I knew I wanted a textured stitch to play against the heathered colors of the yarn, and the swatch just told me it wanted to be a bag. I pondered quite a bit about the strap – it’s something I would normally have crocheted but I know some knitters don’t love projects that require crochet, and to be honest I didn’t relish the idea of a yard of Icord. I know some knitters love to do it, and I love how it looks, but I am not a fan of actually making it.

Lo and behold I had a spool of Realeather Craft Lace in the perfect color just hanging out in my stash, so I did a quick finger chain (if I call it that can you pretend you don’t have to crochet if that would bother you?) and the whole thing just fell together.

If I wanted to put something heavy like my phone in there I think I would put in a fabric lining but for just a few essentials it’s fine without.