Noro Kureyon Booga Bag with Twisted Handle: pre-felted

Followed the Booga Bag pattern, but added eyelets about 7 rows short of the cast off and used a twisted cord instead of an I-cord:

It's a good boxy shape, I just stuffed my sweater inside for a quick photo. I still love this colorway, but the darkest color had white, undyed bits in every skein, which I could have done without. We'll see how that felts.

I want to send a huge thank you to Jackie, who encouraged me to make a twisted handle like she used on her beautiful blue Booga-inspired bag. 

Here are twisted cord instructions, but I found another comment where someone tied the active end to an electric hand mixer rather than twisting by hand. Always the geek, I had to try it. Amused the heck out of kids and cats, but it worked very well after a few mishaps that included the beater flying across the room (not too loose, not too tight - gotta find that sweet spot).  After knitting two I-cords in the last weeks I am all over this technique. Takes about 15 minutes and it looks great. Also, I think it mixed the Noro colors really well. And yes, my arm's getting sore patting myself on my back.

Comments

[Cindy]

Thanks for the twisted cord instructions. I just finished a bag with it but mine turned out with not enough twist. I must have been doing it incorrectly. Your bag is adorable.

[ricki]

I love how the twisted cord looks -- thanks for posting the instructions. How many strands did you use? And I'm curious, how do you use a hand mixer? I'm really eager to see how it felts. I hate making I-cord. I have a booga bag that I knitted this summer and it's still sitting around waiting for handles.

[Jackie]

Oh, wow - it looks great!! Love your mixer idea, too - how clever of you! :) Thanks for the compliment - you're too sweet. I think I may have to make another one using Big Kuryeon (this one to keep!!).

[Risa]

The bag is beautiful! That definitely is a gorgeous colorway. Thank you for the twisted cord instructions. You are certainly a source of great info for everything booga.

I could just visualize the mixer mishap :) Thank you for the good chuckle.