The restrictions are quickly becoming a challenge, because I'm feeling better now, just 5 days after surgery, than I've felt in a long time. I'm being good, though. Mostly because my husband and daughters know me very well and are keeping their eyes on me. 😁
During the summer, I started on a simple project, while working a table at a farmer's market. Something that could be worked in 30C heat. It was set aside when the market was done, and I fished it out, a few days ago.
It was inspired by something I saw on Pinterest. A hanging bag made from a basic triangle, with the bottom corners folded in by thirds and stitched closed.
I chose some mill end, medium weight, cotton yarn I had, and a 5mm hook.
Of course, I changed it up a bit, from the vague instructions I saw on Pinterest. I used solid single crochet to make the triangle, rather than linen stitch. To make the point, I worked 1sc, 2ch, 1sc into the 2ch of the previous row.
The bottom, I noticed, was not going to form straight without increases at each corner. Not at every row, though. Mostly, I did increases at every other row.
The bottom was still a bit wonky, though, but that got cleaned up. Once I was satisfied with the size of the triangle, I did the last row's point as a loop of 10ch for the hanger. On reaching the corner of that last row, I turned to work a row of sc along the bottom and continued, working in rounds. On reaching the chained loop in this first round, I stabilized it by slip stitching across the point below it. In the next round, I worked 20sc over the 10ch loop.
On finishing and tying off the kast round, I folded the corners in, in thirds, making it as even as possible. The bottom was sewn closed with a running stitch through the 3 layers of fabric, from the folded corner to the corner with a point on top. Then I continued stitching up the edge, to secure the overlapping fabric. Once at the V formed in the middle, I sewed a few stitches around the join to further strength and secure it. Last of all, I turned it inside out to sew in the loose ends.
This is the final result.
At some point, I will get my daughters to find a place to hang it and test it out.
I think I am happy with it. If I were to change anything, it would be to make a bigger triangle to form a wider bag. The cotton yarn in single crochet makes for a stiff fabric sturdy bag. Changing the yarn, the stitch pattern, or even a larger hook, would make for a more flexible bag and softer drape. It all comes down to what's needed for how it will be used.
It's definitely a very basic pattern, and easy to make.
