Time for another present! This time it's my Mum's pressie I want to show you.
I made her a party clutch bag. The majority of the bag was knitted using moss stitch which is knit one purl one.
The yarn I used was a bit annoying though. It was really thin so I had to double it up. Once I had done that though it knitted up quite well. You can't see it from the pictures but the yarn is actually sparkly.
But after finishing the bag, I thought it needed jazzing up a bit so I lined the bag with this lovely fabric, embellished it with pretty beads to act as the buttons and crocheted a flower brooch. I thought that I would make it as a brooch because then she has the choice of moving it about the bag or taking it off completely to just wear. Anything that takes her fancy!
I also made her a strap that you can wear different ways. She can wear it as a little shoulder strap or clip it on the other side for a wrist strap. And of course, she could have no straps at all!
It's a bag of many options!
Well this is my last post of 2010! I really hope that you have a great night tonight however you choose to celebrate the new year coming in. I'm just going to be having a quiet little night in having fun with my family. I'm cooking them a nice three course meal so that should be nice. We've also got some fireworks! But before that, I've got a new years cake to make! A yummy scrummy chocolate cake.
Here's hoping that 2011 will be a fabtabulous year for you.
