The Shtick I Do

The past couple of weeks have left me feeling flat and down-right exhausted . I was sick back to back with an abscessed tooth followed by an upper respiratory infection that involved both ears and a sinus infection. Needless to say I'm pooped. And since I feel like I should keep posting every week I've deci ded to reissue this pattern . It's a " backpack " hand sanitizer holder. You can see the original posting here if you'd like. It was first posted b ack in April of 2012 (one of my first patterns) and I've since seen several people on Etsy using this pattern to make and sell them . I think that's great! But instead of buying one for $10 you should make your own! Crochet Hand Sanitizer Holder Pattern Materials: small amount of cotton yarn (I used Lily Sugar'n Cream Lime Stripes) size H crochet hook 2 small buttons sewing needle thread embroidery needle for weaving in the ends 1 fl oz bottle of hand sanitizer Gau...

When I first saw these awesome little hand sanitizer holders I went nuts. Of course I had to have one and it just happened to be close to Christmas so I ended up getting mine for free when I bought 'x' number of hand sanitizers. These things are really convenient; you don't have to dig around in your purse, the kids don't have to come home upset because their sanitizer burst open inside their backpack ruining the hand-print turkey they made you for Thanksgiving. I'm sorry, I digress. Let me get to the point which I've already said: convenience! We love that little noun! Well needless to say after much abuse my holder finally got so stretched and torn I had to toss it in the trash. Such is the case with a lot of    convenient things. So guess what? I decided to make my own. Sure there are others out there making and selling crochet hand sanitizer holders on eBay and Etsy , but they lacked something. All the ones I managed to find were just tube-sock like p...