Comments on: Recycled Plastic Hobo Handbag

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 06 May 2009 01:28:06 +0000

I have machine stitched on plarn but it must be done carefully and does show a bit on the outside. I’d love to see your finished hobo bag. Send me a link.

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:04:17 +0000

Believe it or not, I did machine stitch my lining into the bag and it worked great!

By: Diane

Diane — Tue, 05 May 2009 16:03:25 +0000

I love this pattern and I actually tweaked it and made my own by adding a cell phone pocket, used a zipper instead of a magnetic snap and put other pockets in the lining. I would love to send a picture of it to you. I used our local grocery store bags (Price Chopper), which are a creamy color with red and blue print. I used a navy blue ribbon, which set off the colors beautifully.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:17:31 +0000

Sarah:
Are you talking in the lining? If yes just add a pocket or two inside the
lining. If you are talking about the plastic hobo bag, you could but
adding them to the lining would work better. Best wishes to you on your bag.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:08:30 +0000

I love this purse. Is there any way to add in pockets to carry some loose stuff?(I love to have pockets)

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:24:25 +0000

Sandi,
I hand stitch in my lining. It works well as you can hide your stitches inside the plastic shell of the bag.

By: Sandi

Sandi — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:52:56 +0000

Cindy I love your bags! How do you fasten the lining to the bag?

By: Judith

Judith — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:40:03 +0000

Thank you for the information.

Judith

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:21:02 +0000

@Judith,
I don’t know if you read the comment above but Dao has removed her blog for all viewing at this time and is not sharing her pattern any longer. If you use my pattern, it is different than hers. I do remember hers was DC stitch and I use mainly Hdc. If you were to use my pattern for regular yarn, you need a chunky yarn to get the right size or maybe worsted doubled might give you the same size. As for the hook try J and see how that works with your yarn.

Comment back and let us know how that works for you. Good luck.

By: Judith

Judith — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:36:39 +0000

What size hook do you reccomend if you are using worsted cotton or acrylic? I would like to read Dao’s blog but don’t know how to go about getting invited to do so!