Linen modified Haekelbeutel

[magiccrochetfan]

I just finished this bag in Louet Euroflax sportweight. I fell in love with the Haekelbeutel pattern, the way the squares are arranged. I made up my own square because I wanted it to be very solid.

 

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[tracysthings]

Kathy, that is so very pretty.

[123mensinger]

WoW! I love it. What square did you use?

[froggy]

Very nice!:)

[contrary.crocheter]

that came out gorgeous! I have been wanting to make one of these and it is on my list of things to do!! seeing yours makes me want to get started!

[breeze530]

Cute purse! I've wanted to try that yarn for awhile now. Ever since I saw it listed for one of the projects in the Happy Hooker. Did you enjoy working with it?

[cher49]

gorgeous

[MaryPat]

So cute!

[Evelyn1]

I also love that bag. I really like the solid squares you made and your colors. Very pretty!!

[magiccrochetfan]

Thank you for your nice comments:)

 

WoW! I love it. What square did you use?

I made up the square.

 

Cute purse! I've wanted to try that yarn for awhile now. Ever since I saw it listed for one of the projects in the Happy Hooker. Did you enjoy working with it?

I have to tell you I absolutely LOVE the Euroflax. It is a bit of an investment--I bought a skein of each color, at $20 each, and used most of it. I chose it because of the colors, love these 2 colors, and I thought it would be durable. It has a nice subtle sheen to it. It has no stretch to it so it is like working with cotton crochet thread in that way. It is a 4 ply and there is a bit of a tendency for the plies to separate ---esp. after a bit of frogging. (I frogged a lot and reworked stitches because I was trying to work very tightly and have as little space as possible between stitches; if I didn't think a stitch was even enough I ripped back.) It's a bonus that it is also machine washable and dryable. As I worked the squares I machine washed them in a lingerie bag in cold water and blocked them to square up the corners for joining. I haven't dried it in the machine and probably won't as I don't want to soften it up too much. I love the feel of it and would like to use it for a garment.

[RoseRed]

That is very, very cool!

[**Ann**]

I love the colors and love the bag-that pattern is awesome!

Great job!

[misssmaggie]

Nice...very nice !!! Thanks for sharing !!!

[yarncat]

Pretty!

[Gr8ful Momma]

beautiful.

[embee]

Very attractive! I agree, it's nice to have a solid material for the bag - and it negates the need for a lining. Love those colors. Too bad the yarn is so pricey.... I guess you get what you pay for though.

[ginamaria73]

That looks great

[yarnowl]

A lovely bag! Well done

[turtlesmoonbd]

Very pretty

[SPRAT605]

I absolutely LOVE it! The purse... the colors.... the pattern AND the square!!!

[pineapplequeen]

Wow! That came out very nice.

[Donna's crochet Designs]

Beautiful job!