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meowy
March 27, 2005, 06:55 AM
Yippie! I did it! :) I actually have TWO of them made now.

I just stitched them together along three sides. Then I'll go do the strap next. It's from the 2003 BHG Simply Creative Crochet magazine, there's a pattern on page 20 for a cute little purse. It's about 6 inches square. That blue strand there is my marker for starting the fancy bits around the edge.

It's a lot harder to weave in ends on crochet than for knitting haha

It's done up in white cone cotton and Fiesta Ombre cotton. I'm not sure what color I'll line it with. Maybe just white. I might hav eto wait on the edging and pick up some solid colored cotton to go with one of the rainbow shades. I think the fiesta might be too much to do on the edge too.

granny square purse (http://strayalleycat.com/blog/index.php/gallery/image_med/81/)
kusine
March 27, 2005, 07:35 AM
Congratulations! :)

And I love the colors, too!
faithpa76
March 27, 2005, 07:47 AM
Yay! Great colors!
upmom
March 27, 2005, 07:55 AM
very nice!
Chatty
March 27, 2005, 08:43 AM
Very pretty and congratulations on defeating the Granny ;) :yay

:frog
sem464
March 27, 2005, 09:11 AM
:cheer Very cute!
123mama
March 27, 2005, 09:48 AM
Very nice, show us a picture when you get it done to.:)
Julie
March 27, 2005, 10:17 AM
Wow, that Fiesta looks great with the white. Very cute!!! :manyheart
vhanna26
March 27, 2005, 10:50 AM
Congratulations! The squares are very nice.

So many of the people I teach crocheting want to make granny squares, and I'm going to teach a granny square class at my LYS soon.

--Vera
ZingyZoid
March 27, 2005, 11:24 AM
That's adorable! I love the colors.
crosette
March 27, 2005, 01:45 PM
Very nice....I love those colors! :)
kat
March 27, 2005, 02:42 PM
congrats! it is very nice! like the colors
xantha
March 27, 2005, 02:56 PM
looks great! congrats! I love the colors, too. :)
fuzzy ferret
March 27, 2005, 03:15 PM
Very Cute!!! Congrats!
mistiaggie
March 27, 2005, 04:04 PM
Yep I need to learn a granny square! I just learned the afghan stich a few days ago and it was fairly easy. I figure if I can learn more stitches i should do a granny square soon! :) Looks purty!
Deb
March 27, 2005, 05:44 PM
Granny Squares have a special place in my heart. I love them - my Grandma made all of her grand-children afghans. Mine is all in pinks.. and soft and lovely.

Congratulations on conquering the granny. It's such a versatile thing to use when making purses, blankets, garments.. anything!
HookandCrook
March 27, 2005, 06:29 PM
Very cute. You should make several and line them all differently for different looks. :D
ellebee
March 27, 2005, 10:39 PM
Yea!! I love making granny squares!:)
Kymberlina
March 28, 2005, 12:02 AM
You did a wonderful job!

:clap
rebeccav
March 28, 2005, 12:17 AM
YAY for you!!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
meowy
March 28, 2005, 07:06 AM
Thank you so much! :):)

Still fighting off a nasty cold, hopefully I can get the bag lined this week and get the finished photos up. The varigated actually turned out really nice for the edge and strap.
kariholtz
March 28, 2005, 07:45 AM
:yay Great job!
Tiffany
March 29, 2005, 02:32 AM
:yay The Fiesta and white do look good together! Great job! :)
meowy
March 30, 2005, 08:40 PM
Finally got a photo of it :cheer

It's still not lined in this photo though. I don't like how the white cotton fabric looks as a liner. Just not sure what to use yet, so hopefully this weekend I'll be over my cold enough to get to a fabric shop to compare various colors.

http://strayalleycat.com/blog/index.php/gallery/image_med/85/
tezen
March 30, 2005, 10:31 PM
very cute purse. I've never seen that fiesta, I like it :clap