I made a bag

This is something I’ve been meaning to make for a while. It’s a bag to keep my menstrual cup in. I own two cups but I’ve misplaced one of the original bags so I’ve been keeping them both in the same bag. I’ve wanted to make a bag that’s a little more discreet for transporting my cup around.

Cup bags are also something I’d like to make for my low waste craft business if I start it up. I’m thinking I could practice this pattern and make a few adjustments and potentially have something similar to this as something I could sell.

I’ve had this yarn left over in my yarn box for a few years so it’s good to finally get round to using it. Something I want to do over the next few months is make some things with the yarn I have in my craft box.

What do people think? If anyone has any feedback on the pattern then let me know. If anyone is interested in making one themself and wants the pattern for it then feel free to ask. I could try to write down the pattern for you. It’s not quite beginner friendly but if you’ve crocheted a few things and have got the hang of all the basic stitches then you should be able to make it.

Alternatively, if anyone wants me to make one for them then let me know! I love making things but I want to make things that will be used rather than just making things for no purpose. If I’m going to be making a few to practice then I’m going to have several similar bags. Alternative colours are an option if grey isn’t your preference.

I made a fresh produce bag

I made this bag to put my fruit and veg in at the shops instead of using the plastic bags they give you. I know it isn’t perfect, and the crochet could be a lot neater but I still class myself as a beginner. I designed the pattern myself, well I kind of made it up as I went a bit but it seemed to work.

I’ve been wanting to make one for a while as I haven’t been using the normal plastic bags for some time but hadn’t found something suitable to replace them with. I know it isn’t completely necessary to have a replacement for them but I thought something might be helpful rather than nothing to help convince other people I go shopping with that I really don’t need a bag. I’ve had several occasions when I’ve been at a shop with other people and they’ve insisted I need a bag and that it’s unhygienic not to use one. Personally, I don’t really understand that. Either you aren’t going to eat the peel anyway so does it really matter if it touches the basket or not, or I’m going to wash it well before eating it. If I’m buying fruit and veg from the unpackaged selections in a supermarket or greengrocer, there’s a good chance several other people have picked it up and touched it before I have and I don’t know exactly what else has touched it before it even got into the shop. So I’m going to make sure I wash it properly before eating it anyway.

It will also be helpful to keep my fruit and veg in one bag rather than getting squashed at the bottom of my shopping bag. I’m hoping that when I’m shopping other people will see that I brought my own bag instead of using the plastic ones and consider doing the same.

I’ve only taken it to the shops once so far and it seemed to work well. I didn’t need much veg as I was only getting a couple of extra bits to put in one meal, so I only got a carrot and a red pepper but the bag worked great. I usually try to go to the self service checkout if I’m getting loose food so cashiers don’t have to sort through my stuff to weigh all my food, I can just do it myself. But when I have gone to a cashier they have never said anything so I don’t think it would be a problem. I would just take food out of this bag before giving it to them.

I will probably make a few more bags like this as they would be useful for many things and not just for food. I was thinking they would make nice gifts, and I could put other things inside them and use them as gift bags.