Funkadot makes loops

Another project in the bag...well almost...and excuse the pun.

After a miscount due to me crocheting and watching a movie (which wasn't that good) I ended up with a granny triangle not a square, and decided I would make a bag out of it. I made two, lined them then attached a joining part which will hold the straps.

Still not sure whether I like it or not, and I'm realising that everything is beginning with the sunburst circle in the middle... well I like it, and really like the way the puff stitches turn out. The yarn is marble by James C brett, its amazing to work with and so soft, and while knitting up like aran, is quite chunky yet fine to touch.

Anyway, I still have to do the straps and think it'll make a nice wee summer long strapped purse/bag. Its a little like something that Woodstock forgot, but then I'm a hippy at heart :0)

The bag is lined with an old top which I was never going to wear again, and the sides are made from garden string, which was a little weird and tiresome to crochet but its sturdy and will hold the thing together. I'll loop the long parts at the side and stitch them together, then loop whatever strap I make through those loops.

So I started making a few granny squares with the sunburst pattern in an aran/wool mix my mum bought for me. And, as I was making a few I realised I hadn't actually decided what I was going to make with them! I had been thinking of making myself a nice bag, but with the yarn I'm using, it wouldn't be useful for much, apart from a handy knee-capper in wet weather.

Anyway, as I've been doing a contrasting edging in a marbled aran I also have, I thought it would make a nice blanket, or armchair throw. The marbled wool is gorgeous and really adds a nice detail, as the colors knit up as a stripe, using really autumnal shades of browns, blues and greens.

I'll see how it goes as I continue on. No doubt I'll change my mind again a few times...I'm a woman though, thats my prerogative, right?