I Love Lucy and a Black Cat

Fabric scraps aren't the only kind of scraps around here. There are yarn scraps as well. I admit, I'm not nearly as good at using up yarn as I am fabric. But I've been wanting to make one, or three, of Lucy's bags for some time. The colors I really want to use are not in my stash.

So the first bag was going to have to use up some yarn scraps.  Maybe the second as well. Because only then will I feel good about buying more yarn. (The yarn is inexpensive Red Heart Designer Sport yarn.  I used two strands together with a size K hook.)

But guess what? Even though this isn't the bag I'm pining for, it turned out to be quite fun and colorful.  Especially with the little flowers for embellishment.  You can find Lucy's tutorial for the bag here.  And for the flowers, here.

Naturally, I had to have assistance photographing the bag. Stinka thinks she has editorial rights as well as a modeling contract. Unfortunately, she was a bit too hyper for the modeling. These are the only photos that did not have black blurs of cat in them.

And while she looks relaxed in this picture, she's actually biting the bark, about to swing herself right off the branch with her jaguar impersonation.  You have to love this cat.