Hi all.
As many of my crafty friends know, I am on trying to bring down my huge stash of yarn, which I successfully amassed over years. Shifting houses with such huge baggage was always difficult, but my hubby was always supportive and most of the time added to my stash and made it a bigger mess to deal with. He was always very helpful and has kept himself, and me too to large extent, sane when I approach him with which yarn should I use for a particular project and has even helped me plan where to attach handles for a bag and the embellishments for it. That reminds me of another bag I finished this week.
This is part of my stashbusting effort and is a beginning of many more in a series of stashbusters, hopefully.
This bag is made with twine (cotton thread used to tie things) and leftover acrylic I had. The twine reached me after a search for some jute, which i wanted very badly. This is the bag and the story behind the thread follows.
The story starts with a bag a friend of mine has. She was so happy to boast about that jute bag her daughter crocheted for her. Though I never liked the shape of the bag, I loved how jute looked lovely in simple shell stitch. I asked her shamelessly to help me get jute and we, despite her having a busy day decided to explore Trivandrum, Kerala, my home town, for some jute!
We tried every place imaginable and reached Chala market, Trivandrum. By then it was so late and she was getting calls from her family. Finally I decided to buy cotton thread we found at a shop there and I kept telling myself this is another eco-friendly option! How much ever I tried to convince myself, I could never muster the courage to whip up a hag with the thread. Every time I rearrange my stash/ dig up something from it, this yarn used to give me an accusative look, which I learnt to neglect over years (yes, years!)
Then finally last weekend, I decided the wait is over and started working on the bag. Though it took a while to decide on the colours of the doilies (Thank you hubby for the help) attached and the embellishment, I finished it in two days after lining it.
After this bag, I finished a gift for my grandpa, who would celebrate a birthday early next month. You can read about his last year's birthday here.
Do you have a story like this to share? Have you ever stumbled upon something so beautiful and irresistible like my friend's bag? Please share it as comments.
As many of my crafty friends know, I am on trying to bring down my huge stash of yarn, which I successfully amassed over years. Shifting houses with such huge baggage was always difficult, but my hubby was always supportive and most of the time added to my stash and made it a bigger mess to deal with. He was always very helpful and has kept himself, and me too to large extent, sane when I approach him with which yarn should I use for a particular project and has even helped me plan where to attach handles for a bag and the embellishments for it. That reminds me of another bag I finished this week.
This is part of my stashbusting effort and is a beginning of many more in a series of stashbusters, hopefully.
This bag is made with twine (cotton thread used to tie things) and leftover acrylic I had. The twine reached me after a search for some jute, which i wanted very badly. This is the bag and the story behind the thread follows.
The story starts with a bag a friend of mine has. She was so happy to boast about that jute bag her daughter crocheted for her. Though I never liked the shape of the bag, I loved how jute looked lovely in simple shell stitch. I asked her shamelessly to help me get jute and we, despite her having a busy day decided to explore Trivandrum, Kerala, my home town, for some jute!
We tried every place imaginable and reached Chala market, Trivandrum. By then it was so late and she was getting calls from her family. Finally I decided to buy cotton thread we found at a shop there and I kept telling myself this is another eco-friendly option! How much ever I tried to convince myself, I could never muster the courage to whip up a hag with the thread. Every time I rearrange my stash/ dig up something from it, this yarn used to give me an accusative look, which I learnt to neglect over years (yes, years!)
Then finally last weekend, I decided the wait is over and started working on the bag. Though it took a while to decide on the colours of the doilies (Thank you hubby for the help) attached and the embellishment, I finished it in two days after lining it.
After this bag, I finished a gift for my grandpa, who would celebrate a birthday early next month. You can read about his last year's birthday here.
Do you have a story like this to share? Have you ever stumbled upon something so beautiful and irresistible like my friend's bag? Please share it as comments.
