I picked up an ombre pack of herb dyed silk chiffon ribbon yarn, during Darn Good Yarn’s crazy sale. There were 5 skiens, solid red, red/orange, orange/yellow, peach, and peach/purple. I don’t have much space in the house we’re renting, so I am trying to use up any craft supplies quickly, and am proud to say this yarn arrived at my house 8 days ago, and is now a tote bag! I used the same pattern as the Purple Silk Chiffon Market Tote, though I added 2 rows of sc, after the row that creates the handles, to make them sturdier.
I love how the color pooled accidentally on the second and third colors, creating diagonal stripes of orange. I wish the colors were more accurate on this photo. In person, they are warmer, but still peachy. The gold is more sunflower yellow, and less green in real life.
It came out pretty big too! It will definitely hold a ton of groceries. Or WIPs. I’m not sure yet what I’m going to do with it. It might go with me to the Winter Market next week, or it might go in my gift stash.
After I was finished, I had a little bit left over from 4 of the 5 colorways, so I whipped up a little bowl for my husband. He had to pack up all his D&D stuff, which is currently in storage, including all his dice, and his dice bags and bowls I made him. So in order to play with friends soon, he had to go buy a few more dice yesterday. They’ve been sitting on our coffee table in a paper bag from the store. Now they have a cozy little home!
Here’s the bottom, where you can see some of the other colors.
