I've started the flower purse from
this book. I'm using the smallest hook I dare with the worsted weight cotton, and it appears that the purse is going to be GIANT sized. Since there's no people in the pictures in the book, I just made up in my head that the purse was smallish. FAIL.
Look how wide that is (33 inches)! It gets gathered a lot along the top edge, but I still think I'll be able to fit a medium-sized pony in there! Maybe there's something about the physics of Japanese crochet patterns that I just don't understand yet. :)
Before I started I was stressing about what colors to make it in. I think I've got some sort of block against making something according to the pattern. I finally decided to make it like the picture because (1) I have those colors of yarn already, and (2) I didn't think I'd ever be able to decide on a color scheme.