Oversized shopping bag

Made this one over Easter this year and forgot about it... I used 2 purple dk yarns and a 3.50mm hook. I remember it took a while to make. It is based on this pattern though I made it much bigger. I used 10x9 motifs. I used an old pillowcase as the lining and even added a pocket - my sewing machine skills are very basic, even though my first job in 1987 was in a sewing machine factory - though I was on a overlocker sewing straight lines!

This is the smaller one I made last year with cotton and silver lurex.