July 1974 The Two/Color Handbag - Finished

​The two color handbag is finished and I think it turned out to be kind of cool.

Overall this is a fairly easy pattern.  The bag is done in two sections; an outer layer in one color and an inner bag in a contrasting color.  The outer layer has an open pattern so you can see the color of the inner layer.  They're attached at the top but I stitched it down in some other places too.

The pattern wanted me to use four ounces each of brown and orange worsted weight yarn and a size F hook.   I wanted to use brown and orange since they’re such classic 70s colors but I didn’t have enough orange yarn.   I had already started the inner layer when I realized this and had to decide if I wanted to take it out or make something that had multiple colors.   I went with rainbow stripes.
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It's wet and rainy out so it was really hard to get a good indoor photo of the dark yarn.

To give the bag a little more structure they tell you to cut a piece of cardboard the fits into the base of the bag and then glue a piece of crocheted fabric on to that.   I had some cork that I could cut to size and used that instead.   I didn’t glue crochet on top of the cork because I wanted it to be washable.

This bag is little heavier than I’d like but I still love it.

Next week I'll have August voting ready.  We'll still be in the 70s!