Color Goodness

I've made some progress on my crochet bag.  I am just itching to finish it and use it. It shouldn't be much longer.

I've also been working with the double ended crochet hook on the runner.  It's a really nice technique if you wanted to make something double sided.

I also had to try to take a better picture of my heart swag.  I always seem to finish projects at night and then get anxious to take a picture and want to post it.  But it is now daytime and had better lighting.

I am hoping to get more done on the bag and I am dying to get working on a new ripple blanket for a single bed.

Crochet Bag Revised

So in my blog followings, I came across a stitch tutorial on a different way to do the (DC) Double Crochet stitch.   And since that is the stitch I am using on this bag, I thought I'd try it.  All I can say is wow.  Why didn't I pay attention to this post on this stitch before I started the bag.  It seems to be almost made for a project like this, bag or anything else needing some durability.  I found the tutorial here on the (Ldc) Linked Double Crochet on Crochet Spot's Blog. Give it a try.  It's so easy.  I took a few pictures of my bag trying to show the differences in the stitches.

To the right of the hook and below stitches navy and down are the regular double crochet stitches. They tend to show some space in between the stitches.  To left of hook top row, is the LDC linked double crochet.

      My navy blue yarn is a bit thinner than the others for some reason even though it's supposed to be the same worsted weight yarn.
      So I am going to continue the bag in this stitch for the durability factor.

  Thank you Rachel from Crochet Spot for sharing this stitch and the many other great tutorials you share.