Tracy Ryan

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Knitting: Purse / Handbag
The bag is constructed from a long double-knit strap that forms the base, sides, and handle, and two main panels worked in stockinette stitch, shaped with strategic decreases. Double-knit zipper plackets are simultaneously joined along the top edge of the bag by knitting them with stitches picked up from the top edge of the main panels. The bag...
Crochet: Purse / Handbag
This minimal, yet elegant handbag was designed using a firm raffia yarn which gives it its distinct shape and structure.
Crochet: Purse / Handbag
Making this unique and chic circular hobo-style handbag begins with two main panels shaped with regular increases per row to create its partial-circle form. The two panels are joined around the sides with a zigzag slip stitch seam. The handle is also made of two identical pieces worked upward from the top edge of each side of the main bag, then...