My Eco-Friendly Handmade BAGS and BASKETS by RSS Designs In Fiber

[virginiaomalley]

Very nice bags and baskets. How do you do the contrasting trim? Do you stitch up the sides using single crochet? The sides look great. I haven't seen that look before.

[rssdesignsinfiber]

@virginiaomalley I use different patterns and stitches -- I have stitch libraries in different books and publications in addition to patterns I have bought or found online. Some of the designs I just put together - combinations of different stitches -- and some of them are actually patterns for bags or baskets. None of them are all in one place, though!!

[Kathylovestar]

how did u do the bag with white and pink blue yellow dot wuth yellow flower

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[rssdesignsinfiber]

@Kathylovestar -- I crocheted it - with a variegated cotton worsted yarn - I made the pattern up as I went along, using a combination of different crochet stitches.

[CrochetingNanya]

Hi... I just reviewed your bags and baskets and would like to ask a question. Do you use a fabric stiffner for the baskets?

[rssdesignsinfiber]

@CrochetingNanya -

For the one I did in Thread Lace - the Shaded Blue one - yes I used a fabric stiffner after putting it on a round piece - and then let it dry.

The ones I did in yarn - and the small thread ones that are not really lace, but closely crocheted in waves - are not stiffened at all -- the way that they come out when done, they hold their shape without any type of stifffening.