I shared this on the old site but wanted to bring it over to the new one as well because I’m pretty dang proud of how this ended up turning out.
This bag was created for my partner, @Kwality570 , in the Make a Friend Swap. We were supposed to get to know each other and craft something for them based on what we learned. I learned that Kwality liked geometric patterns. That, combined with my desire to make something that could be useful, I settled with designing and making her a fun tapestry crochet bag!
here is the grid design I created -
And here are all of the process pictures I took along the way-
Once I reached the desired height (which I totally neglected to measure), I took care of sewing in the couple of tails, and attached 4 D rings to the outside of the bag for the straps to attach to. I unfortunately didn’t get a chance to take a pic of this step. Here are some action shots of the final thing!
The handles have snap closures so that they can be removed easily in case the bag needs to be washed (which is 100% machine washable and dryable!) or the handles need to be replaced. The Julius Paul Frank Charm was needle felted as a small item for the package. I thought the bag needed a cute charm with a tassel to complete the look!
Happy to report that my inner Craft Demon didn’t even have to push me into this one! I find it fascinating to create your own design on paper and then see it take shape through yarn.
I tried to do something like this once, so I know how challenging and time-consuming it is! Yours is just so fabulous!!! When I tried, my stitches did not want to line up perfectly like yours-they kept drifting one stitch over… Did you encounter that issue?
Whoa! That is stunning. I can crochet, but have never done a pattern like this. I am not sure where to even begin to wrap my brain around the concept. This is so cool.
Initially when I started doing tapestry crochet in the round, I had trouble lining up the rows while also avoiding the inevitable “lean” that the pattern wanted to do. My first tapestry crochet bag, I couldn’t figure out how to effectively do the whole pattern in the round without it coming out “wonky” so I added solid colored sides to avoid the issue entirely lol. That way I was just creating repeat panels for each side.
For this project, I struggled a bit in the beginning, but found that if I chained one to start the new row and then do my stitches as normal (not counting the chain one as a stitch) that helped. Also, crocheting in the back loops only also help mitigate the “lean” the pattern wants to do as well. It’s still there, of course, just not as obvious as it would have been otherwise I think. I used tons of stitch markers also to help me with the color changes and pattern repeats until I got the hang of things. Believe me, there was still tons of frogging because I would miscount all the time but I feel it was worth the effort.
I find it fascinating to create your own design on paper and then see it take shape through yarn.
Did you encounter that issue?
