FO: Two Little Girl's Booga Bags!

#1

Hi’yall! :waving:

Well, I finished the two little girl’s Booga Bags for Fiona and Laila.
They are ages 8 and 5…and I think, after felting, the Booga Bag turns out to be a nice size for little girls.

I made the XL Booga Bag for their mother, and posted photos of it the other day.

I had purchased only 2 skeins of NORO Kureyon, with the intentions of making the mini-booga bag. But, after casting on 24 stitches…it looked soooo small even before felting. So I made the “Normal” size, casting on about 36 st…and just knit in the round til I ran out of Kureyon. I had to purchase one skein of worsted weight wool for the I-cord straps for these bags…but, I like the contrasting color for the straps. The shade of purple is in both Kureyon colorways. I ended the I-cord at 5’ for the little girl bags, instead of the recommended 6’.

I heard that both of the girls favor “pink”…so their mother and I discussed that I give BOTH BAGS to BOTH OF THEM…to interchange and share from day-to-day. “You get to take it (the pink bag) to church this Sunday, and I get to carry it to church next Sunday”…or some dialog like that! :happydance: Good thing: the oldest child is the most even tempered and diplomatic. The youngest daughter is a bit of a hot head! :teehee:

I am thinking about adding some beads-n-bobbles embellishments to the blue bag…to make it more alluring! The pink one can stay just like it is!

The frontal visual measurements of the pink bag are 7.5" x 8".

The frontal visual measurements of the blue bag are 8" x 8".
This is SIDE B.

I added the beads’n’bobbles to add to its appeal! The girls are going to fight over the pink bag, so these beads will help the blue bag out!

THIS IS SIDE A

#2

Looks great!!! Any girl would be thrilled to have one of those! :heart:

#3

As usual your work is wonderful. Those are adorable for little girls! I bet they just love them.

#4

:inlove: love the colors!! Great job:thumbsup:

#5

I love them-great colors for little girls, they’re going to be THRILLED!

#6

Very pretty, ArtLady! Boy, the gals in your family certainly have one-of-a-kind things, don’t they! They’ll be the envy of their Sunday School classmates!

Nice job!

#7

I love the colors you chose! They look beautiful!

#8

I think they are both pretty!

#9

Both are lovely colors! I hope that the blue one doesn’t feel unloved. :slight_smile:

#10

Both are just gorgeous!! You can’t go wrong with those colors!! Great job! Would love to see what you do to embellish the purple one though. I can’t imagine it looking any better …

#11

Remember me sayin’ that the girls will be fighting over the pink bag?
So anyhoo, today I added some beads ‘n’ bobbles to the blue bag, to give it a little help!

So this is SIDE B…whereas SIDE A is just the straps’ knot.

#12

Very nice touch! :thumbsup:

#13

Adorable! I love that added touch!

#14

Just marvelous. I found the booga size to be extremely small after felting for an adult so I increased it significantly too.

The colors are wonderful as are the beads. I love doing the embellishments as I think it adds just the extra something.

#15

I did exactly the same thing for my 10 year old niece for Christmas…just made the regular size bag until I ran out of yarn.

She keeps telling me how much she loves it…and I couldn’t be there at Christmas, but apparently, she stopped opening her other gifts after receiving it and was only interested in modeling with it in front of the mirror.:aww: Apparently, it was an EXCELLENT gift choice for this age.

Great job! I bet your gd s will love them as much as my niece! They have a great grandma.

#16

Oh my…those are simply divine! I know an 8 year old Fiona that would go gaga over the blue one! Go figure!

#17

I love your added embellishment on one and putting the knot on the outside as an embellishment on the other was cute!

#18

These bags are just beautiful as well as the XL bag for Laurelee. I love the beads and bobbles. Did you use double strands of yarn or just single? The bags look very sturdy. Again, your work just blows me away!! :passedout: My DH comes home from work now and says “Ok, show me what Artlady has made today.”:teehee:

#19

I love them both :inlove:

#20

Very nice ArtLady!! My favorite is the blue one and the beads are really cool on it. I hope they don’t fight over them. Maybe one will favor the blue one for one reason or another. You can always hope.