Fair Isle Purses Crochet

I like to make things as gifts.  A few years ago, we had a family reunion.  Since I have many 

female relatives, I thought why not give them handmade purses.  I did not want to give them the same design, so I came out with different patterns.  Turned out they loved them.

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