Simple crochet and granny square bag

I made these bags years ago before I came here. Both of them are very easy to make.

The first green-yellow-red bag was designed to be a small pouch. Unfortunately when I was in the 5th row, I realised that the size was too big, so I changed it into a small hand bag. I used local cotton yarn, very cheap with vibrant colour, but the yarn quality is not very good. If I wash this bag, the colour might fade away. I bought the handle in Indonesia for $2 per pair.

The second bag that I made is a granny square bag. I made 32 granny square with two design. I used acrylic yarn (which I don't really like, but unfortunately I love the colour *sigh*), a plain coloured and a three-coloured yarn.

I always lost them!

I love mobile phone pouch and I love making them. Unfortunately, I always lose them. I've made more than 4 mobile phone pouches, and all of them were gone somewhere. Unfortunately, I only took the photo of 3 of them. And in memory of my pouch(es), here I put the photos of them.


1. The strawberry pouch.

I crochet this using two different tone of pink and one light green, all of them using the local cotton yarn for less than $1 for a very big ball. Unfortunately I took the photo with my mobile phone, and the quality is not that good.

2. The big yarn pouch

This one was very quick and easy to made, only 2 hours. I used a big acrylic three colour yarn, and if I'm not mistaken, I used the crochet needle size J. I love this, I love the colour, and again, it lost somewhere.....

3. The my first properly done sewing pouch

This is the first time I successfully made a pouch, and a cute one! I sew the ribbon that I bought at Mayestik (for less than $1 per metre. Indonesia is such a heaven for cheap ribbons and fabrics) and tried the embroidery stitch in my sewing machine. The fabric? I use an old pillow case. For the lining, I use a flannel fabric that my friend gave to me and another fabric remnants that bought for $1.99 (don't ask me why Lincraft really love using this price for their remnants).

I'm not planning to make any new mobile phone pouch. I'm just too heartbroken.

Mir

Do what your grandma told you

And yes, more assignments means more procrastinating time, which means more crafty stuffs! But no, these stuffs are the one that I made when I waited for the result of my scholarship.

I learned how to crochet from my grandmother (grandmothers know everything, believe me). She was more into knitting, but I am more into crocheting.

This is a small tablecloth that I made as my first project after years I didn't do any crochet.
I followed the guide from a Japanese book that I bought years ago also. For a revival crocheter, I thought what I did is not too bad. Unfortunately, I used the wrong yarn size, so the shape is little bit wavy. I used local acrylic three colours thread that I bought for $1.90 per ball.

Happy crocheting!