I Heart Laguna!

My first impression of this bag was how attractive it is. It’s extremely well made and sturdy. (I even road tested it on the back of my motorcycle). This bag has been my constant companion for weeks now living in a pile by my chair, and travelling on the floor in my truck, set in the dirt and gravel and even gotten wet. It has a set of strong magnets to hold it closed and sturdy handles as well as a detachable shoulder strap. The outside is sporty with an exterior zippered pocket and snap pouch (my phone and keys fit in there perfectly, and since the snap closures are also magnetic there’s no worry about it coming open. Inside 2 seemingly bottomless compartments are separated by a zipered pocket. More interior pockets make this bag perfect for a day at the office as well as for toting craft projects. I actually use it for both at the same time. If there was a downside to this bag it might be that it’s so roomy inside that it would be easy to lose stuff in the bottom, but with so many pockets and compartments, no problem!

Laguna is destined to become your next knitting bag!

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn.

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small.

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches.

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come.

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you.

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?).

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry.

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns.

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]

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