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Materials:

Medium worsted weight yarn/category 4 yarn approximately 180 meters

4.5 mm crochet hook

24 mm bead

stitch markers

yarn needle

Size:

The bag measures about 9.75 inches high not including the handles and 9.5 inches wide

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

** - Repeat instructions within asterisks as many times as instructed

[ ] - Repeat instructions within parenthesis as a set as many times as instructed

ch/chs - chain/chains

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

sc2tog - single crochet sts worked together in 2 consecutive sts (sc decrease)

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Instruction

Base

Row 1: Ch 30, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, sc in rest of the chs across. Turn. (29 sc)

Row 2 to 6: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (29 sc)

Body

Round 1: Sc in each st across finishing with 2 sc at the corner (30 sc), work 5 sc along the side 2 finishing with 2 sc at the other corner (7 sc), sc in each st across the other side finishing with 2 sc at the corner (29 sc), work 5 sc along the last side, work 1 sc at the last st which is where you worked the 1^st st (6 sc). (Totally 72 sts)

Round 2 (work into back loops only: Sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. (72 sts)

Round 3: Ch 1, insert hook in the 1st st and pull up a loop, insert hook in the next st and pull up a loop, you'll have 3 loops on the hook, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops of hook (sc2tog) ch 2, **[insert hook in the next st and pull up loop] 2 times, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops, ch 2** Repeat from ** to ** around,

Do not work the last ch 2, instead work sc in the 1st st.

Round 4: Ch 1, insert hook in the 1st space formed by working sc and pull up a loop, insert the hook in the space after the 1st sc2tog and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through all the 3 loops, ch 2, **insert hook in the same space as the previous st and pull up a loop, insert hook in the next ch-2 space and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops, ch 2** Repeat from ** to ** around. Instead of last ch 2, work sc in the 1^st sc2tog to join.

Repeat the round 17 more times. You'll have a height of 8.5 inches from the bottom.

Edging:

Round 1: Ch 1, sc in 1st space, 2 sc in each ch-2 space around, sc in the 1st space. Join with a sl st to the 1st sc.

Handles:

Skip 4 sc2tog sts from each end of the bag and place markers in the next sc, both back and front side of the bag.

Round 2: Ch 1, sc in each st up to the marker including the marked st, ch 75, sc in next marked st, sc in each st up to the next marked st on the other side, ch 75, sc in the next marked st and in rest of the sts. Join with a sl st to the 1st sc.

Round 3: Ch 1, sc in each st and each ch around. Join and cut off yarn.

Flap

Row 1: Ch 16, sc in 9th ch from hook and cut off yarn. I used a 24 mm bead but if you are using a button or bead of any other size adjust the size of the loop accordingly. Check with your bead/button to see if the loop can accommodate it without being too tight or too loose.

Row 2: Join yarn at the 1st ch and work sc in 8 ch up to the loop, 17 sc in the loop (more or less depending on the size of the loop if you had made changes to it), sc in rest of the 8 ch on the other side. Turn.