I love
Pinterest, and use the Android mobile app to easily follow throughout the day while I hang out with my kids. I've been noticing all kinds of posts from
Jo-Ann with #WIP and #JoannCPAL and snuck onto my PC to start researching what this was all about...
I am super excited to say that I have just finished an
afghan I had been working on, and while joining this party a little late, I have decided to join in on this awesome idea of a crochet along with one of my favorite craft stores!
The information is found here at the
Jo-Ann blog, along with all the Pinterest board information. Check out their board
here!
So for starters, I do not have this yarn in my stash and I hadn't budgeted for this since I joined spur-of-the-moment. I did have plenty of this pretty
Light Blue Lily Sugar'n Cream cotton handy so this is what I chose to use for the project.
Here's my first picture of what I accomplished during my kids' morning nap.
I have decided that when I complete the bag, I am going to do a blog giveaway for it! Stay tuned!
Update 6/22/2013:
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As I kept working, I noticed all of a sudden the mesh had gotten bigger in one spot. I counted my chains and that was right and then I realized I had Double Crochets in the previous row instead of Single Crochets. I had to rip out the work and redo that row. |
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This is the fixed bag after I ran out of my first skein of yarn. |
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This is a picture of the twins deciding I should not be crocheting and I should be singing the Wheels on the Bus with them instead. Always a good excuse for a break! |
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The color is off in this picture because I took it at night, but this was my work at the end of Day 2. |
Update 6/24/13 - Morning
Starting the handles today - the pattern wasn't clear if I should be putting handles on the three rows of Single Crochet or the single row of Single Crochet. I had used the three rows as the "bottom" but didn't like the way it fell, so I decided to use the three rows as the top.
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Beginning the handles of the Market Bag. |
Update: 6/24/2013 - Evening
I finished the bag! The handles were a lot thicker than I would have made them, so I decreased in the straps about halfway up each side. The baby loved the bag.
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The baby in the completed market bag. |
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She especially loved how many of her toys fit in the market bag. |
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The completed bag. |
I loved doing the Crochet Pin-Along but didn't like the pattern. For my first market bag, I would have enjoyed making something with a little more shape to it rather than just a big rectangle. There's always next time!
Hi Amanda! Thank you so much for sharing this! Can you email me at joannsocial@gmail.com - we'd love to share a giftcard with you as one of the winners of our Market Bag Crochet Pin-along :) -Kim @ Jo-Ann
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