Finally now that Christmas is behind us I can show off some of the presents I made. Above is one that I am particularly happy with. It is a little drawstring bag made using Vanna’s Glamour yarn in platinum. I made it for my sister, and then put a small calendar and necklace inside of it, so the bag worked as the wrapping of the gift. The pattern I used is from Lion Brand and is called the Shimmer Bag.

I loved working with this yarn, and the bag is very fast to make since most of the stitching is single crochet in the round. So I made a second Shimmer Bag for a friend, and this time I used the same brand of yarn but in ruby. I also made the strap longer. I thought it would be a little more functional if you could put it on your shoulder or at least hang it from your wrist, so I made the strap twice as long, and then I knotted the ends together.