However, I never liked my open-pocket lining (lower left side of the collage-photo). I’m happy with the beads and oblong toggle button, both of which I sculpted out of polymer clay. I’ve always liked the look and colors of this tote. I think it looks pretty good for my no-pattern first attempt at a loom knit project. Doesn’t matter what it’s called, it was a fun stitch to do. I’ve heard it called a tile stitch and a cobblestone stitch. The stitch pattern is what I call a ‘basket-weave’. Making this tote bag project helped me better my loom knitting skills. It took a long while, but it was really enjoyable and worth the effort. I single-crochet-chained every inch of yarn I used. This Bright Tote Bag was the first big loom knit project I made. I made a new liner for a tote bag that I made back in 2013. I’ve finished another project from my sewing project bag. Wishing you all a pleasant rest of the week. I might keep them or I might change them when/if I find different buttons. I’m using button flowers at the moment to tether it to. I made the icord using 2 pegs on my KB Loom. One side zipper-pocket is big enough for my 8-inch kindle fire and the other side pocket is big enough for a mobile phone and some other small stuff.’ (Yep, I cut and pasted that bit from my other post. ‘It has a zipper-pocket on each side inside. I’m so thankful I’m finally able to set zippers fairly well. I did that because, I wanted to put zipper pockets in it and at that time, zippers were not in my skill level. I rolled them up with the yarn, put it in a bag and stored it in a drawer. I finished the basic body pieces by the end of March 2019, but I didn’t join all of them together. I mentioned it in a post, 3-8-2019 ‘ Random 5 For Friday‘ I originally started this tote-bag way back in 2019 when I first got my ‘KB All-In-One’ loom. This ‘Checkered Tote Bag’ was one the unfinished projects that was in my ‘ Sewing Project Bag’ because it needed a lining.
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