue knitting. She gave a lot of yarn to my friend , and she gave some to me. I am knitting my Farmer's Market Bag pattern out of Lily Sugar'n Cream in the color overcast twists which is black, gray, and white. I have only been on Instagram a couple of times to look. I will try to figure out how to post a picture of my hand me down yarn.
Love your podcast. Thank you for all your great content. After the next podcast can you link the etsy shop where you got the vintage crafting supplies and yarn?
Thanks for sharing your projects, I'm inspired!
My pleasure! Thank you for watching. ❤️
i actually decided to cast on for the mal while watching this episode!! i already shared a bit of it on insta, but i decided to go for a small bag to which i pretend to apply as much new techniques as possible. i'm starting with a pi circle and let's be real, knitting that with kinky yarn was not ideal lol very excited about seeing what everyone else is making too, thanks for this lovely make along and for everything you shared in today's podcast!
I didn't intend it to go with this MAL but I recently unraveled an oversized scarf I had made a few years back out of leftover sweater yarn, realizing that with a few skeins from my stash it would be enough to make an entire second sweater! It took me two days to unravel the scarf since the whole thing was fingering yarn held double, but I've since started on the sweater and I'm super excited to finally use this yarn for something I'll actually use. I've been prioritizing using things in my stash over buying new yarn (as much as I get tempted) and it is SO satisfying to finally make something out of these skeins I've been holding onto for so long.
This is great news! I’m so glad you’re joining!
the new knitting/ sewing bag is going to feel so luxe 😍
I've already made a basket (to hold all the yarn for a new blanket), but I was sorting through my FO bag and found 5 things I don't use, they were really just "proof of concept" projects. They're all wildly different weights and fibers, but I think I'll combine them and make something funky for my office table.... time to hit ravelry!
This is really exciting!
I just had to add this. I went to a Value Village today. A second hand store. And I found a 900 gram cone of DK cashmere / wool yarn. From Shrewsberry, United Kingdom. It's dark brown. I'm just floored! I paid a little under $5.00 for the whole thing. Now to find the perfect thing to knit! I think there is enough there to double to make a sweater. Lucky day for yarn!
This is an AMAZING find! Yay!! 🎉🎉🎉
Omg 1st comment...And I'm in, want to make a bag..🎉😂❤ the bag you are making is wonderful, hopefully will get an inspiration as I go thru my yarns, and YIPPEE can crochet too😅
Working on unravelling a sweater to make a bag...wish me luck! I have been seeing Knitstrips in a book outlet and have thought about purchasing it. With your recommendation I have now ordered it. It sounds like a great book!
I have a project ready to roll- i just washed the sweater and it is finally dry enough to work with.
Just unraveled my first sweater. It was a sweater I was going to thrift but watching your last video made me want to give it a try. It was not easy. It took me a couple days. Then I used my yarn swift to make hanks which I washed and dried. Ended up with about 400gms of DK weight yarn.
That’s a success! Great job. It is certainly not easy, but so good you stuck with it. ❤️❤️
Your Grandmas bag will be so lovely when its done! The book looks great too’. Thank you for a great podcast
What a fabulous idea to give a new lease of life to your grandma’s bag and also to the repurposed yarn! I am going to get my brain in gear … I was thinking about something like knitting or crocheting back of cushions with thrifted yarn and put in front thrifted vintage canvases? Hoping that you won’t suffer too much from your allergies! 🧶🪡🧵
Love this idea--and I have some yarn from a re-purposing class I took several years ago that I could use! Probably will be a shopping bag/tote. I'd love to check out the Knit Strips book. Thanks for sharing these great ideas!
You might be able to use hair conditioner to soften the fibers of the bag and rehydrate them. Could turn it into a shadow box with a picture of your grandma (bonus points if it is a photo of her with the bag).
Love your grandma’s bag. What are your ideas for the fabric part? My thoughts would be either to frame it or use muslin or light canvas as a backing to give it some stability.🤔🤔😄
The book looks very interesting. Have you read Vanishing Fleece by Clara Parkes? Definitely a favorite of mine!
Happy Knitting 😄🧶👍
I have never joined an online Mal and decided to jump on this one as Repurposing is something I really like to do. I picked up a pretty sweater at the church rummage sale and am almost done unraveling it. Now to decide on bag pattern.
