FO: Spring Fling Bag

I LOVE THIS PATTERN! I have made TWO of these bags this week!!

First, it was my Infrared Flower Burst. NOW...it's a Spring Fling!

This time I used some Sugar'n Cream Hot Blue, Hot Green and Sugar'n Cream Twists Mod (I think this color is discontinued now.) I like using the worsted weight cotton for these.

It's a great cotton stash buster to make instead of washcloths. PLUS...the color combinations are just infinite! I'm looking at what all I have in my stash and how I can mix it up.The original pattern has it as all one color. BOOOOOOOOOOOORING!!!


One thing I did after the fact was cut a piece of plastic to the size of the bottom as an after-the-fact stiffener for the bottom of the purse. Next time, I'll make a more traditional stiff bottom.

I wonder what color combo will be next. :D

Wonder if I could sell these? Hmmmmmm.... How much could I sell them for?

FO: Infrared Flower Burst Bag

I was searching for some crocheted flowers yesterday and stumbled across this adorable free pattern from Chocolate Mints in a Jar... Flower Burst Handbag. I LOVE IT!

So I grabbed some cotton I had in my stash...Lion Cotton in Poppy Red, Orchid and Purple. HOT colors!! :)

Let me tell you...this is a great little pattern. Fast. Simple. Fun. and I'm done! I started it yesterday evening and finished it today.

I did make one adjustment. The pattern called for 42 chain stitches to make the handles. It was too long. I chained 28 and did four rows instead of three.

Finished size is about 10 x 2 x 12.

And it's Jack Cat approved. :)

I think I'll start another one.  Maybe turquoise and apple green. SQUEEEE!

It's Finished!!

El Fini!

About a month ago I took a class from Skully, a local favorite at Yarntopia, about how to read a bloomin' crochet pattern. Yes, crochet patterns throw me for a loop. It's like Greek compared to a knitting pattern. In this basic class, Skully taught us how to read a pattern as well as crochet cables to make a felted bag! Who knew you could crochet cables!!! There were tears. There was cussing. There was lots of frogging, too. BUT, I got it finished today AND felted!! We used Ella Rae yarn. It felts beautifully!! I used magenta and toast. I tossed it in a pillow case and then into wash with some Tide and lots of hot water. It came out perfectly felted the first time! It sat outside in the wonderful sun drying and shaping. For shaping, I used a large butter tub...it fit like a glove.

I made an addition to the pattern. I crocheted about a 1" wide by 24" long strip that I felted. I'm going to tack it around the inside of the purse at different widths so I'll have little sections to hold knitting needles or hooks and a pair of sewing scissors. This makes a GREAT working project bag!!

Thanks, Skully!!! You have the patience of Job and are an excellent teacher for us noobs!!!!