FINALLY done with my latest project! My garment bags tear and drive me crazy because I have to replace them, and they're cheap but they're plastic. Flimsy mesh plastic at that. I don't even save the zippers from them because I don't think it's worth it. So I spent the past 4 days, several hours a day, making this cotton bag to last forever and replace them all. Cotton crochet bags are fantastic for fruit + veg at the grocery store, for taking to the beach or to festivals, for garment cleaning, all kinds of great things! If it ever tears or breaks in one section, whatever. I'll get a foot of cotton yarn, knot off the unravelling part, and just... crochet the hole back to normal. If it gets stained? Whatever. Dye discharges, stain treatment, or in a last resort, just re-dye the whole bag. It's cotton. Super-easy! In 15 years when it gets threadbare from use, oh noes!!1 Cut it up for birds to use the strands in their nests, or compost the whole thing! Because it's just plain cotton! 😮 Acrylics are plastic. I've never liked the feel, and they are harder to keep for long because plastic is temperature-sensitive. This took me a skein and a half of cotton yarn. It'll expand a little once it's washed a few times. No pattern. I just picked some stitches and ran with it. 4-strand braid for the drawstring because I'm all fancy and masochistic like that. What do you think? I won't be making them for the shop. It takes way too many labour hours for one bag like this. Seriously, like 6-8 hours per day, so... ~$480 before material cost. Don't ever devalue crocheted work! PerthroSupplies.etsy.com 💜 LINK IN BIO! #crochet #handmade #reusablebag #handmadebag #crochetbag #crafty #ecofriendly #ecofriendlyliving #wastefree #cottonyarn #cottonbag #reducewaste #reducereuserecycle #reduceplasticwaste #reduceplastic #witchesofetsy #witchlife #animalfriendly #wiccansofig #wiccansofetsy #pagansofig #pagansofetsy #paganshop #witch #witchcraft #witchy #shopsmall #shoplocal https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0MK5qAEmJ/?igshid=brx4p44cx8pv