Claire De Lune

I need to break them down twice to finally happy enough wit the result. From the beginning the name is Claire De Lune, in the process I called it Scary Night (my husband insisted to add people hung their head at tree branch on the chart). Yes and it was scary night until I attached the moon.
The bag is about (11x4x10) inch. Here are some pictures of the finished project

front view

back view

If you are interested in making one, leave a comment and your email address. I'll send you the color chart in excel workbook format.
Thx, Happy Crocheting!

TOSCA TUCK BAG

This past few months have been a 'tosca theme', I'm not a shopping-type-woman, or in short a shopaholic, but when I do, I'll purchase something with this shade of color. And...anyway the yarn was never meant to be a purse, clutch, bag or hand bag or something in common, I wanted to make a shrug or cropped cardi from this yarn. I almost finished with my project when I realized something was wrong. This type of yarn, beside getting more and more expensive every year, it's shorter than before. Ugh! I didn't expect this. So there  I was, thinking about continuing or stopping.

I chose stop and it gave me a chance to use my brand new tunisian crochet hook for the first time. No pattern here (sorry) but I'll tell you how I made this bag. The finished bag is about (25x10x25) cm

The base of the bag worked in tunisian simple stitch, a rectangle about 25x10 cm. The straps also in tunisian simple stitch .

To create the body, pick up and knit around rectangle edge and work in circular needle. It's a little tricky sometimes when knit in circular based on rectangular edge, but after some rows, it's getting easier and as smooth as usual. Work straight for 5 rows, and make the very bottom tuck. If you're not familiar here is how you make tucks. After the 1st tuck work 8 rows in st st, and repeat the tuck process. Repeat this until you reach your desire height. 

   

The closure is up to you, snap button, zipper, i-cord rope, anything will do, but because I LOVE privacy to what inside my bag I choose zipper, and I found inside lining is useful, especially when working with zipper. I sew the zipper with the lining fabric, and hand-sew the zipper (which had already attached with the lining) with  the bag. Here it is the result!

I was so lucky found zipper that matched the color of my yarn, but not without an effort. I came to a shop inside a traditional market that looked like the zipper had been there like forever. It's so dull and dirty and I need to wash it thoroughly before sewing it.But it's worth the result.

Happy Knitting! (and crocheting)