Hello everyone, it’s another beautiful Monday for us in the Needleworkmonday community. For the longest time, I have wanted to create a crochet bag. I mostly crochet clothes because the yarns are easy to get. The yarns for bags (T-shirt yarn) on the other hand are quite scarce and I've been trying to get my hands on one.
I was finally able to get it in December 2021 which I was excited about. I got a white yarn but I was busy with other projects so I kept it aside for a while, and when I was ready to use it. It wasn't so pretty to look at anymore. I don't know how it got stained but it did and I couldn't use it.
Finally, a week ago I purchased another but in the colour nude. I wasn't going to let my experience with the white one repeat itself. I started working on making the "bag of my dreams" 2 days ago. I used a 6.5mm hook because of the thickness of the yarn.
For this bag, I started by making a chain of 19. I didn't exactly measure the inches because I forgot my tape measurement at home, so I just used my eyes to determine what looked right. The whole bag was made with single crochet stitches. I did a total of 34 rows.
At some point, I wanted to put some puff design for the front part because that's what my "dream bag" should look like. I wasn't able to do that because I could tell I was running out of yarn and if I continued on that path I wouldn't be able to complete the bag. So I just did regular single crochets.
Finally in the 34th row, which was as far as my yarn could go. I did the side pieces which I joined to the side of the bag after folding it. Then all I needed to do was attach the bag accessories to make it look good and boom my bag is ready.
I love the final look of the bag, however, I do feel like it's not worth the stress. The yarn is thick, which is perfect for a bag but not for my hands as I have bruises on my hands as a result of this. Also, it's hard to get and way too expensive for something that's not enough to give me my dream design. I think the next bag I will try will be with regular yarn. Let's see how that comes out.
Here's the final look. I hope you like it too.
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