Zippy Bag

From Lucy’s website: In this tutorial I'll be showing you how to crochet these cute little zippy bags. They are a brilliant stash-busting project and work up really quickly, making them very satisfying and dare I say it, rather addictive. I used small oddments of DK weight yarn in a cheerful mix of bright shades, but they would also look great using fewer colours and a more curated colour palette. **Materials** Yarn - small quantities of DK weight yarn. I love Ricorumi DK for these sorts of projects (pictured above) as it comes in small 25g balls meaning you can gather together a good colour palette. Buyou can also use any scraps of DK weight yarn left over from other projects. The zippy bag that I made using Stylecraft Special DK only used 1g of yarn per stripe (so less than 30g yarn in total). Canvas Zipper Bags - these measure 21 x 12 cm and serve as both zipper and lining. I bought mine from Amazon where you'll find a lot of very similar listings and various pack sizes for this product. If you are ordering from Amazon, please just double-check the delivery date because this varies a lot between listings. Here is a link I've used on Amazon UK {{ https://amzn.to/45eG6Xg }}, or search for "canvas zipper bag" to choose the pack size and zip colours that you prefer. Hook size - I used a 4mm for the first round, but then found that my tension was quite tight so I switched up to a 4.5mm to work the rest of the stripes. Please use whichever hook size you find works with your own personal crochet tension with DK weight yarn. For example, if you crochet loosely, you might want to drop to a 3.5mm. Sewing Needle - You will need a CHENILLE NEEDLE for this project. This is a needle that has an eye large enough to thread a DK weight yarn and a very sharp point that will easily pass through fabric. NOTE - a tapestry needle or darning needle will most likely be too blunt, so please do take the time to get the right needle otherwise you'll have a fight on your hands!