I finished SnB’s Marsupial Tote last week! I finally had a chance to felt it over the weekend. Here are the pics! (Some of them are a bit darker because I took them at night - sorry)

Here’s the base. At first I went according to the pattern but it didn’t look very long to me, so I increased it by adding a handful more of rows.

I’ve picked up sts along the sides.

Changing colors! Instead of knitting 10 inches, I stopped at 8 to change colors and start doing the handles. In the picture, the bag is turned inside out (that’s how I knitted it the whole way).

Here’s the bag fully knitted, before felting.

Here is the bag after felting, laid flat on the ground. I felted it for only 10 minutes in my washer. It was so hairy! I bought a lint shaver and it helped a little, but its still kinda hairy (but not as much as before).

Another picture of the felted result. I really like it!

I’m finally done with my first knitted bag (pattern from Joann’s)! It’s a bit small, but I’m so proud of it because I even got to use my new sewing skills too! So here’s a pictorial of how the process went:

I first knitted both sides of the bag, and two little flaps on top for the handles (to sew on later).

I stitched the bottom and sides of the bag together. This is what it looks like from the top. I also felted it a bit (because the material isn’t 100% wool, it didn’t felt completely).

I handsewed the handles on (with doubled up red thread). I got the lining from the scraps at JoAnn’s. Here, I’ve already measured and sewed the lining together, and I’ve just pinned it onto the bag (the bag is flipped inside out) so I can sew the lining onto the bag. I used invisible thread, which is nice because you can’t see my seams, but it was a pain in the butt because it was so hard to see the actual thread while I was doing it. It’s a bit shoddy, but who cares! I did it! =)

Finished product!

Another view of the finished bag from the top (so you can see the lining).