Like many others who crochet, I have tackled the “Fat-bottom bag”, from the book Stitch ‘N Bitch Crochet: The Happy Hooker.  And like many others – I love it!

I actually started this as a stash-busting project to use up the leftover Zhivago yarn from Stella’s dress.  Of course, crochet and yarn being what they are, I ran out of the antique rose yarn about three rows short of finishing the body of the bag.  So off I went to Spotlight, where I didn’t find the Zhivago yarn, but I did find this:

Patons Jet on clearance for $2 per ball!  Yay!  The yarn gods were smiling on me after all.  My stash busting had now turned into stash building.  But I digress …

I found a matching ball of yarn in the end (at Big W) and was able to finish off the bag all in the one colour (despite being from a different dyelot).  The bag is lined with a cotton/silk print fabric using a tutorial found here.

The chrysanthemum pattern comes from here.  I used a little of my new Jet stash to make it.

My mother is now considering making one of these too.  It must be cute!