Crochet Shopping Bag
You’ll need:
200g of orange Novita Kotivaki Huvila yarn (100% cotton; 332m/100g);
Or
200g of the same yarn, but in jeans color;
Crochet hook 2,5.
Size: 35 x 45 cm.
Stitches control: 5 pattern repeats (30 sts) = 10,5 cm.
Instructions
Main Detail
Make 2.
Make 108 chain sts and work with main pattern in the following way: 1st row: make 1 single crochet in the 9th st from the crochet hook, make 3 chain sts, skip 2 sts of the set-up row, 1 double crochet in the next st, * 3 chain sts, skip 2 sts of the set-up chain, 1 single crochet in the next st, 3 chain sts, skip 2 sts of the set-up chain, 1 double crochet in the next st*; repeat from * to * x 15 times. Continue work due to the scheme, repeat 2nd-3rd rows. At 41 cm height after the 2nd row of the scheme, make 7th-9th row of the scheme. Finish your work, cut the yarn and fasten off. Make the second detail in the same way.
Handles
Make 140 chain sts. 1st row: 1 single crochet in the 2nd st from the crochet hook, 1 single crochet in every st of the set-up chain.
2nd row: 1 chain st increase, 1 single crochet in every crochet of the previous row.
Repeat the 2nd row to 3 cm length of handle. Cut and fasten the yarn. Make the second handle in the same way.
Assembly
Make lower and side seams. Sew handles to upper edge of back at 10 cm distance from side seams. For straps, make a cord of 150 cm long and insert it through the upper edge of back.