Mending Items

Well, I've made more work for myself. A friend of my sister's had holes in a loose knit sweater that she asked me to mend. Not my favorite task. When I finished, she couldn't find where I had mended it. She was ecstatic. At least she paid me for my time.
Now she has a knit scarf with a hole. She offered to pay me if I could fix it. I'm afraid the yarn has been cut. I don't think I'll be able to match the yarn weight or color.
First step is to put knitting needles in each stitch on both sides of the hole so it won't unravel.
Then, tie on some yarn as closely as I can match.
Then, using a crochet hook, work the yarn through the stitches so they are all fastened and won't unravel. Trying to make purl/knit stitch look a likes. I'm afraid this mend will show.

Another Wedding Doily: Given

 I feel that I've been making this pattern for a very long time. I made 4 for friends' children before deciding that I should make one for my children and nieces and nephews - 13 more.

 Then, I decided it would be perfect for my parents' 50th wedding anniversary, made in gold metallic thread. That turned out so well that I made one in silver metallic thread for my brother's and his wife's  25th wedding anniversary.

This is the white made for wedding presents, unblocked. This week end involved a 6 hour (one-way) drive to my brother's for his daughter's wedding. Another niece mentioned she has her doily on their table where they can enjoy it every day. Hearing things like that about an item I've made always gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
This was the 8th doily I've gifted to my parents' grandchildren, so I need to make 5 more. The youngest grandchild is 11, so there'll soon be a break in the rush to make these doilies. Except now there are 4 young, married couples who haven't yet started their families. I need to be making baby blankets!

Miscellaneous Projects

I haven't been working on any one special project lately. I've still been working on scrubbies. Most of my family's RAGBRAI team wanted one after they gave so many away last week. I mailed the last few today. That's good, because I was getting bored making the same thing over and over and over....
I've been cutting more bags to get enough white plarn to make a shoulder bag. I'm getting WAY more balls of colored plarn. I think I'll have enough to make a rug. No, I need to finish some WIP's before starting another project!!
Meanwhile, I've been making coasters of different colors to go with my month doilies.

But, again, I'm getting bored making the same pattern over and over and over....
I've GOT to finish something!!

White Shoulder Bag

As if I don't have enough shoulder bags!

When I cut bags to make plarn, I lay the strips in a line in the same order as the uncut bag. I tie them in order, left to right or top to bottom. I feel that makes for a more even distribution of colors. My mom sorts the strips by color. Mom would sort the pictured bag into 4 piles: white, blue, red, and blue with red. Then she would tie the strips randomly from each pile.
It takes more than 90 bags to make a shoulder bag, because most stores have so much printed on their bags that we get only 2 or 3 white strips from each instead of 12.
I've started one, but after cutting 9 bags, I only have enough to make the bottom 3 inches long. I want 9 inches for the bottom and the bag to be 9 inches tall! This is going to take a while!