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Using Stick N’ Stitch dissolving Fabric-Solvy to transfer sashiko style patterns to the vinyl tote bag panels I cut, there are residual glue staining/marks where the edge of the sheets were but otherwise it’s working well. I am cutting them out now instead of using the whole sheet to see if that improves it. Using glow in the dark yarn, and if it’s not too fragile I plan to use glow in the dark piping on the edges.

Made a larger size belt bag as well, smaller ruby red sparkle with glow in the dark stripe is 6.5”x5”x2”, charcoal sparkle with a silver white sparkle stripe is 8.5”x5”x2” #handmade #vinylbags #beltbag #sewing #bagmaker

Big Twist yarn, previously only available at Joann’s https://herrschners.com/big-twist-yarn

Finished all pieces of my Earthly distressed drop stitch sweater round 2! Made it 4” longer at my son#2’s request, I expect shrinkage in length after I wash/block/dry, I’m sure it will get washed in hot at some point so I’m preshrinking it. These photos are unblocked. This is made of Lerchiyar cotton/linen/bamboo that I got on Amazon.

Working on my second Earthly sweater (gray) in bamboo/cotton/linen, Son #2 wanted it 4” longer, so I added 10cm. Will have to see how much this one shrinks up washed on hot, the first Earthly sweater (blue) shrunk up 4”? My sons will inevitably wash in hot water at some point, so I’m trying to account for shrinkage. Swatch for first Earthly didn’t shrink much but the actual sweater did, Son #1 can still wear it, but I plan to knit him a longer one too and keep the first sweater. That’s a lot of knitting.

Survey: Q1 How big is your phone? What else would you carry in a belt bag? I made some that fit my iPhone 11 hard case (6.5”x5” x2”), but know other people carry bigger phones and more stuff...

Finished back panel of my Earthly distressed drop stitch sweater! I will look for my foam tiles to block to confirm it measures to the schematic; then block by machine wash warm and tumble dry when sweater is finally assembled. Yarn is Patons Linen (linen/cotton/viscose) in Sky colorway. Making a size larger (XL instead of Lg) in case of shrinkage when my son inevitably washes in hot water.