Crochet Sling Bag

Yay, I have finally finished my second piece of Crochet bag for my daughters.  This time I used 17 pieces of granny's squares to make this bag.  

I did most of my granny square during lunch time in the office

the pieces of granny squares are being arranged to the pattern I wanted after that

I crochet to join them up like this

measuring the lining for the bag

attaching the zipper to the lining.  I find it's more secure to have lining and zipper for the crochet bag because of the yarn materials, soft and stretchable.

the zipped lining is sewed to the main piece

front/back view

side view

the final task was to crochet the strap, a bit long for a sling bag. I did single crochet for the whole length so that it is firmer.

It is done...let's have a closer look, it can fit in a Tab 3, a right size book and some small stuff.

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Crochet Sling bag - Handmade

I am busy with crochet lately, a new found interest..not that new actually.  I bought a batch of yarns meant for amigurumi Angry Birds project a few years ago when the Angry Birds' fever was on the heat.  The project failed miserably, I set the yarns deep inside the drawer until lately I was inspired by my colleague whom made a crochet bag, and I wanted to give it a try on crochet again.  This time is to crochet a sling bag.

Started with Treple crochet (Double crochet in U.S term) all the way, chose the red colour for Chinese New Year

without knowing the importance of calculating the number of crochets stitches, the shape of the first piece of my crochet on the right is uneven.  

getting the side of the bag done with black yarn

I added on a purple heart as my little girl likes purple colour

I prefer the bag with zipper and lining, I was very worry that the yarn would stuck in my sewing machine but I gave it a try anyway to get a better finishing on the lining..I am so happy that I managed to get it done.

sewed a purple puff flower too

The finished project.  My first crochet bag.  I will improve from here for my future crochet project.