Booga Bag!
Posted on March 23, 2005 by Christine | 12 Comments
Whoo hoo! After a yarn shortage scare, where I had to take out a row just so I could bind off, I have gotten the Booga Bag off the needles! (Picture on Flickr, with a mini version over in the sidebar.) Now I just have to find a pillowcase with a zipper and I will be felting it tomorrow! Yeah!
I love the colors, and I can’t wait to see how it turns out when it is felted, but I can’t even begin to explain how glad I am that I am done with this bag. I’m not allergic to wool, but there is something about this yarn that triggers a bad allergic reaction in me. I suspect it is the dye or the finishing that they use when they make it, and no one else has complained of issues with it like I have. Hopefully when I felt the bag, it will pull out the dyes that are bothering me.
I have the yarn to start knitting my Sophie bag (a dark, rich purple), but I think I’m going to work on my Clapotis first. The only other project still on needles is the “Jay Allen scarf,” named after Jay since I only worked on it in panels that he was on at SXSW. (I learned I’m a much better listener with the laptop closed and knitting needles in my hands.) I’m over halfway done with it, so it shouldn’t take too long to finish it up. I can work on the Clapotis at the same time. New projects – wheee!
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March 23rd, 2005 @ 6:28 am
How fun! I was so surprised as to how cute my booga bag came out when I was done… They are so much fun to make!
March 23rd, 2005 @ 7:22 am
It looks great!!
March 23rd, 2005 @ 8:01 am
lovely bag! honestly, kureyon is nasty stuff… great for felting and that’s about it in my opinion. Have you had this problem with other yarns?
March 23rd, 2005 @ 10:53 am
Nope, just the Kureyon. I’ve admired one of the other colors for a Booga Bag, but passed it up as I dread even considering working with it again. Maybe someday, but for now there are so many others that look more appealing!
March 24th, 2005 @ 2:37 pm
Really nice! Can’t wait to see it felted. It’s so exciting when they come out of the wash. Oh, and here is a tip for determining if you have enough yarn to bind off: lay the work down and run the remaining yarn across the work horizontally – it takes 3 passes with the yarn to bind off. Now, ask me how I know.
March 25th, 2005 @ 3:49 pm
I just started Clapotis last night. Goodness…the number of repeats! I hope that you post pics of yours. I don’t know how I really feel about it yet. I’m not using the yarn recommended, but I feel that it will be great. I also joined the group at Yahoo to get some help.
-Valencia
March 30th, 2005 @ 7:52 am
I tried to do the snazzy “3 passes” thing, even increasing it to 6 passes because it was knit in the round (so front + back), and I still came up really short at first for some reason! Next time though … next time, I will do better.
June 13th, 2006 @ 4:50 pm
I think that Kureyon is great! I love working with it and how it comes out I have down 3 booga bags and I loved each one.
March 9th, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
Is the Booga Bag knitted with a double strand of yarn? I don’t see that the instructions call for that, yet most of the felted bags I have made are. Also, what size needles did you use?
Thanks,
Lois
March 10th, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
Lois, mine was just single strand – it gets thick and full when it felts in the water just fine. And I think I used a 10.5 needle, but it isn’t as critical as it might be with other projects, since the felting hides a multitude of sins.
June 14th, 2009 @ 11:14 am
Hello!
I made one of these booga bags not long ago, I used the hand painted yarn, and if I would have used two strands, the striping would have not been as noticeable. One strand, it shrunk a lot, but it was with the many different stripes… just like the pic on the pattern I saw!
I think two strands of yarn would defeat the purpose of using hand painted yarn (which costed a little more). I also used an 11 or 12 circular needle set and the finished project was just fine!
May 27th, 2010 @ 2:30 am
I also used an 11 or 12 circular needle set and the finished project was just fine!