ENTRIES FOR THE GIVEAWAY ARE NOW CLOSED. Thanks to everyone who participated. I enjoyed reading all your responses. A winner will be selected at random and announced tomorrow. Good luck everyone!
I designed a bag that didn’t make it into a recent publication and so I’ve decided to give it away. That’s right. It could be yours and in which case, you could do with it whatever you like. Perhaps down the road I will redesign the way I intended it to be (had I not run out of yarn) but for now, my loss is your gain.
Pardon the quick iPhone shots.
Give it to a friend.
Pass it off as a gift to a family member (be sure to make it clear you made it and worked hours and hours and hours on it just for bonus points cuz that’s what I’d do).
Donate it to a local charity.
Auction it off.
Or hey, here’s a novel idea: keep it for yourself. It would make a decent handbag. And plus, isn’t it nice to treat yourself every once in awhile? We don’t do that enough, now do we?
It’s lined with lovely Amy Butler fabric! And yes, hand-stitched because I don’t know how to use a sewing machine. I need a clue-by-four in that department.
GIVEAWAY DETAILS
Rules: To enter to win this one-of-a-kind crocheted handbag, leave a comment on this post by midnight, EST. on Friday, July 20th, 2012 telling me what you’d do with this handbag. One winner will be chosen on Saturday, July 21st, 2012 via random.org. This means someone will be chosen RANDOMLY. No worries about what you say. Be honest. I’m just curious what you’d do with it. 
Extra ways to enter to win: Tweet about this giveaway on (include @NexStitch in your tweet so I see it!). This will count as a separate entry giving you more of a chance to win because free stuff is cool, right?
P.S. Comment moderation is on (as always).
Edited to add: One entry per person. Comment moderation is on which means that the comment won’t appear instantly after you click “submit comment.” Double entries will be deleted. No cheating, folks. 
Beautiful bag! Since purple is my favorite color and also my future DIL’s favorite, I’d have to flip a coin to see which one of us gets to use it!
This is absolutely adorable! I would love to take to crochet club and show it off to my friends. Then I would love to take it to my work at the retirement home and use it as an example to the ladies there. We are working on learning to look at things and make up our own patterns as we go rather than follow a traditional pattern. The ideas they have come up with are a joy to watch come together and this would be the perfect inspiration for them! It is absolutely beautiful!
Purple bag? It’s mine! *grabby hands*
Oo! I would love this! My current purse is getting holes in the lining and I could really use a new one. Convincing my husband I need a new one is another matter.
Lovely bag! Well done! I love the lining!