Crochet purse handles tutorial

Hello my friends!

Some of you may know I have a Pinterest profile--it's hard not to get addicted to that place! I've discovered so many gorgeous things to craft, so many talented people... but above all, I've been creating a sort of "box of favourite crafts" I can get back to when I get the time and the opportunity to try something new.

On my dwellings I found this image of crochet purse handles, and a link to the blog with the tutorial.

The blog is Roberta Crochet & Cia and the tutorial is written in Portuguese... so when I saw someone asking for a translation (sorry, I can't find the original request!) I offered to do so.

Here's my translation, hope it's clear enough (it really is very simple!)

Crochet purse handles

Step 1

Make a chain 140 stitches long (approximately 90 cm long) and make 4 rows of sc (single crochet). Slip stitch the top and bottom rows together to form a tube. Join both ends of the tube, to form a circle. Reinforce these stitches to make sure they don’t come apart.

Step 2

Make a chain 35 stitches long (approximately 20cm) and make 8 rows of sc. Form a roll around the tube you made in step 1 and slip stitch it together, top and bottom row of your crochet strip.

Step 3

Chain 3;

Row  1: 3 sc;

Row 2: 4 sc;  

Row 3: 5 sc;  

Rows  4 to 16: 6 sc;

Row 17: 5 sc;  

Row 18: 4 sc;  

Row 19: 3 sc;

You can make it wider or longer if you’d like; work with crab stitch or single crochet around it to finish off . Make 2 to secure the purse handles onto the purse itself.

Please refer to Roberta's blog to see all images, I only added one for each step here but she has a step by step tutorial with more images. Thank you Roberta, for your very clear tutorial!

Hope this is useful! 

Have a wonderful week :)

xxxxx

Bag Ta-Dah!!!! :)

Remember this?

I finally finished my mystery WIP--my colorful little flower bag :)

And doesn't it look nice...?

This is how it started out... a few flowers... a rectangle for the bottom and then a few rows in short stitch around it, to start the rounding up the bottom...


It's made of cotton yarn, the type I've used before for my other little bag (Katia's mercerized cotton Bombay and Capri for the single color).

After a few trials I came up with this pattern, which is a sort of a mixture of the larksfoot stitch and a spiked stitch--I made some and tore it appart and started again and tried again... until I was happy with the result! It's really easy, if you'd like I can make (I think!) a small tutorial. But most of the effect is given by the variegated yarn alternating with the plain navy blue yarn.

Then it all seemed to be coming together...

...and I got to like it a lot!

So when I finished I was really happy with the result! And couldn't resist a few pictures by Mom's beautiful flowers...

Still have to line it--I have the fabric for that already but we're away from home and I don't have the sewing machine here... but I'll show you again after I sew in the lining!

(PS -sorry about the lousy pictures again... but I finally found my camera charger, next time I'll show you some decent ones :) these don't do it justice, the colors are so much prettier... )

Dear Marjo from Marjo's cosy corner is sad again, things aren't working too well for her now... if you get a chance, won't you drop her a note to help her feel better...? 

My bag is still on its way...

I've been working on a slow pace this week so it isn't finishe yet :( But the green is turning out nicely, isn't it? I have to get it done quickly!

Laying flat on the table

A bit out of foccus here...

With a jar stuffed in it :)

Now, back to work while I try to "flood" myself drinking water (it's supposed to help drain the excess liquids, right...? Though it seems not to make sense...)


Be back soon!


PS - Sorry about the lousy pictures... I can't seem to find the charger for my camera so my cell phone has to play the part ;) )


xx