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Crochet - Plastic
Tote Pattern from:
making it up as I go along
I decided to make this because I wanted a true 'throw around' tote for the beach. Don't get me wrong, I love my large LLBean canvas tote, but I wanted one for just the toys - something all the sand could sift out of on the way back to the car. Then again, maybe it will continue to sift out of it all the way back into the house.....
Anyway, years and years ago - like in the late '60's early '70's (no offense to anyone older than me) - we had a neighbor that lived across the road that always crocheted Christmas ornaments for us every year. At the time the only thing that mattered to me was reading and my horse. So handmade things had no real value. Actually, 'no real value' isn't the right term, they just didn't hold a special place in my heart. Anyway, she crocheted these little tote bags for her daughter and I (we are the same age) one year, out of Wonder Bread bread bags. I still have it somewhere, because, after all, I am a pack-rat. However, I also still have all the ornaments she crocheted me as well, and they go on our tree every year. Since I became older and wiser, those ornaments DO hold a special place in my heart. They moved away between my 6th & 7th grade in school, then moved back to the area many years later, after I was long gone from home. Her daughter and I stay in touch, and I see her and her family whenever I am back home visiting my parents. Dot is gone now, but I have fond memories of her, and all the wonderful things she crocheted over the years.
Not sure how big this will end up being, I'm still working on the bottom. Cutting up those plastic bags is a pain, but the colors are fun!
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