​Blue Marine Bag

You’ll need:

100g of blue 100% cotton yarn;

100g of the same yarn, but in turquoise color;

Crochet hook 3;

5 big buttons.

Instructions

Make 60 chain sts and work around chain:

1^st row: single crochets, increase 5 single crochets from each side;

2^nd-7^th rows: double crochets.

After that, make 19^th-22^nd rows with double crochets with blue yarn. Then, for handles, make 50 single crochets from one side, turn, make 10 rows of single crochets, decrease the first and last 2 sts in every row until there are 10 sts left. Crochet straight for 20 cm. Make the same handles from the opposite side. Fasten the edges of handle with “shrimp stitch”. Make “wavy” fringe along the turquoise part of bag, for this, join blue yarn at the base of bag, make 5 chain sts, join them with the help of single crochets to the base of bag in the places, marked on the scheme. Make 9 rows of this trim. For fastener, fasten 5 big buttons with single crochets and join to the back side of your bag.