It's blowing in Europe

I read in the paper yesterday about the terrible winds in Europe. It sounds much like what it was like here last month. I am hoping all is well with my friends over there. Since I haven't heard anything I can only assume no news is good news, but I think I'll send out a few emails this morning just to check in. It's hard when you can't telephone someone just to say I hope everything is okay. [You know who you are ... yes you do!]

I stayed up way too late last night, working on a new felted bag for carrying around my stuff. I wanted to try something different and thought Entrelac might felt cool so I did some searching and came up with the Entrelac Suki. This bag shape is not what I'm looking for but it gave me enough to go on so that I can make it the shape I want -- not as long and a bit wider. Hers is quite pretty, isn't it? I understand she used Noro Kuryeon but it must have been a chore to separate out the colors each time. I'm using some green and purple yarn I bought on eBay to make a bag. In the picture the green looks more yellow than it is in real life. Anyway, here's how far I got last night:
That's a bit of "Jam" around the top. Just a few rows. I was surprised by how cool that yarn is. I want to make a hat with it. It has little nubblies of green and pink velvety stuff with just the barest bit of eyelash. Just a little accent there for the top of the bag. It also might make a nice accent on a cardigan down the button band or around the cuffs. Hmmmmm

It's gorgeous outside today! I am just a slug - it's 10:45 and I'm still in my jammies. I woke up really early this morning, like 4 am, and couldn't get back to sleep so I read for a while and then I couldn't wake up this morning! Thank goodness for the weekend. Nothing I must do today except get a manicure and meet someone at 7. Not a bad day.