Country Squares Market Bag

My new job has kept me pretty busy but I did get a second pattern written about a week or so ago! I struggled a little bit with this one but I finally got it to work. This pattern is a free download on Ravelry.com.  It honestly didn't take much time, to make, after all of the sketching and figuring out the stitches was finished. I think that I really like this market bag (and all market bags for that matter).

 I think that I like the market bags so much because there is so much stretch room! Also, we have a farmer's market that is open on Thursdays and Saturdays, just a couple of blocks from our apartment. I can't wait to start putting some fresh veggies and fruits in the bag! Yum!

The bottom of the bag is a Granny Square, though I did the square much different than what I am used to. However, my experience with Granny Squares are over 300 tiny squares to make a motif blanket.

I'm not sure what I want to create next. I think that I'm going to try and figure out how to do a cable stitch and perhaps write a scarf pattern for that. Or, I'm thinking of writing a unique purse pattern for my niece, who is 3 years old. We will see what time brings us. Time and sketches.

What kind of bags do you like to make?

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My First Crochet Design

I have been racking my brain, and playing with my yarn, all week just trying to figure out what to make for my first design. I finally did it! This one was accidental. I was thinking too big for my first design, I think. I am quite the ambitious individual. I was trying to make a market bag because I like that the bottoms can be different designs and I have tried all week to make one using different bottom designs.

I didn't like how this would have turned out for a market bag so instead of frogging (rip it out, think of what a frog sounds like "Rip-it, Rip-it") I decided to stop at the two petal rows and make it into an ornament for our Christmas tree. I already love the pattern (not to toot my own horn) because it is simple and I can see it in any color. It comes to be about a three inch diameter with potential to grow if more rows were added.

This is a free download from my Ravelry store.

I hope to come up with more designs that are, hopefully, better than this one. Also, I'm still designing that market bag! It will be done! I am determined. I figured out the bottom I just need to figure out how to make the sides without it getting too big in diameter.

Have you written a craft pattern? What are some of your methods? What is something that you are working on right now?

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Remember, you are beautiful and well loved.