The making of a lovely new bag...

I have had a very busy week working on an order for a colleagues daughter. She had seen one of my bags on the website and wanted one that was slightly larger with longer handles. No problem, or so I thought, but it has proved to be quite a challenge!
Firstly, I couldn't remember where I had bought the wool from or even what type of wool it was... (Lesson One - Always write down everything!). Then I found a ball band hiding in the bottom of my knitting bag. What could be easier than ordering from the internet? Except that the wool was now discontinued!
I am not easily put off and after a lot of searching, found 5 balls in Orkney. Within two days I was happily knitting a tension square to pop into the washing machine to check for shrinkage in the felting process.

Pre-felting, the bag looked huge and the handles were quite long... Into the washing machine and twenty minutes later out it came looking just how it should be. 
Whilst the bag was drying, I knitted the flower for the front.
A lining was chosen and a zip purchsed, rather than a magnetic clip that was on the original, smaller bag.
The next step is to make the lining and put in the zip. My deadline is to have it completed by the end of the week. I shall keep you posted on the progress...