Well I finally sat down with some fabric and tried to fix it. I used some light blue/purple silk I picked up at a craft show years ago for the inside and some cream cotton for the outside and lining of the pocket. It took a bit of puzzling and 'um, if I want the seam there to be inside but that seam to be opposite... ?' but I got there in the end. Even got the pocket in properly and sewn in such that it is big but not going to lose things in the lining.
Sewing on a few small D rings and adding a chain (as I couldn't find something that would work for a strap and internet says that metal chain handles are in anyway) and it's finished. There are a few little things that I can see that I did wrong but since I'm not an expert sewer or designer, I can live with them. I might throw a few hidden stitches in to hold the crochet in place a little better but I suspect that it's one of those things that only I see.
