Lining my bags.

Okay here are some bags I've lined in the past week. A couple of them have been hanging around for a while waiting to be finished. I'm not the best at sewing, but I'll give it a go.

The first bag is made from that carpet yarn I had in the box.

(I've still got acre's of it left, yes acre's, it sounds more than miles/km's and it seems like that too)

I added some pretty fluffly yarn to bring out the beauty of the carpet yarn.

Some cotton flowers to boot.

I also added a zip (sewing again)

And I added a handle I bought , yes one handle, I never thought to buy two of them, now I know better. Oh well, it's a light little purse so the single handle will be suffice.

And last but not least the lining, I tried to sew the sides of the lining with the sewing machine, but the material didn't grab under the machine needle too well, so I hand sewed the lot. It's sort of a silky jersey material, the print is lovely and changes colours.

Now do you remember the dress bag?

Here it is lined too.

Here is another bag lined.

I was playing around with granny squares and after I had made a few from different patterns, I wondered what I could do with them.

I came across this pattern for a bag and I used the diagram to piece the bag together.

I haven't put handles on the bag as yet, as I ran out of the pink yarn.

Now here are some very good tutorials for bag lining.

My first choice tutorial

My second choice tutorial

Both are very good tutorials.

Crochet Kids Hats in Richmond Football Tigers colours

The first hat has a pattern which can be found here.

This was made for Darcy who is 5.

This hat was made for Bella who is 3.

There was no pattern, I made it up as I went along.

This is my hat model revealed.

This hat was made for Lily who is 7.
No pattern once again, I made it up as I went along

Just thought I'd sneak this one in.

It's a cow of a hat for a baby.

Saranac neck warmer

How to crochet the saranac neck warmer

Saranac neck Warmer Materials
12 ply yarn (worsted weight) 1 x 50gm ball
5.00 mm hook (H/8)
Button or buttons
American abbreviations used

Either side of this garment can be used as the front side

Special Instructions
Saranac stitch= 1st row slip st (slip stitch loosely through out pattern)
2nd row hdc through both loops
3rd row slip st in back loops only
row 2 and row 3 form the Saranac pattern
Worked width ways, ending ch 1 is turning ch only
Ch 20
1. sl st in 2nd chain from hook and in each ch across, ch 1 turn
2. 1 hdc in first sl st and in each sl st across, ch 1 turn (19 hdc)
3. sl st in back loops of first and next 17 hdc across, ch 1 turn
4. 1 hdc in both loops of first sl st and in each sl st across, ch 1 turn (18 hdc)
5. sl st in back loops of first and next 16 hdc across, ch 1 turn
6. repeat row 4 (17 hdc)
7. sl st in back loops of first and next 15 hdc across, ch 1 turn
8. repeat row 4 (16 hdc)
9. sl st in back loops of first and next 14 hdc across, ch 1 turn
10. repeat row 4 (15 hdc)
11. sl st in back loops of first and next 13 hdc across, ch 1 turn
12. repeat row 4 (14 hdc)
13. sl st in back loops of first and next 12 hdc across, ch 1 turn
14. repeat row 4 (13 hdc)
15. sl st in back loops of first and next 11 hdc across, ch 1 turn
16. repeat row 4 (12 hdc)
17. sl st in back loops of first and next 11 hdc across, ch 1 turn
18. repeat row 4 (12 hdc)
19. to 34 repeat rows 17 to 18
35. 1 sc in first st and in each st across, finish off.

You can use 1 large button or 2 or 3 smaller buttons. Button placement is entirely up to you. I folded down my flap and sewed a button on the flap it’s self and made a chain length to suit the button size for fastening.
Another option is to sew the buttons under the flap area so the opposite end of the neck warmer sits under the flap. Enjoy the pattern

Cathy Wood
Feb 2008