craf·te·ra·ti

I wanted to make a little handbag for vanessa for her wedding. Originally my thought was a little envelope style clutch with a wrist strap. I bought some TLC Cotton Plus in white and some purple beads from Blue Moon Beads. But I still needed to figure out what I was doing. I took out my Crochet Stitch Bible and tried a few different stitches out but none really caught my fancy. So I went and got a copy of Lily Chin’s Knit & Crochet with Beads. There are only a couple of patterns I really liked in there, but she has really good descriptions of the different ways to incorporate beads into your knit and crochet. Also it was totally worth it just because I learned that I could use dental floss threaders to thread beads onto my yarn. Brilliant!

After doing a bit of googling I came across The Nylon Shells Wristlet Bag on Crochetville. It looked simple enough and I could work my beads into the sc of the shells. However the pattern is written a bit strangely and I modified it a bit to get the shells to work the way I wanted. But I love the way the bag came out. However I still need to figure out if I should line it or the straps. It’s 50/50 cotton/acrylic so I’m not sure if it will lose its shape. However it’s probably going to be used only once so it can’t get that out of shape..I think.

And shh! It’s a secret. I’m going to give this to her at her bridal shower on the 20th.

So here is the bag (click to view full size)