Ripple stitch crochet bag - free pattern

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Materials Needed:

• Medium worsted weight yarn in main colour (mustard) approximately 60 meters and a complementing colour (brown) about 36 meters
• H/5 mm crochet hook
• Yarn needle

Size:

About 13 inches wide at the bottom and 10.5 inches high excluding the handles

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

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

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

st/sts - stitch/stitches

ch - chain

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet 

dc - double crochet

Instruction

Round 1: Ch 40, dc in 5^th ch from hook, dc in next 34 ch, 5 dc in the last ch, dc in the next 34 ch on the other side, 3 dc in the next ch. Join with a sl st to the 3^rd ch at the beginning of the round. (78 sts)

Round 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 34 sts, 2 dc in next 2 sts, dc in next st, 2 dc in next 2 sts, dc in next 34 sts, 2 dc in next 2 sts, dc in the next st. Join with a sl st to the top of ch 3 (86 sts)

Round 3: Ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next 40 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, dc in next 40 sts, 2 dc in next st, dc in next st. Join with a sl st to the top of ch 3 (90 sts)

Rounds 4 and 5: Ch 3, dc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the top of ch 3 (90 sts)

Round 6: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in next 2 sts, dc in next st, repeat [skip next st, dc in next st] 4 times, **2 dc in next 6 sts, dc in next st, repeat [skip next st, dc in next st] 4 times** Repeat from ** to ** around, 2 dc in next 3 sts. Join with a sl st to the top of ch 3.

Round 7: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in next 2 sts, repeat [skip next st, dc in next st] 5 times, skip next st, **2 dc in next 6 sts, repeat [skip next st, dc in next st] 5 times, skip next st** Repeat from ** to ** around, 2 dc in next 3 sts. Join with a sl st to the top of ch 3.

Repeat round 7 nine more times. using the complementing colour in every 3rd round of the ripple pattern. 

Edging:

Ch 1, sc in 3 sts, ch 3, sl st in the 3rd ch from hook (picot), repeat [sc in next 3 sts, picot] around. Join with a sl st to the 1st sc. Fasten off.

Handles (make 2):

Ch 5

Row 1: Insert hook in the 2nd ch from the hook and pull up a loop, repeat for rest of the chains. (You'll have 5 loops on the hook)

Row 2: Yarn over and pull through 1st loop on the hook, yarn over and pull through 2 loops until the end. Finally you'll be left with 1 loop on the hook.

Row 3: Insert hook under the 2nd front vertical loop and pull up a loop, repeat for the next 3 verticacl bars. You'll have 5 loops on the hook.

Repeat rows 2 and 3 until the handle is about 15 inches long.  

Binding off: Insert hook under the the 2nd front vertical loop and pull up a loop, pull the loop through the loop on the hook working a sl st. Repeat across the row. 

Finishing:

Leaving out an inch or inch and half from the ends, join the edges together vertically using single crochet stitches. Sew the handles to the top of the bag. Weave in all the loose ends of yarn.