I’m so glad you’ll be joining us! Can’t wait to see what you come up with. ❤️❤️
Nice bag. You will need quite long flaps to give you space to open the bag. There is no flexibility in the handles. So if the flaps are only long enough to feed through the handles, the handles will be quite tight together since the bag looks quite narrow compared to the handles. ( no extra space due to sides sticking out which could give you space to open the bag.) Ask how I know. :)
Agree. I was assuming that the flaps would be fed through the other wider slots….just sayin’. Love this MAL idea, but we’re overseas at the moment with all my stuff in storage stateside. I’ll have to do this one vicariously 😅
Yes! You’re absolutely right. In fact the old bag had splits in the sides of the upper portion of the bag to allow for this. I’m hoping that if I create the same splits, I won’t have that problem opening the bag. I really need to think on that though. Thank you! ❤
Can’t wait to see all the great creative projects!!
Off subject but, I am looking to buy a different ball winder and I've been searching amazon and youtube for the perfect one. And my thought was, this would be a great thing for Taylor to do a podcast on. Then my mind went back to that one you did with your favorite things and I went back and watched it again and that is exactly the ball winder I want. All I had to do was click on the page you had in the description box below and I was at the page for the ball winder! So, thank you again, for being a wealth of information and helping in so many ways!
I have a video on this very thing:
ua-cam.com/video/WRmw5ZvBSj8/v-deo.html
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Hey Missus Earl!
Your hair looks fab!
Remaking your grandmother's bag is inspired, and I actually prayed in the last video that you would be inspired to do two projects for the MAL, so please don't hate me. 😄 Both are so beautiful.
I think I remember actually seeing a comic book knitting guide about a decade ago in JoAnn's.
Happy Early Mother's Day! I wonder if you're going to post a video of threadworks projects "for Mom," or even a recap of items you've made for your mother, your hubby's mother, and your grandmothers over the years. Oh! And did you ever show us the mini-afghan "baby blanket for mama," by mama and a stitch, completed? I remember you saying you wanted to do another one for you. Oh! OR maybe a video just showcasing all of the things you made for your children and your children made for you. That would just be TOO CUTE!
Im exited for this!! Im also starting a bag, its crocheted with a checkered pattern😊
Very cool! I can’t wait to see it! ❤️
if it were me, i'd finish the bag with a tubular bind-off style join - when you get to the point where you're going to connect the handle to the bag, increase 2x and divide back and front so you now have 2 rows of the same size, then knit for a few rows, then finish with kitchner
Ugh, such good advice!!! Thank you!! ❤️❤️
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS of course!! can't wait to see how it comes out
Had been brainstorming ideas for some leftover cotton and was thinking of making a belt with repurposed hardware from a belt that broke recently. Just noticed the no wearable accessories, so I'll think of a few other ideas. Never can go wrong with a knit bag!
Oh! And I will still be knitting the belt ❤ I am too excited to try and reuse the hardware
Love this! As I'm watching you I'm crocheting heavy skippers from thrifty yarn. Looking forward to make something and seeing all the projects.
Would love the details on your bag as I have one from my husband’s grandmother that could stand a redo.
I will absolutely share this in the next episode! Soo cool that you have one of your own. ❤️
I want to make t-shirt yarn out of old t-shirts to knit a rug. I hope that will count.
This will absolutely count! ❤️
2:11 I actually really like all the ‘ado’. I adore it. Relish it. More ado!!
I think you’re lovely and I appreciate you. ❤
I LOVE Norah Gaughan!!! I’m working on Denali for my husband, and Nightingale is planned for Future Me! That book is going on my Wishlist. Thanks for showing it.
Feel better!
Thank you! Allergy season is the pits some days! 🥴
"I'm just going to improvise this bag". Welllllllll pardon ME Ms Tayler. #WereNotWorthy 🙌
Lol…let’s just hope I know what I’m doing. 😅
@@WOOLNEEDLESHANDS I have ALL the faith. In fact, I found myself thinking “huh maybe I could improvise a bag”.
Something to consider- you could reuse grandma’s bag’s fabric as lining for your new knitted bag!
I love this idea. ❤
Love the podcast! Especially the pace! I wanted to know if the repurposed item had to be from something crafted... or I can tear up any pair of jeans and use the zipper or use satin lining from my son's suit vest that is too small?
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you’re enjoying it Candace. And the repurposed item can absolutely be a zipper from old jeans or a satin lining (such cool ideas). Anything as long as it’s repurposed. ❤️❤️
Can we use scraps or yarn that was part of a half finished project?
Yes! For sure.
How did you get that claimed yarn so nice? I would expect it to be very messy looking.
I soaked it and hung it to dry with a little weight applied to pull out the kink (this is cotton-I wouldn’t recommend that with wool). It worked beautifully. ❤️
The links in the show notes aren’t clickable, is that the intent? That book looks great BTW!
Thank you for letting me know Sheryl! All links are clickable now. ❤️
What is the Etsy shop you got the yarn from? I don’t see it in the links unless I’m missing it!
I’m sorry about that! Here it is:
shrsl.com/422ic