I think your bottom buttons on your diary have gone haywire...they're all over the place and they don't work LOL....Stop them...they're trying to run away....

Love the bag. I can't wait to try it. I think I'll skip the dying adventure, for now... I crocheted a bag yesterday and today... I'll be rippping it out. It was a learning experience but I don't like the shape or size so now I'm going to adapt it and try again.

~QE

Ok, I have to leave another comment just to try this out. Part of my comment disappeared. The part where I talked about your mysteriously moving buttons.. and now the buttons are fixed too..hmmmm...something strange is going on here.

~QE

Are you sick of me yet... how in the world did part of my comment end up on your actual entry? This is weird!

~QE

WOW. that came out great!

I like it! I think you did a great job! You definatly have more talent then I do!

Oh, the hot chocolate first, by all means!

You will show off the bag tomorrow night, won't you?

Shalom

It turned out great. I applaud your efforts at dying yarn. I have never tried it; maybe someday when I am feeling bold and daring. :)

WOW!! It looks fabulous, you did a great job! And now you won't be scared to do it again, either. I love it, and that is a great green too. I need to remember how to make that green. ;o)

Here's a link to changing colors - http://www.stitchguide.com/stitches/crochet/stitch_pages/cro_color_change.html
I don't recommend tying knots if you can avoid it, as over time one of those knots might come unraveled and then you would not have enough yarn to re-stitch and fix it. The felted knots are fine though, just try and get those to unravel. :o)

When you change colors, leave a long enough tail of the beginning of the new color and the old color, grab a yarn needle and work the tail back into the stitches. If you bury the old color tail in the old color stitches it will be nearly impossible to see it, and go back and forth at least once - it will lock itself tight and you won't be able to pull it loose. No worries about it unraveling in the washing machine. Do the same for the new color tail, bury it in the new color stitches and you can be confident that your project will last a long time.

Very nice.

I've never felted but it looks like a usefully bag. I tried to make a crocheted bag a while back and it was just too sloppy. Might have to try felting. Now to convince my cat not to chew through the yarn...

That is lovely! Good work. I love doing crafty things, just don't seem to make it a priority often enough.

Thanks for the compliment, you made me smile. I think you have a pretty cute setup here as well.

Can't wait to see what your next project is!

Well, I think the bag looks great. Pity it didn't turn out quite the size you were after. I hope you find one that's smaller, soon. ;-)

it looks fab! you are clever

my effort would not have looked like that!
x

It looks great! I may have to get brave and give that a try. I think the colors look fantastic, and would only worry about it if you had intended for the green to be the same color as those around it!
Alli