300. Crochet Club: Remix Bag

Crochet, project 300. Completed 1-May-2011 (crochet work done). Lining with pocket completed on 14-May-2011.

Designed and crocheted this purse as a shop sample.

PATTERN
Original pattern by Carrie Cooper

MADE FOR
Purls Tucson Crochet Club

SIZE
14″ wide across top. 10″ across bottom. 9″ tall.
GAUGE: About 4 sc per inch

MATERIALS
4.8 oz, 300 yds worsted weight yarn

• 2 balls Berroco Remix (100% recycled fibers: 30% Nylon, 27% Cotton, 24% Acrylic, 10% Silk, 9% Linen). 3.5 oz / 100 g. 216 yds / 198 m. Color: 3960, Strawberry.

Crochet Hook — US Size G-6 (4 mm) — using a smaller hook than recommended to get a tighter fabric.

Other materials:

• 1/2 yard cotton fabric for lining
• 2 sheets ultra-stiff/7-mesh clear plastic canvas (10.5” x 13.5”)
• 1 spool thread to match yarn color (such as Coats & Clark “Dual Duty” thread for both hand and machine sewing).

290. Crocheted Market Bag

Crochet, project 290. Completed 21-Feb-2011

The teeny market bag

PATTERN
Adapted from a design by Patricia Colloton-Walsh. Published in Sock Yarn One-Skein Wonders
Better HDC Decrease: Adapted from Lily Chin’s Crochet Tips and Tricks

MADE FOR
Unknown

SIZE
Bag 6 inches long (about 7 inches long with bottom curve). Handles 22 inches long.
Will hold about 6 apples. GAUGE: 4 sts per inch

MATERIALS
Yarn: 2.9 oz, 381 yds (1.7 balls) sock yarn (fingering weight)

• 2 balls Deborah Norville Collection Serenity Sock Yarn (50% Merino Wool/25% Bamboo/25% Nylon). 1.75 oz / 50 g. 230 yds / 210 m. Color: Aquamarine.

Crochet Hooks: US Size H-8 (5mm) and K-10.5 (6.5 mm)

NOTES
This bag is cute but on the small side.

Dec instructions were wrong; and there were several small errors in the pattern — would not make again.

Yarn care: Machine wash gentle, tumble dry low, do not bleach, do not iron, do not dry clean
Leftover Yarn:  0.6 oz, 79 yds yarn

Stitch Guide
Front Post DC:
Yarn over, insert hook from front to back around the vertical post (upright part) of next st, yarn over and pull up a loop even with loop on hook, yarn over and complete dc.

Better HDC Decrease:
1.    Yarn over hook, insert hook in 1st stitch, and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook).
2.    Yarn over hook, and insert hook in 2nd stitch.
3.    Yarn over hook, and draw yarn through all loops (both the 2nd st and the 4 loops on the hook) in one motion.

276. Little Ditty Bag

Crochet, project 276. Completed 10/22/2010

So cute!

PATTERN
Adapted from the pattern for Dot’s Little Ditty Bag by Dot Matthews

MADE FOR
Myself

SIZE
About 4″ tall and 15″ around

Gauge: Not important

MATERIALS
Yarn: About 1.5 oz worsted weight yarn

Crochet Hook: US Size H-8 (5mm)

NOTES
A small evening bag that holds a wallet and lipstick. Handle loops under a small opening to keep the bag shut. I made the handle a little longer. Bag needs a liner (I used a clean handkerchief). This bag could easily be dressed up with an embellishment, such as a brooch or crocheted flower. I would like to make the bag again, but in a larger size, and felt it down.

Color Inspiration: Striped Bag

I received this gift bag recently and loved the color scheme. It would translate nicely into any knitting or crochet project with stripes, such as a sweater, hat, or baby blanket. Primarily chocolate brown, the bag also has stripes in dark pink, lime green, baby blue, and light pink. It was tied with a light pink ribbon.

This would be fabulous as a knitted (or crocheted) and felted tote bag. I extrapolated the color pattern into rows (rounds). To knit or crochet this pattern would take 78 rounds using 5 colors as follows:

8 rounds Chocolate (color A)
7 rounds Hot Pink (color B)
2 rounds Lime Green (color C)
4 rounds Chocolate (color A)
1 round Light Blue (color D)
2 rounds Chocolate (color A)
7 rounds Light Pink (color E)
1 rounds Chocolate (color A)
3 rounds Light Blue (color D)
3 rounds Chocolate (color A)
7 rounds Light Blue (color D)
2 rounds Chocolate (color A)
1 rounds Light Blue (color D)
2 rounds Light Pink (color E)
1 rounds Hot Pink (color B)
3 rounds Light Pink (color E)
5 rounds Lime Green (color C)
4 rounds Chocolate (color A)
4 rounds Hot Pink (color B)
2 rounds Lime Green (color C)
3 rounds Chocolate (color A)
1 rounds Light Blue (color D)
2 rounds Chocolate (color A)
3 rounds Light Pink (color E)
Bottom of bag in Light Pink (color E)

223. Boudoir Bag

Knitting, project 223. Completed 1/23/2010

A project done by request for a silent auction. This bag holds a set of lace-up gloves.

