Pursuit of Purses

Hello class, today I would like to discuss purses. Raise your hand if you love them. Oh good me too. Now raise your hand if you love them so much that you constantly print out crochet patterns thinking, "I'm going to make that for me!", but then never actually make them. Oh and if you have multiple purses but you're too lazy to switch all the junk out so you just stay with the same one and people look at you with confusion when you profess your love of all things purses. Just me? Really?! oh dear...

Well in any case, I got around to making a couple and I have to say I'm kind of really thrilled. Even though neither ended up being for me. It was such an easy pattern and came out looking so good that I want to make one in every color now. For me of course. If I could just find the time! The first one was a present for my boyfriend's sister who had a birthday recently. What do you give your boyfriend's sister? That was a tough choice. I wanted to make something age appropriate (read: not for a child) and I wanted it to be something she would want to actually use. Not something to throw away in a closet corner then donate to the DI in year. I hope I succeeded but I'll have to remember to scope out the DI in her area. kidding...sort of.

Super cute eh? I found the pattern on ravelry and if you're not already a member there, I highly recommend you join. It rocks my socks off. (no I've never crocheted socks)

I got some feedback from my sister that her girls had both claimed the last little Easter looking purse and heart hat as their own. No share-sies! So I decided to make another purse to partially even the score. And I'm working on my first article of clothing, a skirt, for them as well. I think I like making things for the nieces because it's alway smaller and takes less time. There, it's out, I'm lazy.

Ahhh, crochet. Ain't nothin' better.