Felted Messenger Bag

I just finished this felted messenger bag from knitty.com.

I decided to do the color stripes in a fibonacci pattern. If you’re mathematically included, you might notice that the rows go 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21 and then descend again onto the flap. If you’re not looking so carefully, you might just think it a coincidence that the color pattern seems particularly harmonious.

The fibonacci seris appears often in nature. The golden ratio, sea shell shapes, branching plants, flower petal and seeds, leaves and petal arrangements, on pineapples and in apples, pine cones and leaf arrangements are all familiar examples of the fibonacci series. It’s not surprising that it looks pleasing to the eye. I found this post about geek knitting and the fibonacci series to be interesting reading.

I sewed on a bunch of pockets. You can see the outside ones in the picture here. The one on the left side is intended as a pen holder. There are two more pockets on the inside.