The Little Coco Bag and the Balloon Bag -- two free patterns

[go get your smock]

I have recently posted two felted handbag patterns on my blog. They are PDF for downloading.

www.feltedhandbagworkshop.com

Enjoy!

[Ingrid]

Cute bags! What a great idea to block with a balloon!

[nanonette]

These look like fun!! I the colors you've used for your bags!! Awesome idea to use a balloon!!

[rebecca]

:D Lovely bags, thanks so much for sharing

[loveswildflowers]

Thanks for sharing these. The purses you knit are just adorable. I know that I am going to be knitting that Coco bag. :-)

[Rennagayle]

That reminds me of when my dd was a baby (22 now); when I washed her little cotton bonnets, I'd shape them over a blown-up balloon to dry them. I never thought of using it for blocking knitting. :D

[Eiline]

Those are pretty. I love the colors you chose for the coco bag. Thanks for sharing patterns.

[nicolethegeek]

Very cute! Thanks for sharing!

[hillerkim]

Those are so CUTE!

Thanks so much for sharing the patterns. Nothing like adding more to the "TO DO" list. :D

What did you use for yarn? Everything looks so sharp!

[go get your smock]

For the Balloon Bag, I pair a base yarn (like Cascade 220, Lamb's Pride, etc) with some sort of novelty yarn. I have used eyelash yarns, the ones with little flags like Cancun and Little Flowers, mohair combination yarns like Dune and probably others I can't recall.

I was NOT happy with furry yarns, the bag ends up looking like some reject from Sesame Street.

For Little Coco, the key I think is a good combination of the two yarns. I used Cascade 220 in the sample bags. You could use a novelty yarn/base yarn combo in just the body of the bag, and have plain base, piping and I-cord. I might do one of those for fall. I got the Cherries and Oranges Little Flowers by Crystal Palace the other day, and will have to find the perfect base yarns to go with it.