An original handbag that you can't find anywhere else!
Completely new uses and combinations of materials that you have been buying for completely different purposes.
For example, you bought yarn for crocheting rugs and mats, plywood bottoms for making boxes, dream catchers or as saucers with decorative patterns.
Today we'll put all these components together into a new product. A handbag that no one else has. One that you can make yourself.
Easy.
Cheap.
And the effect will be many times greater than the initial effort and cost.
Maybe we'll add some inspiration at the end, but let's find out how to do it.
HOW TO MAKE IT:
time required approx. 4 hours
Need:
250 grams of yarn.
Macrame Ideo Lurex https://www.vlnika.cz/en/prize-macrame-ideo-lurex/
or
Macrame Ideo https://www.vlnika.cz/en/prize-macrame-ideo/
or
Macrame https://www.vlnika.cz/en/prize-makreme/
Hook #3,5 - like this one https://www.vlnika.cz/en/hacek-kovovy-s-plastovym-drzadlem-lora/
Zipper for handbags https://www.vlnika.cz/en/zip-na-kabelky-kovovy-24-cm/
2 carabiners with eyelets https://www.vlnika.cz/en/kovova-karabina-38x24mm/
2 half rings https://www.vlnika.cz/en/polokrouzek-kovovy-25-mm/
2 bottoms with holes https://www.vlnika.cz/en/dno-viko-preklizkove-kruh-s-potiskem/
or https://www.vlnika.cz/en/dno-viko-plastove-kruh-15-cm-5-mm/
for oval shape https://www.vlnika.cz/en/bottom-lid-plywood-oval-with-print-25x15cm-6mm-holes/
Workflow:
A. Crocheting the bottom:
1.Round (bottom) 20 cm is worked with double crochets by working 2 double crochets in each hole and then 2 rows straight. Finish with.
(If you have a 15 cm circle (bottom), then:
1.15 cm round (bottom) is worked with double crochets by working 2 double crochets + 1 chain stitch in each hole and then 4 rows even. Fasten off.)
B. Work a strip to insert zipper:
Take the insertion zipper for the purse and crochet in short stitches in the holes on the shorter side, working back and forth the length of the bottom circumference to the other short end of the insertion zipper, which is crocheted.
Crochet metal half rings on each side of the insert zipper.
Crochet the strip with the zipper part in short columns around the circumference with both bottoms worked around.
C. Crochet shoulder strap:
Crochet approx 7 long posts on carabiner with eye and continue to desired length. Work a second carabiner at the end.
Fasten the crochet strap and you have a finished original handbag.
See the detail during production:
It's not that hard, is it? Are you going to give it a try? The principle is the same, even if you use a different bottom shape or a different recommended yarn.
The result might look like this:
And don't forget to send us a photo of how you did it. We'll be happy to add it to ours.