Caitlin's Purse/Handbag

[nucki]

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Caitlin got this little craft kit from one of her friends as a late Christmas present. On the front, it says "fun with yarns," and it shows a kid with an "ice cream cone" and a "wig." She and I both thought that it would be more than just making pom-poms. WRONG!!! The kit was nothing BUT stuff to make pom-poms. Different sizes, granted, but just pom-poms. And what the heck is a 10 year old kid going to do with a bunch of pom-poms?

 

So as she and I were both puzzling over this box, an idea came to me. "You know what I could do with this?" I said to her. "I can make you a little purse out of it. It wouldn't be very big, but it would be big enough for YOU."

 

I had a few things that just had to be done between then and now - baby items for my neighbor's granddaughter, and my swap package - but now that THAT stuff is all out of the way, I thought I should get this done, especially as I knew that it wouldn't take me very long. I started it on Saturday night and just finished it a little while ago.

 

It's all acrylic yarn, so I lined it with some scraps from a set of curtains I made for my kitchen cabinets last summer. Actually, it's a big bedsheet that I tie-dyed in my washing machine! She seems to like it so far - she asked me several times before she went to bed tonight if I was going to get it finished or not.

[carovan]

What a fantastic way of salvaging a bunch of little scraps of yarn. The bag is beautiful and I'm sure she will just love it.

[hmcquigg]

Very cute!

[Me&P]

That is REALLY cute!

[Misty.Creek]

Awesome! I've got a few nieces that would love that. What pattern did you use?

[christinak]

Beautiful!!!! Way to turn trash (aka the kit) into a beautiful treasure. As my momma would say....that kit was a waste of good yarn!!!

[ginamaria73]

Looks great. Love the button

[Labeana]

that's adorable...what a nice mom! I love the off center closure:cheer

[Riohnna]

It is great!

[Sofia]

now that is a stash buster......

I love the assynmetric flap.

[smileyface]

How cute!

[b1jah2]

How creative are you?

[nucki]

Awesome! I've got a few nieces that would love that. What pattern did you use?

No pattern. It's just 25 sc across, 5 rows of each color, with 2 rows of black in between. Then when I thought it was big enough, I decreased one stitch each row until I got to a point.

 

Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy!

[Misty.Creek]

Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy!

 

Hey, that means that maybe even I could make it. That would be great gifts for the girls in my family for the Holidays and birthdays... Gracias.

 

And did you do a SC border in red and seam it up the outside with a red sc? How's the handle made and attached? (Sorry to bug you...)

[shadow]

Very cute!