The beaded pouch.

This pouch is made entirely out of scrap yarn of various colors and with only two crochet stitches – the single crochet and the double crochet. The pouch is worked in the round as a single piece from the base, then at the middle section, the slip opening is made by crocheting back and forth, gradually make decreases to shape the narrow top. Near the top, work in the round is continued and finally making a long chain to create the handle.

I include a number of photographs here detailing the beadwork on the pouch.

The upper section of the bag.

This photo shows the upper section and handle of the pouch folded over. The point where the body of the pouch links with the handle is visible as well as the slip opening. The rim of the slip opening is lined with red glass beads.

Here, below, is an even closer look at the beadwork on the pouch’s upper section connecting to the handle.

Detail of beadwork on the bag's top and handle.

For the enclosure, I used a large wooden bead and a loop made of green glass beads, below.

Detail of the pouch's red beaded side opening and wooden bead enclosure.

The pouch’s mid-section was made a bit differently from the rest of the pouch. Here I used softer and thinner yarn and threaded the beads through the yarn and slipped them into the crochet stitches as I worked. The rest of the pouch’s beadwork was made by sewing.

Detail of the pouch's mid-section showing light blue glass beads threaded through the yarn.

The double-crochet stitches in the pouch’s mid-section also had a slight variation. I made three double crochet in a single stitch, skip three stitches (this is where a bead is slipped), then three double crochet in the same stitch, etc.

And finally, here is a detail of the pouch’s lower section and the tassel, below.

Detail of the pouch's lower section beadwork and tassel.

Detail of the pouch’s lower section beadwork and tassel.

In retrospect, I think that I should have made the pouch shorter and should have more strategically considered the location of the softer, thinner yarn – or perhaps, shouldn’t have used it at all. While I originally considered making a pouch that can be carried in the hand or hung from the arm, the shape and construction of the pouch make this rather uncomfortable. So now the pouch works best as one that hangs on the wall or by the door. In fact now I use it as a holder for yarn – it hangs on the back of the chair while I work.