July 24th, 2012
I finished my latest pattern. It's for another bag. This bag was one I had seen several years ago called the Lucy Bag and designed to be knit by Two Old Bags. As I do not knit, I looked for this pattern in crochet and found two of them but I did not like the dimensions of the bags. So I set out to write this pattern converting knit instructions into crochet. After a couple of tries I got the bag in the dimensions I wanted it to be in. So after about a year or so of getting the pattern tested and finalized I finally have the pattern published for sale on Ravelry. It's a felted bag. I love the look of felted bags. The Lucy Bag has a classy uptown look to it. When I first saw the Lucy Bag I fell in love. The pattern is simply written but you can add stripes in different colors to your bag if you want. Depending on the colors chosen the bag looks really nice in stripes. Other people have embellished their bags with a pin which really compliments the simplicity of the bag. I think that the bag would look really nice in a tapestry design. I have not seen one made in tapestry yet. I might try my hand at it. I don't have very much experience with tapestry crochet. From what I remember of the two projects I have done in tapestry crochet, it was not easy and I was only using two colors. I have seen some tremendous tapestry crochet projects but none that were felted so I may be doing a little experimenting with some simple designs maybe with a Southwestern flavor to them. If any of you out there have done a tapestry crochet that was felted please let me know what you think about how the project turned out.
I look forward to seeing your Lucy Bags.
