lene
February 24, 2005, 04:38 PM
Hi!
I haven't posted at crochetville yet, other than a brief intro, but thought today would be a good day to jump in, as I have my first bag in the washer right now, and am trying to type this with all fingers crossed. :D!
I didn't use a pattern, just fiddled around, and made the body of the bag in hdc. I used lite lopi yarn in a dark blue, with a burgundy as an accent. I don't know how to make the nifty yarn cords I see in some of the pics of other bags, but I did 2 straps using the colors, a couple rows of blue and a couple of red on each strap, and after they were crocheted I sorta twisted them each along their length, and they made a candy can spiral effect with the two colors of the strap. They stayed that way on their own, but I have some doubts they'll remain in a spiral during the washing, so don't know what kind of straps I'll actually end up with. I also crocheted a heart using the burgundy, to stitch on the bag as an accent, Hope it was ok to do all the pieces together in the same laundry bag -- they won't felt togther, will they? Guess I'll see shortly!
I don't have tons of the yarn left, but think I have enough to make one more bag if it is good sized, or maybe a couple little ones. The one I am doing now was intended to be fairly small, but since I don't know what the heck I'm doing, I may be surprised.
Guess that's all to say til I get the thing out and take a peek at it. I'm just so excited, I didn't want to wait to post. Silly, isn't it? At least I know I'm not the only way who feels this way.
:))
If I can find the digital camera, I'll post a pic of the fininshed bag.
Lene'
I haven't posted at crochetville yet, other than a brief intro, but thought today would be a good day to jump in, as I have my first bag in the washer right now, and am trying to type this with all fingers crossed. :D!
I didn't use a pattern, just fiddled around, and made the body of the bag in hdc. I used lite lopi yarn in a dark blue, with a burgundy as an accent. I don't know how to make the nifty yarn cords I see in some of the pics of other bags, but I did 2 straps using the colors, a couple rows of blue and a couple of red on each strap, and after they were crocheted I sorta twisted them each along their length, and they made a candy can spiral effect with the two colors of the strap. They stayed that way on their own, but I have some doubts they'll remain in a spiral during the washing, so don't know what kind of straps I'll actually end up with. I also crocheted a heart using the burgundy, to stitch on the bag as an accent, Hope it was ok to do all the pieces together in the same laundry bag -- they won't felt togther, will they? Guess I'll see shortly!
I don't have tons of the yarn left, but think I have enough to make one more bag if it is good sized, or maybe a couple little ones. The one I am doing now was intended to be fairly small, but since I don't know what the heck I'm doing, I may be surprised.
Guess that's all to say til I get the thing out and take a peek at it. I'm just so excited, I didn't want to wait to post. Silly, isn't it? At least I know I'm not the only way who feels this way.
:))
If I can find the digital camera, I'll post a pic of the fininshed bag.
Lene'