Thursday, January 4, 2007

my sister is sew cool.



My sister Payal never ceases to amaze me. If you met her, she wouldn't strike you as the crafty type. My mom and I have tried numerous times to teach her to knit & crochet, but she hasn't shown much of an interest. On Christmas Day, she proved me wrong when she demonstrated how talented of a seamstress she is! I've been dying to make a needle case for some time now. I bought 4 pieces of upholstery fabric from Joann Fabrics on Xmas Eve. Payal offered to help, and initially, I was relucant to accept her offer because I thought she would become bored and leave my high and dry! Instead, she basically took over the entire project and whipped it out! I've realized that I don't have the patience to properly use a sewing machine. Payal, on the other hand, knows how to thread a bobbin, sew straight lines, and how to use a seam ripper. Thanks Payal!


I used the patten from Stitch & Bitch Nation: A Knitter's Handbook. To accomodate smaller needles & my growing collection of DPNs, I added a smaller piece of fabric to create two rows, instead of one.

1 comment:

Knit Masala said...

Hi Priya,

Welcome to the knitting blog world! I just entered it recently myself, and I found your blog through Desi Knitter's. Nice work on your FOs. I especially like the way the purse turned out.

I'm in Evanston, by the way. I have a few other knitting friends here, and we've been tossing around the idea of starting a knitting/book club. If you're interested, let me know. I'm hoping to set up a first book club meeting in Feb.