When I was in High School I went on a missions trip to Honduras. While there I purchased a woven backpack that I used and loved for years. Over time it ended up getting packed away with other sentimental items. When I recently had a need for a small, lightweight, and flexible carrying sack my mind immediately thought of my well loved Honduras pack. When I dug it up I was dismayed to find out that some hungry moth larvae had GONE TO TOWN. While I do have plans of stitching up the original backpack, I thought, why not make myself a new one in the meantime?!
I used this opportunity to improve on the original Honduras backpack design. I did not like having to tie and untie a drawstring to open the backpack so my husband and I came up with a unique drawstring design with the straps that automatically closes when you put the backpack on your back! Soooo handy! I customized the straps to be a little shorter too so the bag didn't sag down too far on my back.
I was able to use some wonderful Noro yarn that I had in my stash. To help stretch it out a bit (I only had 2 skeins of the yarn and I don't know if they still offer it for sale), I used a neutral color fisherman's wool yarn that I had in my stash too. I love the way the neutral color makes the multi-color Noro yarn pop even more!
When I posted this original photo I had several people comment on my lovely basket (since I didn't say I was making a backpack). I LOVE the idea of making a basket like this! I might just have to make a little matching set! :)
