Mission accomplished

It was not that bad. I just cut one single stitch and then pulled that strand through one row. I did drop a few stitches but those were easy to fix. The real problem was attempting to bind off with the same strand of yarn: It was not long enough. But who cares? I was planning on adding yellow crochet edging, so I re-started the bind-off with yellow yarn instead:







Here are the front and the back, how do you like them?






And now I have to knit the sides and the bottom, which are all going to be made from one piece along with the strap.