Colourful Wayuu Bags to Crochet: A guide to making tapestry crochet bags
Follow the Colombian and Venezuelan Wayuu people's stunning geometric patterns and shapes to make ten stunning bags!

Colourful, functional and fun - these striking crocheted Wayuu mochila bags have the best combination of features! Using the technique of tapestry crochet, there are ten stunning bags to make, all in excitingly bold colourways and designs, with the characteristic woven shoulder straps and drawstring cords. Some of the bags are also embellished with pompoms and tassels. Using the traditional geometric patterns and shapes of the Colombian and Venezuelan Wayuu people, each bag is unique and you can make them in your own choice of colours.

There is a comprehensive techniques section at the beginning of the book to help you get to grips with tapestry crochet, and a section at the end showing you how to make the beautifully woven straps and also the drawstrings, using the Kumihimo technique. The woven straps could also easily be made on their own as trendy belts for trousers and skirts.

Using very simple stitches, with easy-to-follow patterns and widely available 100% cotton yarns, these bags are too beautiful to resist - so pick up your yarn and hook and get started!
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Colourful Wayuu Bags to Crochet: A guide to making tapestry crochet bags
Follow the Colombian and Venezuelan Wayuu people's stunning geometric patterns and shapes to make ten stunning bags!

Colourful, functional and fun - these striking crocheted Wayuu mochila bags have the best combination of features! Using the technique of tapestry crochet, there are ten stunning bags to make, all in excitingly bold colourways and designs, with the characteristic woven shoulder straps and drawstring cords. Some of the bags are also embellished with pompoms and tassels. Using the traditional geometric patterns and shapes of the Colombian and Venezuelan Wayuu people, each bag is unique and you can make them in your own choice of colours.

There is a comprehensive techniques section at the beginning of the book to help you get to grips with tapestry crochet, and a section at the end showing you how to make the beautifully woven straps and also the drawstrings, using the Kumihimo technique. The woven straps could also easily be made on their own as trendy belts for trousers and skirts.

Using very simple stitches, with easy-to-follow patterns and widely available 100% cotton yarns, these bags are too beautiful to resist - so pick up your yarn and hook and get started!
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Colourful Wayuu Bags to Crochet: A guide to making tapestry crochet bags

Colourful Wayuu Bags to Crochet: A guide to making tapestry crochet bags

by Rianne de Graaf
Colourful Wayuu Bags to Crochet: A guide to making tapestry crochet bags

Colourful Wayuu Bags to Crochet: A guide to making tapestry crochet bags

by Rianne de Graaf

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Overview

Follow the Colombian and Venezuelan Wayuu people's stunning geometric patterns and shapes to make ten stunning bags!

Colourful, functional and fun - these striking crocheted Wayuu mochila bags have the best combination of features! Using the technique of tapestry crochet, there are ten stunning bags to make, all in excitingly bold colourways and designs, with the characteristic woven shoulder straps and drawstring cords. Some of the bags are also embellished with pompoms and tassels. Using the traditional geometric patterns and shapes of the Colombian and Venezuelan Wayuu people, each bag is unique and you can make them in your own choice of colours.

There is a comprehensive techniques section at the beginning of the book to help you get to grips with tapestry crochet, and a section at the end showing you how to make the beautifully woven straps and also the drawstrings, using the Kumihimo technique. The woven straps could also easily be made on their own as trendy belts for trousers and skirts.

Using very simple stitches, with easy-to-follow patterns and widely available 100% cotton yarns, these bags are too beautiful to resist - so pick up your yarn and hook and get started!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781782216742
Publisher: Search Press
Publication date: 04/09/2019
Pages: 96
Product dimensions: 7.70(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Rianne de Graaf discovered the colourful world of crocheted mochila bags in 2013 and has specialized in making these wonderful creations ever since.

In 2014, she began running workshops on making mochila bags. Crochet is not her only passion, however; Rianne also finds it very satisfying to pass on her knowledge to other people, which is why she loves her workshop sessions. One thing led to another and her company, RiannesHaaksels, was officially launched in 2015 in the form of a webshop. It was only a matter of time before she wrote her first book.

You can find her on Facebook and Instagram as RiannesHaaksels and her website can be visited at www.rianneshaaksels.nl

Table of Contents

Foreword 5

Techniques 6

Single crochet (UK double crochet) 6

Back loop 9

Carried yarn 9

Spiral method of crochet 9

Increasing 9

Changing colour 10

Crochet charts 10

Staggering 11

Attaching a new ball of yarn 12

Troubleshooting 13

Crocheting the base 13

Issues with carried yarn 14

Materials used 15

Yarn 15

Crochet hooks 15

Gripfid 16

Weaving needle 16

Kumihimo disk 16

Pompom and tassel makers 16

Crocheting the base 17

Starting off 17

Adding carried yarn 18

The first rounds 18

Test piece 19

Holes for the cord 20

Fastening off the bag 21

Wayuu Mochila patterns

Hourglass Bag 22

Large Flower Bag 27

Azulejo Tiles Bag 31

Diamonds Bag 35

Little Flowers Bag 39

Plain and Glitter Stripes Bag 45

Cross Bag 49

Flamingo Bag 55

Traditional Bag 59

Maze Bag 62

Making the shoulder strap 69

Twisting the cords 69

Starting off 72

Fastening off 73

Patterns 74

Attaching the shoulder strap 89

Making the drawstring 92

Starting off 92

Fastening off 93

Patterns 93

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