Ever since I saw Hoooked Zpagetti in the stores here, I had to try it. Zpagetti is thread made from textile waste, think t-shirt fabric strips. On the website a lot of free patterns for bags can be found, but it is really easy to improvise. After a new shipment of Hoooked came into my LYS, I picked two colors and got to work.
I used a size 15 crochet hook. The main body of the bag is all single crochet, with a different color (of different thickness because it is not printed) for the flap. The sides are one piece with the sling. On the sides it is all single crochet, with one row of triple, double, half double and single crochet to create some bulk. The sling was way too long. I can’t estimate how long a row of loops will turn out to be, and the fabric is pretty stretchy. So I doubled up on top and created a sort of shoulder pad.
I picked out some special wooden buttons and used a braid and some left over Zpagetti to create the closure. Inside I threaded one piece of fabric through some loops to create loops to hold my crochet needles.
I am really happy with this bag, which I will use as a project bag when we go visit the parents in the weekends. The fabric works really well, though you have to keep in mind the difference in thickness between different patterns/colors. With a big needle and some left over fabric it is easy to create loops and stitch everything together.