Greetings steemit friends, crafters and needleworkers!

It's Monday and its time for #NeedleWorkMonday once again!

It was suggested by ate @jurich60 that if im gonna crochet a bag, i should use tiny cord instead of yarns. Her reason is that tiny cord is more durable compared to yarn. I never doubted her because I know that it was based on her experience. So I bought tiny cord. But the stores I went to last year only have few colors available. What I had in my mind that time is that Im going to make a tulip design bag like my coin purse. Since I only have a few choices I just bought 3 colors namely: maroon for the flower, green for the leaves and navy blue for my main color.

My idea of making a cross body bag was not made possible after I bought the tiny cords. Work comes in. Then orders for my beaded wallet came rushing in. Im still making the wallets lately but it was just yesterday that I wanted to switch from beadwork to crochet. It was just yesterday that I am eager to make that crossbody bag Ive been planning to make since last year.

This is my first time and I just want to make it simple. Just a bag that I could put my stuff if I go to places nearby. Cellphone and wallet most importantly. At first, I planned to alternately put the tulips after how many rows of blue. And just leave the opening with no zipper. But seeing the tiny cord that is left after I made 10 consecutive rows of double crochet stitches in blue..it seems it wont make it until the end. I will run out of blue tiny cord in time. So I changed my mind. After 10 rows of blue, I switch colors to 10 rows of maroon. After that switch to 10 rows of green maybe. And i will incorporate the tulips in the overlap(or what you may call it) part as a covering or closure.

For now, my crossbody bag is still a work in progress. Maybe next Monday I will be able to finish it. And I will give all the details on this bag in my next post.

I need also your comments and suggestions to my first attempt of making a bag. I know how to crochet but I only knew the basic. Im hoping that needleworkers would help me.

Special thanks to @crosheille for initiating #needleworkmonday and to @marblely, @muscara, @shanibeer for the support.

xoxo,

4/15/2019