You know how it feels when you finally finished a project after hiding it in the boxes for a long time? That sense of fulfillment you feel when you are finally using that project you've been putting on hold forever? Ahh. It feels really good!
After more than a month of delaying work, my Crochet Bohemian bag is finally done!
I started this last January but I just suddenly didn't feel like working on it last month simply because I felt like I was just going in circles with the design I was going for. And I'm not kidding. I literally was just making a lot of round hdc's. I felt like it's taking forever to finish.
Even the base pattern was repetitive. So I had to stop working every now and then. There are days I bring the yarns outside so I could crochet in the middle of traffic or while waiting on the line at the grocery store but there are times I felt like I don't want to continue anymore.
I even had originally planned on adding a lining inside the bag but it felt so laborous so I changed my mind. Good thing I double yarned each hdc's so that makes the bag a bit more sturdy.
When finally I was able to stitch all the parts together, that's when I found the motivation to finish the job. I felt good after seeing the bag come into shape. I've been holding its form in my imagination too long, I think that's what made my braincells feel tired. But when I was finally stitching the parts together, I felt the will to continue.
It took me more than a month to finish the body but I did the strap and attached the zipper in one sitting. Haha! Motivation!
I was able to use the bag for the first time during our out of town trip last weekend.
The strap was a bit longer than I imagined but I could just easily tie a knot to make it shorter. Now I can move on the my next project. Woohoo!!!