didn’t intend to

leave this to the last minute,

but i just got home from vacation last night,

so you’ll be understanding with me, right?

i designed an openwork crochet bag

and it made it to the final 8 in the ‘wool and the gang’

crochet bag design contest (they call it ‘gang lab #4’).

i don’t crochet much,

but when i get the itch, i like to scratch it.

even if my mind tends to think in knits and purls, ch and dc sts are a lot of fun.

in this contest the pic of my bag has my name attached to it.

that means i can show you a photo.

ready?

here it is in all its ‘sling me over your shoulder for the farmer’s market or beach’ vibe:

i got it this far, then i brought it to

the saturday morning sit and knit at in the loop

so the gals could weigh in on how to deal with the round bottom

and how it meets the straps.

using their suggestions,

i now think that the bottom came out the very best because it looks like this:

i do love how in the knitting/crochet community

we can all put our heads together to come up with

better than we would on our own.

works for life, too,

but it’s often harder to get everyone together to weigh in.

if you’re on facebook and want to vote for this bag

(before 3pm in new york city tomorrow)

you can use this link.

a bit more unpacking to do post vacation

but i’m getting ready to jump back into regular life in the morning

and to tell the truth, i’m pretty excited about it.

i’ve got lots of new ideas

i am ready to

play with.

‘better’ taken from 118:9 in the psalms.