I really enjoyed making the Tunisian Stripe Bag.  One of my favorite features is the unique construction technique June uses.  The bag itself is two parts: bag and handle.  To put it all together (and edge the flap) there is just one long row.

Simple *and* super genius at the same time.  She's also a total rockstar because she has a construction chart for right AND left handers.

If only she also had a warning for futuregirls, "It's probably not the best idea to make every single row a different color when you're not so keen on weaving in ends."  I don't really want to count (or look at the pattern) to figure it out, but my guess is I had about 150 ends to weave in because of the single-row stripes.

Crazy, but *man* this purse is CUTE!  I can't wait to use it when it warms up.

Update on Faulkner's Hamlet (which I started reading here).  There are four Books (or sections) in the book (Flem, Eula, The Long Summer, and The Peasants).  I'm about half-way through The Long Summer.  It's hard going.  

Flem was so funny and hilarious and dark and I loved it so much.  But Eula was a long slog for me.  I didn't care two hoots about Eula.  It was sheer determination that got me through that section.  The first half of The Long Summer had me standing on my tiptoes trying to see what was over that fence.  Then when he revealed the grotesque truth (which I suspected all along) I felt totally grossed out and ashamed of myself.

The second half of The Long Summer is starting slow, but you never know where it will go, so I'm plodding along.  The last section's name, The Peasants, hints at snark, so I have high hopes for a dark and biting finale.  I'll let you know if Faulkner comes through.  Cross your fingers for me!