Laughing Purple Goldfish Designs has a wonderfully detailed tutorial on how to make the purse pictured above. First, she shows how to crochet the purse and attach the handles, and then in an additional tutorial she shows how to make and attach a lining for the same purse.

Don’t get put off by the length of the tutorials when you go over there. I looked through them pretty closely, and basically, she is just showing you a lot of detail, which is great to see. The actual process doesn’t look that involved, especially considering what you end up making. I think the only issue I would have is the fact that you have to use 3 different skeins of yarn, holding them together as you stitch. For me at least, that would be a little difficult, especially since I’m usually working with either my cats or dogs around who are fascinated by yarn. The dogs think a skein looks like a great chew toy. The cats just have a hard time resisting the temptation to grab at it while I’m working.