this year, in maya's first grade at our waldorf school, just before the winter break...the children were all given their very first choroi pentatonic flutes. since that time, they have been learning simple songs together and it is quite magical and such a joy to hear them play! now the flutes that they have at school remain there in their desks each day and are not brought home, as they belong to the school and, as tradition has it (at our school anyway), they will be passed down to the next first grade class as has been done for many years before them - a sort of rite of passage, if you will. for maya's upcoming 7th birthday, wesley and i wanted to gift her with the same choroi flute - one that will be hers alone to use and practice with here at home. a flute that she will have, always, to remind her of this beautiful year in first grade. and so, naturally, a handknitted and felted drawstring flute bag was in order to hold such a treasure...
i improvised the pattern (using my iphone purse pattern as a very basic guide), and with some calculating and a bit of luck...i think it came out just about right! i used malabrigo worsted in the floral colorway for this bag (with a contrasting color for the drawstring), and i think it quite nicely compliments the other birthday felted drawstring bag i also made for her (to hold her soon-to-be-gifted new beeswax crayons). now i've just got to get busy finishing her felted yoga mat bag and her doll's bloom dress, and all of her handmade birthday gifts will be complete!
