Does anyone know where to get nice (affordable) handles for a tote bag (finished size 11x14 inches)? All I can find in stores are tiny little evening-bag-sized handles. The icords in the pattern are supposed to end up 22-25 inches long.
The pattern for this tote bag uses handles of i-cord. Problems:
(A) I'm a relatively new knitter, and I've heard i-cord is less than fun.
(B) I'd like to have this bag done in time to take it on a trip this coming Friday!
(C) Somewhere in my moving, I've LOST a ball of yarn! Therefore, I have a lighter celery-shade of green, which I'm using for the part of the bag with the novelty yarn...but I'm not sure if I'd have enough of the dark green for i-cord handles. I don't think the lighter color would work for handles--I think it would look awkward and forced.
Does it take more yarn to knit icord than to do regular knitting? Could I regular-knit handles? Could I crochet them?
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Ach, I have no idea. Craft stores? Hancock Fabrics? Michaels? Are you committed to the idea of soft handles, or could you add plastic/wood handles to the bag? Depending on whether or not the bag is tapered at the top (with a wider bottom), it could look cool with big hoop handles . . .
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