A new fo and wip

OK so I have been bad and not blogged for a week. In my defense I have been fairly busy with Uni and life in general, and the needles have been pretty busy too LOL

First a finished object - my shaker cushion cover. I finished this in 24 hours, my first time with bobbles and it was fine. The only problems I had were that I messed up the top centre bobble and threw the pattern out by one stitch and that after I finished it I realised I'd done a 14 inch cushion cover and had an 18 inch cushion!!!!! Typical of me really LOL

I made it from the same yarn I'm using on my bedspread so I will get a 14 inch cushion before I finish the bedspread (my very looong term project LOL).

My second new project is a bag - have you figured out I love bags yet? Its a nice knit, pretty simple but not so simple that I don't have to remind myself which row in the pattern I'm on before I start the next row. The bamboo gives it a luxurious feel and I'm seriously considering adding some beads to it later. I'm also doing a different handle to it, the original pattern made it a hand held bag and I like to throw a bag over my shoulder so I'm going to make a long strap for it instead.

The bag and the shaker cushion are both from my recent acquisition of lets knit magazines - can you tell I'm loving them? :-D

Other updates:

• The sweater jacket is slowly getting sewn together, both shoulder seams and one top sleeve seam so far - well I did say I hated sewing...
• I have just sent in my last assignment to my tutor - yay, just one computer marked multiple choice assignment to go on that course and an exam on the other and then I'm finished with Uni til September.
• I have run out of my home made washing powder so I really HAVE to make some soap very soon...