Tetris Tote Bag

[LeahB]

Once upon a time I joined a Tetris afghan CAL. Only I decided that instead of doing an afghan, I would make a tote bag. Well, it started off well, and then it spent a lot of time in limbo. But, I finally finished it, and it is now ready to make its debut. So, without further ado, my Tetris Tote Bag.

 

This bag is quite large. Front and back at 18" by 18", and the sides are 6" wide. Basically, it is a great WIP bag, as it can fit an entire afghan that is nearly done plus a skein or two or three of yarn.

 

So, what do you think?

[craziebunny]

WOW that is great looking BAG!

[LittleGreenStars]

That's SO awesome!!!

 

Can you point me in the direction of the pattern you used to make it?

[crochetluvknot]

awesome

[Debbi-a1]

Great job!

 

Tetris inspired afghan CAL - link to anyone who is interested in it. My tetris afghan sort of stopped and probably won't be picked up anytime soon...

 

There is really no pattern.

 

The Tetris design was made up by members of the cal. I think a few shared their ideas on the tetris look.

Debbi

[pasteeater]

This is a great bag!

[Craw]

Oh my gosh I LOVE it! Great colors you have going on there. Bright and bold. Good job!

[Tampa Doll]

That is wild and very cool.

[MaryPat]

Love the look of your bag. SO pretty!

[Midds]

Very interesting!

[Evelyn1]

That is absolutely gorgeous. Love it.

 

E1

[jmccrochet]

It looks great. Man, all those little squares! Nice work!

 

Joyce

[Mrs. Principal]

The bag looks great! I just love large totes! Your bag makes me want to hum the annoying tetris music.

[AuntVi]

nice!

[Julexia]

Great bag!

[LeahB]

Thanks for all the nice comments. I really like this bag, and am pleased with how it came out. I'm glad I finally got myself to finish it.

 

As someone else mentioned, there's no pattern for this, but I did use the solid granny square pattern here for my squares. Other than that, I made the sides and bottom in one long strip of sc, and joined it to the front and back using sc, so it has that ridged join look at the edges of the bag. I then did a round of sc all along the top. Then I joined the yarn for the handles, chained the number of stitches I wanted, and did a row of sc, a 3 rows of hdc and a row of sc, joining the ends of each row to the ends of the bag, which meant no sewing! (After all of the sewing of little blocks together in the tetris part of the bag, I decided I had had enough of sewing)

 

Also, if you are interested, I think I posted a picture of my square layout over in the CAL thread. There are also lots of other people's plans for block layouts if you are looking for inspiration. What I did though was to play a really bad game on the computer (not clearing any lines), and then use a screen capture. This way I didn't have to be too inventive on my own.

[sheryl*]

Love how it looks!! Very creative!

[Justamom]

Very nice!

[Aussie]

Once upon a time I joined a Tetris afghan CAL. Only I decided that instead of doing an afghan, I would make a tote bag. Well, it started off well, and then it spent a lot of time in limbo. But, I finally finished it, and it is now ready to make its debut. So, without further ado, my Tetris Tote Bag.

 

This bag is quite large. Front and back at 18" by 18", and the sides are 6" wide. Basically, it is a great WIP bag, as it can fit an entire afghan that is nearly done plus a skein or two or three of yarn.

 

So, what do you think?

 

Wow that looks amazing. Well done.

[misssmaggie]

That is so cool...love the bright, bold colors !!! Thanks for sharing !!!

[hhensler]

Very cute LeahB!

[rashidah]

Very nice and I love the colors.

[Monique39]

Beautiful and very useful bag! Love it!

[yarncat]

Awesome bag!Think I'll make a Tetris lap blanket.

[susan52]

fabulous colours, fabulous bag, tfs, hugs susan