8/03: Casting on! So much neater with the 3.0mm hook 
7 rows in and pausing for the hockey game… words I never thought I’d type in August 
later: finished 14 rows tonight (40 rows left in the base) and now I’m beyond tired. Added photo of my progress.
8/07: Halfway through the base! Just finished row 27
And more hockey to come! My Habs beat the Pens 3 games to 1 to advance to the next round. A minimum of 4 games more (best of 7 series
8/08: 27 rows done; halfway!
8/18: I picked up the sts along the edges, reversibly, and have 2 rnds done on the bag sides so far.
8/25: sides coming along nicely
8/30: Happy to report this is coming along great Smooth sailing until the eyelet rnd (rnd 64)
9/01: bit more done
9/22: This is coming along great
I have finished rnd 25 of the bag side chart; only 48 to go!
10/27: A few more rounds done
11/03: quite a few rounds done this week
Feb 1: only a few more rounds done
Feb 22: closer to halfway through the knotwork
March 2: (first FiberKind campus check-in) a couple more rounds done
March 10: bit different of a view and can compare the finished bottom to the in progress sides
March 16: almost time to join in the second skein of black!
March 23: little by little, it's coming together
April 25: Joined in my second ball of black about 3/4 through rnd 39. Can now say I've knit 166 yds at least; the rainbow still has quite a bit to go on the first ball. Some progress anyway! Must keep going!
April 27: Time for the weekly photo!
May 4: I got a couple more rounds done, I think. I really don't know at the moment, and frankly I don't overly care too much. My heart has been broken into a billion pieces and all I can do is cry tonight
July 6: The motif is nearly done! Finally feels like this is going somewhere again :)
July 13: 5 rnds passed the top of the motif this week :) 4 more, and I'll be putting in the eyelets for the drawstrings :)
Here's a look:
July 15: Roughly 1/3 through rnd 61 of the sides I joined in the second ball of the rainbow yarn :) And only 2 more rnds to go before I put in the eyelets :) Progress!!
July 20: Eyelets are in! I'm not quite sure about the process I used though; rather fiddly and not quite as neat as I'd have liked. Might redo the last 4 rnds. Here's what it looks like currently:
July 27: Yeah, that was not the best way to go about the eyelets. Not so calmly tinking back the last 3 rnds to try this again.
Feb 1/22: Oops! It's been more than a minute since I last picked this up. I'm just getting the last of the eyelet round removed and then I can try this again! Wow this has taken waaaaaayyyyy longer than I'd envisioned. Time to get this done and dusted. And published!
Ok, that's "reset".
Feb 8/22: Am up working on rnd 68 :) Will have to neaten the sides of the eyelets on the rainbow sides of the bag; the rainbow yarn is slightly thinner than the black and that really became apparent when putting in the eyelets. Good thing to remember! And I'll add a note about it to the pattern. Here's where things are right now:
Feb 18/22: Beginning of the end! I've started casting off the bag! Woot! I love it! And I'll love it even more once it's finished lol Here's how it's going:
Feb 20/22: The bag is done! Well, the bag body is. The drawstrings still need doing :) And here's half the bag; I flattened it so two of the sides are visible:
later (2:01am): And that's the rainbow drawstring done :) And woven in with enough extra to make a nice handle. I knit 36" of i-cord on the same size as I knit the bag but I used dpns for it. I need to attach the ends but it's in and I took a photo:
Feb 28/22: And done! 😊 It took a bit longer than I intended, but it's done with all the ends finished in and the cords are joined to themselves. The drawstrings even pull in nicely.
July 13/23: Photos done today! Pattern release day set for July 18 😊
