Bags

Defined as "A container of flexible material, such as paper, plastic, or leather, that is used for carrying or storing items" by dictionary.com

If you haven't noticed by now, I love them. Infected upon my mom. I love to buy them but I'll tote a crummy Harrods bag as it's *waterproof* and big enough to hold my WIPs for KIPing.

Here's an attached bag strap and some lining cloth I bought on a trip with Mom on Tuesday. She liked the contrast brought on by the cloth.

A closeup

What do you think?

Just in case you are wondering why there's only one strap so far, I've realized that gauge matters. (In my folly, I haven't been paying attention to my twine crocheting technique and was letting too much loosey yarn slip through my fingers. Strap #2 is now been redone.)


Through more rummaging, I also present to you 2 more crocheted bags.

Here's one that my sister made. I just started it and she took it up from there. She carried it to school for about a year or so before it was *retired*. However, she was looking for it lately when we were rummaging for the plastic canvas bag above.

See how used it was? The yarn is so worn and shredding so I may have to crochet new edging to make it usable again. The rest of the bag seems to be in a usable condition; maybe it's the acrylic yarn. If I had used wool, it would have a great fulling time! This time, I may install a lining to help prolong its use?


Here's another.

This time, I started with shell stitches and being lazy, I did the front and continued with the base to the back. I just stitched a velcro tape to make the closure. It's made from cotton yarn and I am putting it through a bath. Similarly, I think this bag deserves a lining too.

In disclaimer, in case you are yukking at my laziness, I didn't have a sewing machine back then and I didn't want to stab myself to induce unnecessary bleeding.


As you can see, with the impeding house move, I am also digging out whatever skeletons that are in the back of the closets. Wait till I get to the storeroom!