When he first brought them home, I thought that they'd make good bags. The fabric is sturdy and the zipper is at the top. I plunked the idea into my mind and let it simmer. The main thing was deciding how I wanted the straps to be. By this afternoon, it had simmered enough and I rummaged around in my yarn scrap collection to find some black and some grey. I grabbed my 10mm crochet hook and got started. Holding two strands together, I chained a lot. I think I stopped at 270ish. I made a triple crochet (US terms) in each chain, starting in the 4th one from the hook. Then, I turned and did surface crochet slip stitches back to the other end, then turned again and did the same thing back again. I find that the surface crochet chains provide some extra sturdiness and the handle is less stretchy. Then it was just a matter of sewing the straps to the bag. To do that, I used 4 strands of size 30 crochet cotton, just to make sure it was very strong, since I was sewing by hand. I'm quite pleased with how this turned out and I think the bag will be handy. I'll do a test run with it tomorrow.
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| it actually does lie flat, I took the pic before I noticed the waviness--the grey stripes on the strap are the two rows of surface slip stitches |
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Thanks, Vicki! I'm a self-taught maker. I started as a kid with stitchery kits and then crochet and knitting over 35 years ago as a young mother with a toddler, because I wanted to be able to make wearables and blankets. Later on came needle tatting and needle felting. I'm crazy about all of it :-) It has helped me through some deep depressions and it seems to be something I have to do. I especially love working with scraps, odd balls, and things other people haven;t wanted anymore to create something new. Anyway, crocheting only requires a ball of yarn and one hook--you could probably find what you need for a couple of bucks, or maybe someone you know has an odd ball and a hook in a closet somewhere! There are some great youtube videos that could provide good visuals. I learned from a magazine called Stitch-by-Stitch, but that was the 80s and it's not around anymore, although I have sen some in thrift stores.
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