Sunday 13 November 2016

Colourful African flower crochet bag

Hi there, today is a brief interlude of colour before we continue the cabled throw.
I made this as a ';'dog walk bag'' as the old one of granny squares made in 2005 finally fell apart with all the chewing and use it had over all those years...
This is made of African Flowers for which the pattern can be found here:
http://heidibearscreative.blogspot.co.uk/2010/05/african-flower-hexagon-crochet-tutorial.html

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=AFRICAN+FLOWER+CROCHET&espv=2&biw=1536&bih=1101&tbm=isch&imgil=8Tu5ZsKA7edmOM%253A%253B_OZXvxh8o3ERVM%


I used DROPS Paris cotton yarn and a 5mm hook.
I attached the hexagons in the as-you go method at the corners but then sewed the sides together also as I wanted a solid fabric for this bag.
The bag will hols a water bottle and bowl for the dog, my phone for music as we walk and ''pick-up'' bags...

For the lining I drew around the connected hexagons 
onto some lining fabric I had with a water soluble pen. I added a 3 cm seam allowance all around and sewed a strip - 8 cm wide  and the full circumference of the top of the bag -folded in half and seamed into the top of the inside for the drawstring.

For the across the body long strap I crocheted a chain and then worked a ladder of 1 ch and a double treble repeated across the length with a dc row to finish.
I sewed a fabric lining strip to fit into the ladder gaps and threaded it through then sewed in the ends and sewed this to the sides of the bag.

The hexagons laid flat.




Here are the colours I used, I do not have all the labels but for the ones I have these are the colours from DROPS PARIS:

 
 FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
dark turquoise = colour 10
pale turq.= 02
royal blue=09
olive green
deep pink
bright pink=06
deep coral=38
paler coral
The 2 hexagons at the top form the flap of the bag.
I crocheted the sides together with the dark pink.
And made a cord by chaining and slip stitching back to the start chain.
A small dc square sewn together is the guard section that holds the drawstring cord.
These were fed through the channel sewn into the lining and the ends knotted.
 front
back
 
the lining is rather fun too...
 
the lining was hemmed by machine and then hand slip stitched into the crocheted completed bag.
 




VOILA! A colourful fun new dog walk bag!

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