Knitting and other Creative Endeavors

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Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Forgive my ignorance, but what's a hobo bag?

I wore my new socks today.

The good: they're comfy, they didn't fall down/slouch, they didn't come unraveled, they were far enough from my shirt that no one should know they didn't "go" together, quite.

The bad: they're a little big around the ankle, producing a slouchy looking effect there that I don't really dig (smaller needles for me next time, I suppose); they're now a little fuzzy (I suppose that's what I get for using cheap yarn, or for wearing my knitting on my feet?); they match nothing in my wardrobe.

Hey, congratulations on the socks!

A hobo bag is just a style of handbag (and what the book called this particular pattern). It's basically just a pouch with a long shoulder strap. A shoulder strap that gets even longer if I put anything in the bag. Such are the joys of using something you made and imagined looking, well, different somehow.

Oh, and because everyone else is knitting, I'm crocheting. I'm just that way. I'm going to have to get someone to show me how to knit. But I was able to pick up crochet on my own from a couple of very good books.