I have a long stalled project that required neckties — and so i have a remarkable stash of neckties available to me without risking the needs of the long stalled project.
I had an idea of crocheting a computer bag using neckties as a significant part of the structure and material. First, i’d need to make a test bag, and this strap is the beginning of the test bag.
It’s 28″ long, single crochet six stiches wide, then a long single crochet stitch edge, then little loops of five chains long slip stitched (roughly) every three stitches. The goal is to use this as the “base chain” for a much more bulky crochet of fabric strips from neck ties on the same carrier yarn. There are 72 loops on each side.
Most of the stitching has been done during landings and take offs, with a little bit while watching DVDs and during Meeting for Business. Yarn: Royale Classic Crochet Thread, size 10, Coats & Clark, Color 0486 (NAvy), 350 yds.
[...] This was the beginning of a test project, a proof of concept for a larger project i was considering. I used crochet thread to create a base strap — the blue stripe down the center. That then became the carrier thread when i began crocheting the short strips of scrap necktie silk (or polyester). To reduce some of the bulkier aspects, i only looped the carrier thread under the previous row, so the neck tie scraps were almost like a chain. [...]