having a great life in spite of everything

The Cable-Band Bag pattern is up on KnitMonster now. I’ve gotten tons of compliments on my bag, it’s a great bag, elegant, and not too big or too small. I don’t have a lot of experience lining bags, so I ended up winging that part a lot; but I think it’s worth it to line the bag, it’d probably stretch out of shape too much otherwise. Knitting the bag might be a tricky for a beginner, it does require a provisional cast-on, cabling, and then some advanced grafting (grafting both knit and purl stitches rather than just knit). But overall it’s not that hard. In fact I found lining it tougher than knitting it was.

I really tried hard to write the grafting directions well, but PLEASE let me know if you have trouble! I’m always eager to help anyone with any questions or problems, I very much want you to enjoy the patterns and knit them successfully.