Just a little something that I finally pulled out of hibernation and finished, after starting a year ago. There is a pattern floating around on Ravelry.com called the ‘p.91 crochet bag’, which manages to make crochet into something really trendy (photo here of one made by Ravelry member Roko). Unfortunately, the pattern is from an out-of-print Japanese magazine and is unavailable to me. However, there is a similar pattern in Happy Hooker, the ‘Fat Bottom Bag’, that has a similar look. I used the fat bottom bag pattern as a guide, and guessing some modifications where I could to make the bag look more like the p.91 crochet bag. To give the bag a little more structure, I also added a cotton lining with a pocket, hand-sewed in after piecing it together. Finally, I added a crochet flower detail to one side to add some romanticism.
I think a lot of crochet items have a 70′s craft project look to them, but I was really happy with the way this bag turned out. It has a vintage feel without looking cheap and fad-ish. Faddy? Fad-like.
Finished bag
Flower detail and inner lining