Purse for Donnie, originally uploaded by jezmynne.
I made this purse for Donnie, for the handbag exchange on Crochet List. I am really pleased out it turned out! It is a super easy pattern; just make a large rectangle, fold in half, and crochet the edges together. Crochet around the top attaching the handles as you go, add a fancy button, and you’re set!
Made this really snazzy purse for my partner last round of Secret Crochet Pals. I used a lime green fun fur with a strand of black, size three thread for stability. I found the cow handles at Michaels. Cool, Huh!
Made this purse for Christy for this round of CLHBX. I used 2 strands of Fun Fur and a strand of size 3 thread, with an H hook. Oh, and bamboo handles. I am so pleased with how it turned out!
Made this purse… did it on the fly, and i think it turned out pretty cute!
Made this for the Fall Colors exchange on CLHBX for my partner. I used a brown acrylic from my yarn stash and some cute gold thread. I made thread pineapples and tried to make them look leaf like. *lol* I think it turned out pretty cute. : )
When I saw that my partner for this round of the CLHBX liked pouches, I was in heaven! I’m a pouch fanatic and love to make them. So… here’s my pouches. : )
The purple one was built spiral style in a hdc, a simple flower around a ring for the button closure, and the other was a shell stitch. I’m in love with the shell stitch one!!!
K, so I’m a laggart at this Fun Fur stuff. So I decided to make a purse for my Secret Crochet Pal in her favorite color, and edge it in fun fur, just to try it out. It does look fun, huh? The purse is okay… I made the body a shell pattern and lined it with this cool purple and black paisley pattern, which went along quite nicely, but I definitely have to say that fun fur is, um, Un Fun Fur. I had no problem finding the stitches and keeping the actual cord on the hook, but I found that the junk had a tendency to tangle in itself, making it hard to pull up loops. And let’s not talk about the whole ‘weaving in ends’ business.
Oh, and see that glob of fun fur down on the purse’s corner? That was my attempt to make a flower. Fun fur apparently doesn’t care if you sc, dc, hdc, or trc, it all looks like one gianormous, tangled lump.
will I give up on fun fur? probably not. it does *look* fun. but i’ll probably couple it with thread or yarn next time. Lila needs a hat. a fun hat…
Finally got around to finishing Christin’s purse for the CL Handbag Swap. *lol* The purse has been done for a few weeks now, but I wanted to experiment with a lining, and getting off my butt and doing that is what has put me behind. I’m the coordinator for the swap, and the last to actually send. Ugh, I’m embarrassed of myself.
Anyways, it’s done, and going into the mail today (although I’ll post this after she recieves, as to not spoil her surprise, should she look at my blog beforehand!).
I’m pleased with it, for the most part. The purse body is my standard pattern; chain the width, hdc in front loops around the chain, turn, and hdc in the back loops, then build spiral style till the desired size is reached. I then sort of made up the flap. I originally wanted to do a pineapple style flap, but was stumped at finding a good pattern for a flat edge (found plenty in the round) and got frustrated trying to graph out my own pattern, so I just kinda winged it.
The lining turned out okay, but I think i’ll make the next one a bit larger next time. I found this one a wee bit tight. I used snaps inside to close the purse; I’ll ask Christin to keep me posted on how the silly thing wears.
Made this lovely purse for the Spring CL Handbag exchange. My partner is a Mom to 2 young girls, so I was thinking she’d need a bag large enough for stuffage plus dollies, hair clips, flowers, wrappers, books, and anything else a young child can produce that they then expect a parental unit to haul around. I figured a tube style purse would be ideal. I like it… it’s super easy and I think I’ll make one for myself.
Here’s what I did:
Ends – Make 2:
1. ch 6, form ring
2. 10 dc in ring
3. 2 dc in each dc (20 dc)
4. *2 dc in next dc, 1 dc in next dc* around (30 dc)
5. *2 dc in next dc, 1 dc each in next 2 dc* around (40 dc)
Purse body
1. ch desired length, plus 3
2. turn, dc in 3rd ch from hook and across
3. work till peice measures the diameter of your ends
Strap
1. ch desired length of strap, plus 3
2. turn, dc in 3rd ch from hook and across
3. repeat row 2
Assembly
1. stitch or sc ends to purse body
2. stitch strap to ends
3. add closure (button or other) if you like
