It's All About Me! Finished

I finished my all about me project.  I have been planning a rainbow project bag since October.  I wanted a circular bottom, funky straps and it needed to be felted.  I started gathering yarn and only found all the colors in January when I started the bag.  It took 616 yards by the time I was finished.  Pictures:

pre-felted, it is 14 1/2 inches tall without the flap and 31 inches around

I made braided straps, short rowed circle bottom, reinforced moss stitched top and a funky 8 by 8 ribbed stripes on the end with button holes using intarisa.  All 8 balls of yarn sat in the bag while I worked that ribbing.

Here is the post felted object.  I found bright buttons which I sewed on with contrasting yarn.  The measurements ended up being:  26 1/2 inches around and 10 1/2 inches tall.  It is perfect for holding and toting my knitting projects and I am so happy with it.  Now I just need to make the matching needle case and notions bag.

Just for Me

For the it's all about me challenge, I am making a felted project bag.  I wanted something that was tube shaped with a round bottom.  And after spending hours searching through pattern books and the Ravelry pattern search, I found the Felted bucket bag.  I can turn this into exactly the sort of colorful rainbow bag I want.  Tall enough to hide 14" long needles with enough room for a portable project and yarn.

This is the bottom of the bag:

I've done the color pattern in opposite rainbows.  My daughter pointed out that I should have done it as a butterfly reflection of colors with the warm colors on top and the cool ones at the bottom.