It's one of 'those' projects - a combination of giving it a try, making it up, handy for hot weather, a spare moment, while chatting to visitors - you know the sort.
It can nearly be done without looking, except for the fact that the twine's hard on the hands and splits every third stitch - but that doesn't matter because it's cheap, natural, great texture and soft but structured overall.
It's round and round and how wide should I make the handles? It's handbag size but could be a purse, does it need a fastening? it definitely doesn't need a lining, how about a pocket?
It's almost an amigurumi bag in the making, nicely neutral like all those Ikea baskets and hanging pods that get Pinned, and then there's the questions of should I try a cross stitch on the perfectly suitable base? maybe a rose or an initial or just a running stitch of randomness....or maybe it could spring with round flowers - crocheted and sewn - so that it's the background, not the feature, a solid garden bed to rainbow blooms.....
And it gets mulled over and nearly put away, but I know I want to make some more of these, because, like every just because project, it's the perfect food for thought, the inspiration, and even though slightly crumpled and tossed into the WIP collection of uncertain fate, it tempts me with every slightly clipped stitch - a blank canvas made of kitchen twine.
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