SHELLED BOHO BAG
What do you
do with some soft bulky yarn and the urge to spread a smile? Make a multi
purpose bag, among other things ;)
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Materials
used :
Today I’ve
used some 8-ply acrylic , with a 4.5 mm
The yarn used today is not specific to this pattern.
You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.
International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used in this thickness, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn.
Skill
level : Easy to Intermediate.
Stitches
used :
Starting slip knot : https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw
Starting slip knot 1 or
the Sloppy Slip knot : https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs
Magic circle : https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro
dc : Double Crochet : yo,
insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk); [yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One
dc made. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double
Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start
my row of dc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0
Pattern
Instructions : (Using U.S
terminology)
The bag that
I was inspired by is a back pack.
I say
inspired as I used the idea from the bag pattern below, but decided to make it
a multi purpose bag.
I just kept
working that shell pattern till I ran out of yarn.. well, I made my two I-cord
handles first and then just kept increasing the height of my bag. I did not add any cover and I worked two handles that went into the top of the bag.
I think it’s
pretty swell.. what do you think?
For the free bag pattern, visit https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/flower-fiesta-bag-backpack
I added a
small bow with some really soft fluffy-ish yarn that I had just a bit of.
Here’s how I did that https://youtu.be/7jYkh2Pxru0 (in case the link does not open)
Bow : I wrapped the yarn around a book (now the book size depends on how large you want your bow – large as in side to side – and you
don’t need a book, you could wrap around your hand or a card board as
well). This is just what you’d do when
making a pompom. Once you think you have
a rolled as much as you think you’d need for your bow (or run out of yarn, in
my case ;) ), leaving about an 8” tail, neatly slip the rolled yarn off and
wrap that tail bit tightly around the centre.
Secure it tightly to make a bow.
Attach your bow to the bag from this centre bit so that the two ends of
the bow flop cutely.
Then what else did I do? I added in a small mobile pouch.
I find that when we go shopping and have our
hands all full, that’s when you get a call, and you fish around in your bag
finding all kinds of stuff but you probably do not find the phone till the ringer goes off.. sound familiar?
With this easy pouch, the darn phone will be put
in it’s place ;)
Mobile phone pouch :
So what I’ve done here is create a large
rectangle which I folded in half and then joined sides, leaving an opening at
the top.
I started with as many fsc as I needed for the width
of my mobile. I then worked 1 hdc in
each fsc all the way down to the end.
With each row, I then worked 1 hdc in each hdc all the way down to the end, increasing the length of my project till I had double the length of the mobile phone. Once done, I finished with one row of sc.
With each row, I then worked 1 hdc in each hdc all the way down to the end, increasing the length of my project till I had double the length of the mobile phone. Once done, I finished with one row of sc.
I then folded the rectangle in half, and joined
the two sides – working along the longer sides.
I finally worked a tie at one end – which is
basically one row of chain and follow it back down with one row of sc OR work a
fsc chain (whichever suits you better).
I wanted to ensure that this pouch stayed with
this bag – so just before I ended my tie, I passed the tie around the bag
handle (securing it to the handle) and then finished off the mobile pouch
tie. This now keeps the bag and mobile
pouch as one unit.
Do ensure that you make the mobile pouch ‘handle
/ tie’ long enough to hang inside the bag for security reasons (but you
already knew that)
Finishing
:
Once you
have completed the basic bag, you could use the links below to work the
finishing.
a) How to line the bag : http://pattern-paradise.com/2014/06/12/tutorial-how-to-line-a-crocheted-bag/
b) Easiest I-cord : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_AQ9m0QeZI
c) How to attach a zipper : http://frogknitting.blogspot.se/2013/08/att-sy-i-dragkedjor-installing-zippers.html?m=1
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