Felted Mini Tote

Crochet, project 181. Completed 12/30/2008

Yarn: 8 oz chunky wool — 3 colors of Brown Sheep Lamb’s Pride Bulky (85% Wool, 15% Mohair), 4 oz/113 g, 125 yds/ball:

Black – 1 skein
Red (Raspberry, M-83): 2.3 oz or 71.8 yds from stash
Blue Flannel: 3.3 oz or 103 yds from stash

J-10 (6 mm) crochet hook
Gauge: Not important
Pattern adapted from http://www.yarnsandmusings.com/2005/09/marvelous-fulled-mini-tote-bag.html

Finished size

• Before felting: 14 inches across and about 10 inches tall
• After felting: 10 inches across and 9 inches tall

Leftover yarn:

• Black – 0.6 oz/16 g or about 18.7 yds (used 3.4 oz / 106.3 yds)
• Raspberry – 0 (used 2.3 oz / 71.8 yds)
• Blue Flannel – 1.1 oz/30 g or about 34 yards (used 2.2 oz / 68.75 yds)

Approximate cost: $8/skein; $24 to purchase ($15.80 for yarn used in project — Black: $6.80, Raspberry: $4.60, Blue: $4.40)

Blue String Bag

Crochet, project 174. Completed 11/8/2008

Yarn: 3 balls worsted weight cotton — Plymouth Yarn Jeannee
(51%  cotton, 49% acrylic), 50 g/111 yds.
1) MC: 2 balls 0010 (Denim blue)
2) CC: 1 ball 0104 (Multi blue)

Hooks: F-6 (4 mm) crochet hook and G-7 (4.5 mm) crochet hook

Gauge: Not important

Pattern:
1) Bottom of bag: Adapted from Super Self-Pouching String Shopping Bag by Deborah E. Burger (http://cerdeb.googlepages.com)
2) Mesh and straps: Adapted from a Lily Sugar ‘n Cream pattern

Finished size: Mesh section is 12 inches tall. Strap is 18 inches.

Leftover yarn
1) MC: 1.5 oz – 40 g (Denim blue)
2) CC: 0.2 oz – 5 g (Multi blue)

Approximate cost: $4.29 per ball, with one ball at 10% off
($12.44 plus tax for the yarn)

Felted Noro bag

Crochet, project 173. Completed 11/7/2008

Crocheted panel before making top part

Before felting

Felting complete

Yarn:
1) Stripes: 1 ball Noro Kureyon (100% wool), 50 g, 109 yds. Color 240.
2) Top: 2 oz Lamb’s Pride Worsted (85% wool, 15% mohair), 4 oz/
113 g, 190 yds/173 m. Color: M-151, Chocolate Soufflé

Hook: US J-10 (6mm) hook

Gauge: About 10 HDC per 4 inches before felting

Pattern: Adapted from the “Deliberate Shrinkage Sack” pattern from Not Your Mama’s Crochet

Before felting: 9.5 inches square with 30-inch long strap

Finished size: Trapezoidal. 8.5 inches across bottom, 7.5 inches across top, and 7.75 inches tall after felting. Strap remains 30 inches long.

Leftover yarn: None

Approximate cost:
1) Noro $8.95/skein from Webs.
2) Lamb’s Pride Worsted in stash, about $8 per skein.

Felted Pink Bag

Crochet, project 132. Date completed: 6/23/2007

Yarn: 1 ball Patons SWS (70% Wool, 30% Soy), 2.80 oz/80 g, 110 yd/100 m. Color: 70530, Natural Geranium

Hook: US J-10 (6mm) hook

Gauge: About 10 HDC per 4 inches before felting

Pattern: Followed instructions in the “Deliberate Shrinkage Sack” pattern from Not Your Mama’s Crochet: The Cool and Creative Way to Join the Chain Gang by Amy Swenson

Finished size: The bag was 8.5 inches square before felting, and 6 inches square after felting, which took only 20 minutes.

Leftover yarn: None

Approximate cost: $4 (yarn on sale)

Water Bottle Holder

Crochet, Project #105

I made this item for my local yarn shop’s “One Skein Wonder” contest. It uses just 0.8 oz of cotton worsted yarn, so it was more of a “quarter-skein” project.

Date completed: 9/11/06

Yarn: 0.8 oz of 4-ply cotton worsted
Lily brand Sugar ’n Cream (100% cotton), ombres & prints, 3 oz/85 g, 150 yd/138 m per ball. Color: Natural Ombre

Crochet Hook: Clover Soft Touch US G-7 (4.5 mm)

Gauge: Not important

Pattern: By CD Cooper, based on these resources:
1) Scallop Flower motif for bottom modified from instructions in The Ultimate Sourcebook of Knitting and Crochet Stitches by Reader’s Digest (page 306)
2) Strap instructions from Anna Kosturova’s “Bikini in a Bag” project in Stitch & Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker (page 189)

Finished size: 8″ around by 6″ tall; holds a 500 ml/16.9 fl oz bottle. Strap is 29″ long

Approximate cost: $0.60 ($2.19/ball; used 0.8 oz)