I found this pattern over on The Purl Bee Blog and thought it would be great for doing groceries…. and it would be, although the opening (or at least MY opening) certainly wouldn’t fit the super-jumbo box of cheerios that I’d imagined. (I usually pack all my groceries into a rucksack to avoid mountains of plastic bags… but I always end up with 2 grocery bags anyway — one for breads and one for cheerios, so I want a greener alternative that packs small and looks nice)
Needless to say, even though it doesn’t fulfill my original need, I still love the tote and will find a suitable use of it. However, I really love the lace pattern of this bag… there’s just something about it that is simple and beautiful. I’ve redesigned this bag into something that will hopefully fill my needs (and cheerios) using this stitch pattern or a close approximation thereof. I plan to start this as soon as I’ve finished my current charts for MS3 and will post the results as soon as there are some to be had.
Pattern: Eliza Nest Tote via The Purl Bee
Yarn: Patons (UK)100% cotton (mercerised cotton, DK, 210m per 100g)
Needles: 5.5 mm Susan Bates straights, 4mm Aero DPNs and a 3.5mm crochet hook
Started/Finished: July 2007 (1 day)