I hate it when the strap breaks on my purse (which happened on Christmas Eve last year!), or the zipper gets caught, or it starts looking shabby after a few months.
Coach sent me a really good deal, and I was inspired, but not by Coach. Ok! Fine! I admit that I did spend about half an hour looking through the lovely pictures of Coach handbags and thinking about how nice it would be. Then I reminded myself of the fiasco nearly all of my friends have met with concerning their coach bags purchased over the past year. They fall apart.
Have I mentioned that I knit? I hardly ever knit for myself because so many people in my life ask for knitted things as gifts. Last weekend I ran off and purchased 3 balls of Lorna Knits hemp yarn in sapphire and got to work. I am knitting myself a handbag. It's taking me a little longer than I expected. Hemp yarn is hard to knit with because it doesn't give, it is waxy, and it is rather course. However, hemp is an amazing, sturdy, renewable natural resource. I'm looking forward to being finished.
This is my first attempt to replace something brand named with something not. I admit, this is totally cheating. It is cheating because I am not actually searching for a comparable replacement item to purchase out right. I need to take baby steps with this.
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