Tuesday 2 February 2016

Ta-dah! Slow Rainbow Tote!

Ta-dah! 

My Slow Rainbow Zig Zag Tote Bag is finished! It's headed for the Sydney Royal Easter Show in a few weeks time. 


I used my own pattern, the Zig Zag Tote Bag, and the following colours of Stylecraft Special DK:


Black
Plum
Violet
Lavender
Cloud Blue
Turquoise
Aster
Empire
Petrol
Teal
Aspen
Spring Green
Kelly Green
Green
Meadow
Citron
Saffron
Sunshine
Spice
Tomato
Shrimp
Fondant
Pomegranate
Lipstick
Raspberry

I couldn't decide which colours to use for the straps, so I did one in 6 colours around the pink end, and one in 6 colours around the blue. I love it!!


Since the Easter Show doesn't allow anything to cover up the inside of the work, I added slip stitches around the base and across in 5 lines to give at least the bottom of the bag less room to stretch. 



The inside still looks pretty good though :)


For this week only (until Monday night Sydney time), you can buy this pattern for 50% off with the code RAINBOWTOTE, or just click on this link: 

http://www.ravelry.com/redeem/wrapped-with-love-by-michelle?code=RAINBOWTOTE 



If it sells at the Show, I think I'm going to have to make myself another one :D

4 comments :

  1. Fantastic! I like they way that you did the base so cleverly too. Hope it wins you a prize! xx

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    1. Thanks Amy! At the very least, I hope it gets on display :)

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  2. I didn't know that you could place your items for sale to the general public when exhibiting at the Royal Show. Is it a condition of entry that your items are available for sale? Your bag looks very good. I am sure you will win a prize with it because it is your own original work and it is finished off so neatly. Looks great! Good luck! :-)

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    1. It's not a condition of entry, but it is an option - the RAS takes a 30% cut though! The competition is pretty steep in the Creative Crochet section, so I'm not confident of a prize! Getting on display would be awesome though :)

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