I've used a variety of items for pull tabs on coin purses. The blue one has a plastic ring I found at Goodwill. The red, green, and white one has a "diamond" ring favor from an engagement party. The orange one has the tab from a Coke can.
While visiting my brother and his wife on the coast, we took a walk on the beach. I found these lovely shells. My brother said a predator "drilled" the holes through the shells to eat the creature inside. I'm not sure of the details.
I gathered some, thinking they'd make a lovely wind chime, which I never got around to making.
So, if I wanted to crochet with these shells, I quickly saw that my usual 00 hook was too big to pull a thread through the hole.
A size 13 hook was just right.
Won't it make a cute pull tab for a coin purse?
It turns into quite a process.
Then I see that this small hole will only hold 3 single crochets, not enough for each chain to fasten to the shell. By fastening each chain to one of the 3 sc stitches, it works.
This was purely an experiment, to see if shells could be worked into a project as more than simply decoration. I'd say it was successful.
There are many natural (and not so natural) items which can be successfully worked into your projects. You just have to be looking creatively. Celebrate your uniqueness by using something in an unusual way!
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