Hooking is Awesome: February 2013

Thursday, February 21, 2013

dia de los muertos bag

I found a little piece of dia de los muertos fabric in my stash

and decided to make myself a little bag.

Adding some flair with sequins, beads, and embroidery stitches!

So many projects tucked in my basket of fun...

hopefully this one will stay towards the top ;)

I haven't ever considered making myself a shawl or wrap until I realized how many weddings we have to attend this coming Summer & Fall. I thought what a great way to accessorize and create something for myself! I knew that I wanted it in natural, with a pattern not too airy so that it would be great to use in the Fall too.

Mypicot.com has many great patterns & designs listed. I've used so many for blankets, hooked bags, and the trims! So for this I chose #2011, as I liked how it looks upon repeating.

I started it in bamboo crochet thread, but after making so many baby blankets in this I decided that I wanted something a bit firmer so that it didn't feel like I had a blankey draped on my arms hehehe! So I decided on the basic #10 cotton in natural with a size 6 hook. 650 stitches (or so, I will recount again!) long, which makes it approx. 67" long. I'm undecided on how wide I am going to make this, but right now I'm thinking about 24". I started it on February 12th and have been hooking away on it in the evenings while the hubby works on his photos. I am amazed at how far along I am already! I can't wait to see it once it's finished and all the stitches laying nicely and perfect :)