Pattern Release: the Circles and Squares Handbag
The Circles and Squares Handbag is my latest handbag pattern which was born from a custom order. I even surprised her by adding a hidden cell phone pocket and matching coin purse!
The Circles and Squares Handbag is my latest handbag pattern which was born from a custom order. I even surprised her by adding a hidden cell phone pocket and matching coin purse!
As you probably know, the more projects you crochet the more leftover yarn you accumulate. You don't have enough of the yarn to make a huge project, but its far too much leftover to just throw away, and over time your stock of half-skeins begins to become a special yarn collection of its own. In order to make space to buy new yarn, you have to use up the old, but on what? My friends and I have got you covered!
I love using different stitch combinations to create textures that you can see and feel, but I don't like to use stitch combinations that are too open for baby designs because I would never want a tiny finger or toe to become entangled in something created from my pattern. Still, I did want a nice unique texture to this blanket and I achieved this with tiny crossed stitches that look like "x" s. Since "x" is a typical abbreviation for kiss, I thought Gentle Kisses was the perfect name for this design!
I used the last of my Lion Brand Ferris Wheel to design this handbag pattern. As I worked up the squares, I decided that it was probably time to make a new handbag for myself. The only hiccup was that I did not own a sewing machine, but I figured that was a "future me" problem.
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I loved that this was another design that named itself. As I mentioned, I used 3 colors of scrap yarn, not intentionally but because I underestimated the amount of yarn I had balled up- twice- and had to change colors. Between the color changes and the shape of the water bottle sleeve, it looked like a crayon. And the empty water bottle inside makes a lot of crinkly sounds. "Crinkle Crayon" was a no-brainer!
I saw a brief video of a similar stitch one day, and it was unfortunately linked to a scam website with stolen patterns in a different language. There were many comments on the video from crocheters requesting the pattern in English, so after watching it a few times I came up with my own variation- AND I even made a tutorial video for you, as the pattern itself is quite easy, but explaining the technique in written form was a bit of a challenge and I wanted to give you a visual to go along with what I have written.
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