I recently won a giveaway on Vickie Howell’s blog–a jelly purse kit from Jelly Yarns.
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I received the crocheted small market bag kit, and quickly got to work on it. It worked up very quickly, and was an easy project. I was very curious to see what working with material like this would be like. The yarn was very stretchy, which made keeping a consistent gauge a bit difficult at first. But I got the hang of things, and the bag came together at lightening speed.
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Squirrel was very happy with the results, and quickly claimed the bag as her own. She loves how stretchy, squishy and bright the bag is.
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Although this was an easy project, I wouldn’t necessarily recommend this yarn to beginners, as it is difficult initially to determine where your stitches are and where your hook should go next. If you have young daughters, there is a multitude of projects available on the Jelly Yarns website that would make fun gifts.
They even have a line of 
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What cool yarn. I wonder if you could crochet your own shoes??? Squirrel looks like she’s ready to go to market…
I don’t think I’ve ever seen jelly yarn. You’ve got me thinking “what could I make with it?”