YoHoHoBo Bag

[Becks]

I made this bag last weekend using a skull graph and the tunisian stitch.....

(My dog thinks she is being sneaky and I won't notice her.)

Images are clickable to enlarge.

It's made from yarn I bought at JoAnns a while ago that had no lables.

The black speckled background I suspect is that Red Heart Tweed brand. It's surprisingly soft for RH. The eyes and nose are that wonderful, soft Frenzy yarn. It has black with a dah of red and white thrown in. Just enough to make the skull look "alive". The skull and crossbones are in a sort of ecru-bone color which has brown flecks throughout. It felt like a Red Heart yarn but I have never seen this color before.

I made two square skull motifs, joined them, and then did a round crocheted circle which I attached to the bottom.It has shoulder straps to carry across the back. I trimmed it all around with the same Frenzy yarn.

 

I asked my son to put it on for me. He was not very happy about it.

Unfortunately, he is a wrestler and I think his shoulder width is too wide for this bag. There is an identical skull on the other side.

Here it is more up close. I used a white suede strip to circle around and close the bag with the beads. I chose bone white and black for the beads.

[BonnieCrochets]

I love it! Great work :-)

[Shelleden]

That is cool! Great job!

[deneen]

Very nice work!

[ReneeH]

Oh I like that very much!!!

[yarncat]

Very unique,Becks!

[Kymberlina]

Very nice!

[hiphooker]

How fun! I love it.

[Her]

Oh I'm in love with your bag! I can think of at least 4 people that would want one if I showed them this picture. It's divine. Did you use a pattern or did you come up with the design on your own?

[Becks]

Here's the graph I used.

 

Isn't it great?!

I think it was made by a gal here at this blog.

http://acunningplan.typepad.com/andsheknitstoo/files/skull_scarf.html

 

She used a more detailed graph to make a fabulous knitted scarf. (I used the checked border too, but I did it in grey and you can barely see it.)

 

Here's more pics of her scarf...

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http://www3.sympatico.ca/stephannie.roy/skull.html

[gretelgrrl]

Wow--- that is really unique and well done! I love the stitching... and impressed with how well the skull worked out. I'm always timid about these kinds of projects- so I'm really impressed with your work.

 

Nice job!

[Jewels]

Very cool bag Becks!!

[nutz4crochet]

Oh I don't know how I missed this one:think What a great bag!