This post is sponsored by We Are Knitters. All opinions are 100% my own!
Happy Friday friends! I just spent a very fun (but long) week in the mountains with a group of youth girls from my church. I must say, disconnecting from social media, giggling all night, and enjoying beautiful Mother Nature for five days was extremely refreshing. I took some projects with me and it was fun to get a few things finished. I especially loved how quickly and lovely my Menorca Bag worked up, a crochet kit by We Are Knitters. The color is fresh and pretty, and the texture of the bag is perfect.
The Menorca Kit comes with 3 skeins of fabric yarn, a 15mm wooden hook, a darning needle and a pattern booklet. I have never worked with knit fabric yarn before and I loooooove it. It has the perfect amount of stretch to it, but not enough to make it difficult to work with.
When I pulled out that big hook, I thought,” Nah! That hook is waaaay too big for this yarn.” The foundation chain looked big and loose, and a bit shabby. Luckily I decided to trust the pattern because it worked up beautifully. Once I started working single crochet stitches into the chain, I saw the texture come alive.
Isn’t it pretty? And that is only a few minutes of work. You can make the entire bag in about 90 minutes. Chunky yarn is so fun!
The bag itself is very substantial; I won’t be adding liner to it. It’s perfect the way it is!
I made a few adjustments to the pattern. This Menorca Bag is very easy to modify for your own tastes. I wanted my bag a bit shorter, so I worked a few less rows on the bag body before adding the handles. I also added a row of single crochet stitches across the top of the handles before working the last row of slip stitches.
This bag is simple but very on-trend and perfect for beginners.
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Love this bag, so pretty in pink! ;-)
Hey, Bethany! Is the “this Facebook post” supposed to be linked? If so, it’s not working for me. Thanks for everything that you do!
Yes! It appears to be working for me though, I just tried it. Curious! Don’t worry, so many people were confused that I will let comments here count ;)
I love your bag, such a pretty shade of pink!
This looks amazing I would love to win. Being out of a job puts a damper on yarn buying!
How very beautiful. I would love to try and make ut
I love the bag! Fits my style…..pretty, functional, easy to make.Winner
Oh I love this yarn!
Have not worked with this material. Would love to try it!
Looks like an awesome project.
What a beautiful bag and lovely material! Wow!
Love your patterns and would love to try this kit. It looks like the perfect blend of soft and feminine and funky and chunky. Perfect !
I love the look of this bag!!
I would love to get the Danko Scarf kit!
Hi! I love this blog and website! I am a crocheter.
I really like this. It isvery nice!
Lovely bag! I think I would like working with large hooks!
Love this yarn!! Looks like alot fun to work with….love the bag too!!
What a gorgeous bag! That yarn looks divine!!! Thanks for the great giveaway!
How pretty is that? If I won the gift card, I’d choose the Frank Basket. I love yellow & grey and who doesn’t need more yarn/WIP storage?
That Menorca Set looks amazing!!