Knit Picks Wool of the Andes and Clover’s Elastic Thread

So I decided I needed a pair of Croc Socks. Found a pattern I liked and proceeded to cast on with some Knit Picks Wool of the Andes Tonal I had in this colorway pictured. Gorgeous, no?

I wear a lot of jeans and t shirts and I thought this would be a good color choice – my Crocs are black.

This yarn knitted up so nice. Springy and squashy (important qualities in a shoe liner). I made them extra big so I could shrink them a bit, maybe even felt them. They haven’t seen the inside of the washer yet, but there is no doubt that the springy and squashy qualities they currently have will be greatly enhanced.

As part of the cuff, I used Clover’s Elastic Thread to keep the cuff stretchy. Probably didn’t need to as the Knit Picks Wool of the Andes was fairly stretchy, but it did give the ribbing a nice memory. That’s definitely on the list of stuff to keep using, that elastic thread.

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I can’t resist a pattern that’s both useful and a little silly, and that’s exactly how I feel about the Rybka pouch pattern from the delightfully named Rat and Sea Witch.

I know you’re going to ask, because I did, too. Rybka means little fish in Polish. (And because you’re also probably going to ask, Rat and Sea Witch comes from people’s attempts to say the designer’s name, Ratasiewicz, which if you say it fast kind of sounds like rat and sea witch.)

It’s easy to make a little fish bag in different sizes to suit your needs. The pattern has specific instructions for an Airpods Pro case and a pencil case, but you could change the length easily to hold more stuff, and change the size in general by working with a different weight of yarn.

The pattern calls for sock yarn and mohair held together to make a fingering weight gauge, but you could try it with heavier yarn and see what size bag you end up with.

Whatever size you make it, this looks like a fun project for holding trinkets or everyday items. The mouth of the fish is the mouth of the bag, and it closes with a drawstring that is also the strap. I wonder, too, if you could make one of these with a small clasp frame that could be the fish’s mouth and then you could just work I cord straps that would attach to the sides of the fish.

I could also see stripes, or fish of different colors to use up your yarn leftovers. How about a sunglasses case with a little loop to attach to your bag? Once you start thinking about all the ways you could use a fish-shaped bag in your life, I think you’ll see that you probably need more than one.

If you make one of these I would love to know how it went!

You can grab a copy of the pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Rat and Sea Witch]

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