Message in a Flower Bag by Jill Wright

Message in a Flower Bag

Crochet
November 2007
Aran (8 wpi) ?
14 stitches and 10 rows = 4 inches
in half-double crochet (US). Check gauge regularly to ensure felted bag will be even.
5.0 mm (H)
1048 yards (958 m)
15" wide, 15" high, and 5 1⁄2" deep before felting; 12" wide, 12" high, and 4" deep after felting.
English
This pattern is available for free: 0113_CM_CrochetBags_Relaunch_01.pdf

From the description:

A sturdy felted messenger bag is spruced up with colorful needle-felted pansies. To use yarn for needle felting, simply untwist it and brush it back to its original roving form, then blend colors as a painter would.

Skill Level: Intermediate.

Additional materials:

  • 1.5” D rings, 2 (2 additional D rings for optional adjustable strap);
  • yarn needle;
  • tracing paper and pen;
  • straight pins;
  • size #38 felting needle;
  • foam pad;
  • magnetic snap;
  • small scrap of fabric to match bag color.

Interweave Crochet link: Winter 2007, Message in a Flower Bag