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Bags – Tapestry Crochet Bags – how to [SUPERSEDED]

by Filed Under: Crochet - How To, HOW TO

This article has been superseded by Mochila Wayuu Bags – How To. I am only keeping this article for archival.

 

How to make and put together Tapestry Crochet bags sequentially

I was hooking away at my amigurumi and then pop!  I was into making tapestry crochet bags!!  I don’t even know how that transition happened.  But I have been seriously and happily busy having fun with tapestry crochet ever since. In this article, I will discuss the method to put together a tapestry crochet bag the ClearlyHelena way!

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How to make Tapestry Crochet Bags

One of bags shown above is named “Cat & Fishes” – an example of my kind of tapestry crochet bag. Details of it can be found via the link.

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z. Tapestry Crochet Bag – Cat and Fishes

by Filed Under: Accessories, CREATIONS

This “Cat & Fishes” is one of my first tapestry crochet bag.  This is a one-off, no repeat design.  I drew and graphed the pattern, pulling from a number of sources of inspiration (see below). Unlike other tapestry crochet and also unlike Wayuu bags, this tapestry bag is done in the extremely strong and dense knit-sc stitch which produces the intriguing stockinette-looking stitch. I have included lots of metal bag hardware – coz’ they always look so good on a bag, don’t they?!!

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Cat & Fishes Tapestry Crochet Bag (CH0417)

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z. Stitch – Knit Single Crochet Stitch – How To

by Filed Under: Crochet - How To, HOW TO

Knit Single Crochet Stitch is properly known as the Waistcoat Stitch.
Oops! Sorry – I didn’t know that when I thought I “invented” it!!!

I call this stitch the “ksc stitch” (knit single crochet stitch). AKA vsc because we work the sc into the “v” of the stitch below. I came upon it in experimentations. I call it “Knit single crochet” (or ksc for short) because it looks like a stockinnette knit stitch, doesn’t it?

Addendum:This stitch is called the “waistcoat stitch”. Thank you to Mel for commenting and pointing this out.
Note: This stitch is best suited for working in the rounds.  Hence it is ideal for tapestry crochet bags and amigurumi projects.

 

For me, this is the ideal stitch for use in crochet amigurumi doorstops and for tapestry crochet bags.  The ksc stitch produces a very strong fabric (almost like woven canvas) and is so dense that it is prevents weighted amigurumi small stuffing from falling out.

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Knit Single Crochet stitch (ksc) aka Waistcoat Crochet Stitch – How To

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