Pattern: Elisa's Nest ToteYarn and Needles: Euroflax Linen in Ginger coloway, US 9 & US 3 needles
I've recently resolved to use re-usable grocery bags as much as possible (and religiously recycle all the plastic bags we do end up with), and always a sucker for a cute bag, when the Purl Bee posted this little number, I knew it was a great project for me.
Mesh market bags are wonderfully stretchy, with a seemingly infinite capacity, but it is possible to have a market baag that is just too freakin' stretchy. The last one I made (which I use as a beach bag) has a seemingly infinte capacity, but the handles stretch too much and the base of the bag (it's knit in the round) is too unstable. If I put my camera, sunscreen and a water bottle in it, it practically drags through the sand. This bag, knitted flat, has a much stabler bottom (you just fold over a big rectangle to make the bag), and the combination of crocheted seams and i-cord handles tempers the stretchability of the mesh fabric, making to comfortable to carry.
It could definitely use some tweaking, though. It could have been the linen, which I had never used before this project, but my seaming is a little ripply and the places where I picked up stitches for the applied i-cord looks sloppy. It is also a bit small. So I've already started another one (this time in allhemp 6), putting my ideas for small mods in action. I'll keep you posted.
9 comments:
I need to make one of those! Love it!
Classy totes. Oh la la...you're also being very cosmopolitan using mesh bags; when I lived in Paris, everyone carried their shopping in them. Handy, functional, smart looking - great design in action.
Hmm, now I want a croissant.
Happy weekend!
You're so fast! I saw this on your Ravelry site and I queued it too. I'm anxious to see how you like the second one.
And my word verification below is 'gorfa' which is the sound you hear when you drop a cake.
Great bag! I'm interested in making one of these for each of the girls for their extra clothes at school. I want to see how the All Hemp turns out, I think I'd want to use that ...
That is very cool! I have to look at that pattern now.
Very nice! and you can't have too many...
The bag turned out great! I'll be curious to see how your modified one turns out.
I am also into the "green" bag thing. I liked the linen and it gets softer and more even with washing and usage.
Looks great! I'm going to have to add a crocheted seam to my newest mesh bag.
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