Drawstring Crochet Bag

This is a quick project I hooked up yesterday. Poppy needed a bag for her football kit so I had a quick search and came across this free pattern from Lion Brand.

The pattern uses chunky wool. I didn't have any to hand in a suitable colour or quantity so I used three strands of DK. I used two in Stylecraft Special DK shade Grape and  one of Stylecraft Merry Go Round. I used my 10mm hook. I would say that because I deviated from the pattern by bag was not quite as big as the one pictured in the pattern but it is the perfect size for a football kit including training shoes. I also made the straps slightly shorter because it is for use b a six year old.

Here is the finished bag:

And this is a better picture of it in daylight and worn by it's owner who is very pleased with it and she received several compliments from her school friends.

I would say that overall this bag took me about four hours to complete. So a quick and easy project with a great result!

Christmas & Unicorns

Any mother of a small girl has to deal with the incessant unicorn love right? Well, I do! Poppy is six and the love for unicorns is very strong in this household. I recently had to break it to her that unicorns aren't REAL! She was a *bit* upset to say the least!

That is why I have started to make one of her Christmas presents already. A unicorn blanket! It is huge already and I'm not even half way finished! I wanted to start it early in case I get distracted by other projects (I have quite a few pieces that are in the middle of being worked on!)

It's not subtle is it?

I've been wanting to do a crochet blanket using a graph for ages and this seemed like the perfect opportunity.

I found the graph here (bless you Pinterest and Ravelry). I'll post another picture when it is completed.