Pictures: Ribbed Lace Bolero & Lacy Diamond Purse

Ok folks, still trying to figure things out here. Today's lessons included "how to add a link" and "how to add photos". I'm still figuring out how to add the pictures exactly where I want them to be. :)

This is my friend wearing her Ribbed Lace Bolero
I did make it too big for her. That's cause I didn't follow the directions and made it 3" longer than I should have. Some of the pictures I saw of this project on Ravelry seemed like it was too small (to my taste) and I didn't want that, so I made it a little bigger. Mistake. This cotton/rayon yarn Berroco Touche made a lovely loose fabric and I need not have worried. Oh well. She looked beautiful and I felt kinda like I was sending a kid off to the prom or something.


This is the Lacy Diamond Purse

Jill, the designer says that this is a TEST pattern, but it works great. I'd definitely make this again and recommend it to anyone. It was fun, easy and worked up quickly - PLUS it's adorable!

I got to practice several new things here: I-chords, crochet button (that one I blew but Nicole came to the rescue) ; 3 needle bind off, and lining a bag. Believe it or not, this is the first bag I've taken the time to actually do all the finishing work for. I was really excited to find a lining fabric that was a perfect color-match. It made the project all the more sweet.