This tiny seamless bag is in single crochet. It measures a mere 4" wide, 7" tall, and 3" deep. I engineered a new "single crochet no-seam" technology, so this one has less of a bump at the slip stitch join than the
Super Bad bag. I used single crochet to make the bag more rigid to help it stand up on it's flat bottom. Single crochet also produces a relatively flat ground for embroidery and applique. For the embelishments, I more or less just copied the bird cage and bird from my new uber excellent
bird fabric. The little bird came out unbelievably cute!
Being a prototype, I made it tiny. It's easier to frog a tiny bag over and over (and over). Plus, I was obsessively counting each stitch during the flat bottom development so I wouldn't wank up the corners of the rectangle. If there are too many stitches to count, I end up having to count out loud so I don't lose my place. Am I the only person that skips double numbers (like 33) or jumps ten numbers (28, 29, 30, 41, 42)? Probably.
The bag isn't lined yet ... it's barely big enough to hold a soda can, so I'm not sure how practical it is. I'm definitely going to make a human sized bag. I think it would be cool to line the bag with the bird fabric. I'm also dreaming of a zippered pouch/wallet to match, but the idea of tackling zippers - ugh.
If anyone knows about any great zipper tutorials or zipper help, let me know (I'll be googling when the time comes). I can get away with not joining crochet pieces, but I won't be able to avoid zippers forever.
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P.S.
The title of this post, The littlest birds sing the prettiest songs, is borrowed from a
Jolie Holland song. She is incredible. Her music is described as "spooky American fairytales" - I couldn't have said it better. I encourage you to at least give her a listen.
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