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Striped Wool Felted Purse

Here is my latest felted wool purse project. It’s crocheted using 3 different colors of wool yarn. I crocheted each section using the blue, teal, and then creme yarn. Below are my before felting pictures of the bag and a side shot.

I felted my pieces on the hottest setting on my washer for about 18 minutes.

Here is a picture taken after I felted the main bag.

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Here are photos of each side of my strap which was crocheted using one of main colors on each side.

I finished off the felted purse by attaching the strap and lining my bag complete with a zipper. Here is a my purse lining tutorial if you need instructions for lining a crocheted bag. The full detailed crochet pattern is below — Enjoy!

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Free Pattern for Crocheted Felted 3-Color Striped Purse

Materials needed:
3) 100% Wool Yarn (100 grams/110 yard skeins each)
Blue, Teal, and Crème colors used
Small amount of fabric for lining and pockets
9 Inch Zipper

Hook: “H” U.S. size metal hook
Description: Felted Blue Striped Bag
After felting bag measures 13” wide at base and 9” long with 39” strap

Directions:
Using blue wool yarn, Ch 45. […]

Recycled T-Yarn Kitchen Set

Now that Christmas is over, I can share my t-yarn kitchen set that I made as a gift. It was crocheted using recycled tee-shirts cut into yarn or tarn as some call this recycled craft material. My set included a trivet, potholder, knob cover and a skillet handle.

If crafting with recycled tee-shirts is new to you, here is my tutorial on how to create what I call curled t-yarn or tarn. Below is the free pattern for the round t-yarn potholder. I previously posted the patterns for the trivet hotpad here and the skillet handle cover here.

The knob cover pattern is available now here. I wanted to keep this post to just the free pattern for the round potholder so people could find each pattern more easily on my patterns page. In case you didn’t know, my patterns page has all my patterns listed together so you can find them quickly by clicking here.

T-Yarn Round Potholder Pattern

Materials needed:
One tee-shirt (white) and another partial shirt of contrasting color (blue)
Cut into ¼ inch wide strips and gently pull to curl your t-yarn

Hook: “K” U.S. size metal crochet hook
Finished Potholder approx: 7” wide

Make Two

Rnd 1
Using magic circle with white t-yarn, work 6 Sc in circle. Do not turn your work in this project. […]