Iris "Art Object" Bag, Dahling

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One particular friend - who works in a vuheeeery aaaarrrrrtsy visual field, dahling - asked me if I could knit her a mid-sized bag to wear across her body (diagonally) that was "artistic, funky, cool". So I started designing one for her a couple weeks ago. Here's where I am... so far.

I started with the colour palette of jewel toned yarn in royal purple/teal/hot pink, a set of circular needles, some pony beads and some rudimentary knitting knowledge (six months of knitting experience, so far). I planned on a variety of textured stitching, an abstract colour pattern, some bead embellishments and fushia lining and embroidery.

Since the week I started this bag was the week the Irises began blooming here and the bag featured similar colours - I've dubbed this the "Iris Bag".

Here's a view of the back of the bag looking toward the top of the bag (where the knitting needle is still holding stitches) and with the top flap open and upside down.
It's an abstract colour pattern combined with abstract texture changes (knit vs purl).

Here's the lining, in hot pink stocking stitch. That colour was a nice work out for my retinas.

Here's the bag structure - it's one long continuous tube, knit with circular needles (seamless). To turn it into a bag you telescope one section inside another, extend one side to make the flap lining and then fold the the flap over over the lining. There's a seam at the bottom, at the top (where the end of the flap meets the top of the bag), at the top front (lining meets bag exterior) and along the sides of the flap.

More to come...