Polka dot crochet bag - free pattern

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Materials:

Sport weight/category 2 yarn in pink approximately 315 meters and black 150 meters

3.25 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

A pair of bag handles

Size.

The square measures about 11 cm x 11 cm'

The bag has a width of 33 cm (13 inches) and height of 38 cm (15 inches) not including the handles

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

[ ] - Repeat instructions within brackets as a set as many times as directed

** - Repeat instructions between asterisks as many times as directed

st/sts - stitch/stitches

ch - chain

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

hdc - half double crochet

tr - treble

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Instruction

Square (make 18)

Round 1: Using black, make a magic ring, ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), 11 dc into ring. Join with a sl st to the top of ch 3. (12 sts)

Round 2: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), 2 dc in each st around. Join with a sl st to 1^st dc. (24 dc)

Round 3: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), repeat [dc in next st, 2 dc in next st] around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st dc. (36 dc)

Round 4: Join pink, ch 2 (does not count as a st), repeat [dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st] around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st dc. (48 dc)

Round 5: Ch 4 (counts as tr), tr and dc in same st, **dc in next st, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in 4 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next st, [dc, 2 tr in next st], ch 2, [2 tr, dc] in next st** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with dc in 4^th ch.

Round 6: Ch 5 (counts as dc + ch 2), 2 dc in same space, dc in each st (16 sts), [2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc] in corner ch-2 space. Repeat around, dc in 1^st space. Join with a sl st to 3^rd ch and fasten off.

Joining the squares

Sew the squares together by joining the outer loops of 2 squares together with their wrong sides out. Join 3 in a row and make 6 rows.

Fold into half and sew the side seams with the wrong side out. After finishing bring the right side out.

Edging

Row 1: Join pink in the ch-1 space at a corner, ch 3, dc in each st (20 sts), dc in ch-1 corner space, dc in ch-1 corner space of the next square, dc in 20 sts, dc in corner ch-1 space, repeat around and you’ll be working 22 sts in each square, so you’ll have a total of 132 sts. Join with a sl st to the 3^rd ch.

Row 2 to 4: Join black and work dc in each st around. Join and fasten off.

Finishing

Weave in all the loose ends and attach handles.