I started out a search for a specific pattern and got seriously sidetracked when I came across this pattern! I was searching on youtube, as I sometimes do, so to be completely fair you can watch the entire project on youtube from start to finish!!! I think I found one of my new favs with this Michael doing the tutorials for this pattern. Oh sure, I would have figured it out on my own ... eventually, but he does an amazing job showing exactly how these pattern stitches are done correctly! I don't mean the pattern is hard at all, I just mean the stitches are a little trickier than most SOOO it was soooo nice to be able to SEE them done in action and he does an amazing job as a tutorialist!!! I learned FOUR new pattern stitches with this one pattern and I am soooo loving the new stitches. I can see myself using them for other projects for sure! I will say that I modified the pattern so it would be a standing purse instead of a flat bottom whipstitched as the pattern direction suggests. That is the only change I made to the pattern.
Well, anyway, back to the project. What can I say? I found the pattern. I conquered it (in one day) and I LOVE the end result! The best thing of all: it didn't cost me anything but my time to make this project! I have a good supply of yarn I have accumulated from my Mom & my sister so all I needed was to choose my colors for the project! I chose bright & colorful so it is a playful but sassy look!
Hope you like it! I can't wait to make this one again in different colors ... maybe black, white, grey w/ a red rose! That sounds like a stylish combo ...
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