Crochet Bags

Two girls, my first cousins twice removed, will be visiting soon. They live far away and five years ago when I last saw them, one sister was three years old and the other an infant. I discovered their favourite colours are green/black and pink/purple, respectively. Now, both are school-aged and I wanted to make them each something special. I crocheted one girl a drawstring pouch and decorated it with flower pins. Then I crocheted a second bag with a handle and bejewelled it with a emerald-coloured button.

The primary yarn used in both bags is a fibre of acrylic, nylon and polyamide. It was manufactured with a texture of “eyelashes on a chained binder”, in other words, fuzzy. The green and black handbag is made up of this fibre twisted with two other strands, yielding a multi-plied yarn with even more texture and colour. Each of the bags measures approximately 15-20 cm, just large enough to carry items like a coin purse, tissues, lip balm, and hair ties.

I used some yarn leftover from hat making to crochet yet another small bag with a shoulder strap and decorated it with wooden beads and fringe. The handspun texture, composition (cotton, viscose and silk), and colour ways of the yarn add to the bohemian look of this child’s bag.