Knitting Project: From Inspiration to Handbag

Inspired by the compost bucket of all things (click here),



and having yarns in my stash I felt were close enough to those colors,



I started a knitting project to make a felted handbag using an adaptation of a basic pattern.



I knit the main color of the bag a lavender similar to the blue potato peelings and the flap a contrasting garden green, though not quite the same as the green of the leeks or tomatillo husks, with a seed stitch border.

I felted it in the washing machine then added carrot-colored embroidery and an earthy-looking button. It's an inspired NOT earth toned, earthy handbag -definitely NOT everyone's style- but I'm kinda liking the funkiness.