Crocheted Dish Rags and Hand Towel

 

This was a simple if not quick project for me. It is a nice project to work on when you want to have your hands busy while doing something else that requires attention. I only picked up my crocheting while I was doing something else too, like watching movies, riding in the car (as a passenger!), watching my son play etc. Thus it took me quite some time to finish a little project. I used a half double crochet stitch, with a size F crochet hook, and just started with a chain as long as I thought I would like my dish rags. The hand towel I did the same, just twice as long. I added stripes or a border on some of them. The yarn is 100% cotton. The rags match my kitchen and I am excited to use them!

Bag of Bags!

I have had a request to post pictures of some of the bags I have made as my next crafty blog post. So here they are. I will just warn you- I have kind of an obsession with bags in general, and I like to make lots of them. So there may be many more bag pictures posted in the future.
Each of these bags really are a "bag of bags". This may sound like overkill, but I crocheted these bags out of "yarn" made of plastic shopping bags, which I cut into strips. They look a little uneven in areas because A) I didn't really know what I was doing, and B) when I switched between different colors of bags, the thickness of my "yarn" changed, and the tension changed too. If I do any more of these bags, I will have a better idea about the width to cut the strips, and the tension I should use to get a better, more even looking bag. On the front of the white bag you will notice that I attached a pom-pom, also made out of a grocery bag, to add decoration :).