Reclaimed silk and wool yarn purse

I made this small purse (9 x9 inches) for my 14-year-old. I am in love with this reclaimed silk and wool yarn from http://www.darngoodyarn.com/ which I bought at my new favourite store http://sochickadelic.com/ Both Darn Good Yarn and Chickadelic Salvage and Design can also be found on facebook. I also picked up some Darn Good Yarn sari silk ribbon yarn that I am currently playing with,

Groovy Backpack

My 16-year-old daughter was bugging me for ages to crochet a backpack for her. I used this pattern as a basis and modified it a little http://blog.susannawinter.net/backpack. Very happy with the results and she loves it.