The Mili Bag crochet pattern is here!!! It is now available for 20% off on both my Etsy and Ravelry stores. This special introductory price will be available until Monday July 17th midnight Jerusalem time. No code needed. My new pattern comes with 5 video tutorials which I hope you’ll find helpful.

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Hello Y’all, hope you are all doing well. Today I’m here to share some details about the new crochet pattern that I released yesterday. I have to start by saying thank you for all your lovely comments on the pictures I shared over social media and on the YouTube episode I uploaded yesterday. I appreciate each and every one of your comments.

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It was back on August 15th where I first shared this picture as my contribution for Granny Square day, an annual festival that takes place on IG and FB. If you search for  #grannysquareday22 on IG you’ll enjoy a huge library of so many beautiful granny squares.

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I made this granny square along with a few more, not long before the Granny Square day and I completely fell in love with the combination of Wool and Rafia. I really wanted it to become a new Crochetobjet pattern. But life happens and it found a nice home on the cabinet under the big window in my studio. Then it became part of the studio styling but every time I looked at it, I felt inspired to incorporate this square into a bag.

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It was only at the end of May that I got back to it. One of the knitters on the Monday’s club came with this crochet rafia bag she bought in Paris simply because she wanted me to see it and she knew why. I was very inspired by the crochet stitches in this bag and felt my hands getting itchy. I know this feeling. It’s the feeling of starting a new creative adventure.

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Do you remember this rafia that I was gifted with last summer, by one of the ladies in the Monday club? She bought it in Italy. It’s the same Rafia I used for my Como bag. I only had 5 left of this natural color. It was exactly the quantity I used for the Como bag.I started from making a few of these wool-y rafia squares and then when I joined them into a tube I could clearly see what I wanted it to look like. I could clearly envision the shape and size and silhouette of the bag it will become, but at this point I had no idea what kind of handles I would make for it.

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Crocheting my new WIP while writing down the pattern / taking pictures / recording video tutorials, made my life so much easier (note to myself). Even though I had to undo and rewrite or record a new take within the design process.

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So, within the making journey I created a few videos to go along with the pattern. These video tutorials are included in the pattern. I made them in order to support you in the making and make you feel like you learn with me in person, ensuring that you understand each step along the making. You can follow along at your own pace and refer back to the videos whenever needed.

• Crochet Front Post Slip Stitch – Made on the last round of the Granny squares.
• Front Slip Stich joining – This is how you’l join the squares and close them to create a tube.
• Single Crochet around the Tube of Squares – The last round of the first section.
• Join the tube of squares to the base of the bag – Here you will have most of the bag done.
• Attaching the handle – you will thank me for this one.