purses, out and about announcement

i feel knee deep in bags at the moment. i did finish the new kureyon one last night, it's gorgeous and i can't wait to see how it felts up. i honestly can't wait until i figure out a closure for it.
the purse i was working on prior to this mad little fling with japanese wool upset me a little today. i'm using my big long hook- a crazy magenta aluminum one (reminds me of my great-grandmother's aluminum cups that always made water taste colder in the summer time. i digress) to do what is alternately known as tunisian crochet, afghan stitch, railroad knitting, hook knitting and who knows what-all else. it seems similar to knitting, but a hook at the end of the solo stick that's used. and the little stopper, whereupon the size and manufacturer of the hook are embellished, well, it clicks. i love the sound of it.
but this bugabear is woven, i use two colors at a time and am still fascinated by felting it. i did one of my first felted bags for my mom (an unfortunate choice of craft store-available wool- too bad it wasn't patons) in this tunisian/afghan technique, and i want to improve it.
i've got some better wool this time, in these colors that make me think, for some reason, chocolate truffles. one is a faded reddish pink that for all the world looks to me like some strawberry cream inside a truffle, a chocolate brown of course, a pretty wheat gold blonde color that looks like faintly caramelized sugar and a soft green that makes me think of matcha powder and this wasabi filling i had in a truffle over the winter holidays this year. (that truffle was an unfortunate disappointment, i fear, being crafted of white chocolate, which fails my chocolate test. the test? q.1. does it have chocolate in it? answer re: white chocolate is NO therefore it is dismissed from further consideration. once again, i digress.)
so the truffle bag has come along, and is still coming when i notice there's something off about the shape. i dutifully count stitches (made easy as each row has a contrasting color post running across it vertically) and determine yes, at some point (half the bag's progress up to now, a stinking like 8 inches!) i did indeed drop a stitch. curses. blue smoke comes from my mouth and foul thoughts cloud my brain. i undid it, then took a walk. it was the only solution.

fortified, however, by a delicious weekend night breakfast at supper (whole wheat garlic cheese biscuits, eggs cooked up with anaheim chili and caramelized onion supplemented by some fantastic roasted russet potatoes) i am feeling more optimistic.

ADDITIONALLY:
an out an about announcement that pertains to this tuesday, february 2.
hillsboro, OR just to the NW of portland (accessible via max as well) First Tuesday ArtWalk (forgive as the link's a little outdated).
this isn't a walkathon or anything that requires pledges, as instead, downtown business owners host artists (like me!) in their spaces and we all hang out for some art, and supposedly a little wine and chatting. it's free and i'll be at Styledbaby Designs, at 230 E main street.

the new purses should be there, as will be several bangles and a few other things that aren't even in the shop yet.
SUPPORT LOCAL ART!