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UPDATE: The
Starling Handbag crochet pattern for the purse above is now available on the free downloads page. Yay!
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I made this handbag for a previous co-worker. She noticed that I made myself a handbag, and saw me crocheting all the time, so she asked if I'd make her one, too. She took me out to lunch a million-and-one times in exchange - which was fine with me. :)
As you can see, I based the stripe and dash pattern on the fabric I chose as a lining. I love the blues in the fabric. I just happened to have just enough teal yarn left over from another project to use for this handbag. Yay for stash-using.
I have a thing for stripes in a big way. It's totally accidental. I never think about it, I'm just drawn to them. Years ago a friend pointed out that over half the shirts hanging in my closet had horizontal stripes on them ... I'd never noticed.
I didn't make a label for this handbag because I never told Barb about my craft blog. In fact, I never told anyone at that job about it. Is that weird? Do any of you not-tell certain people about your craft-blog-self?
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