After a few scarves, I have moved onto other things.
This is a little pencil case I whipped up to hold my pens/pencils/yellow highlighter when I go to bible study. It seems as though I always have too many pens in my purse... until I really need one and there are none to be found.
Its made with variegated yarn, single crochet stitch, with a button and buttonhole. It only took me an evening to make and has already been very handy.
After that, I came across crocheting in the round and made this market-style bag. The pattern came from here on the internet (whose solid bright color is much cuter than mine - I don't have a yarn stash yet!). Its made with the same variegated yarn and a much looser double-crochet-in-the-space stitch, which makes it very floppy/stretchy. You're supposed to use it at the farmers market and it'll hold an gigantic amount of oranges or something because it'll just keep expanding.
Unfortunately I can't say I've found it to be very practical yet. You can't put anything too heavy in it or it just stretches really long and thin, and it could probably use a stretchy lining so smaller things don't fall out. However, as you can see, its already been confiscated by the girls and is a good stuffed animal pouch, plus it taught me crocheting in the round as well as gave me practice increasing and decreasing stitches so I'm happy.
I already have some ideas for Christmas/baby gifts that might be crocheted rather than quilted/sewn this year. While making the market bag I found myself toting around a little workbasket everywhere I went so I could 'do a quick round or two' while I waited for something...its very addicting!
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