Helping our users. ​Big Crochet Tote.

You’ll need:

5 skeins of KATIA BIG RIBBON yarn (each skein = 200 g, 72 m, 50% cotton, 50% polyester): 3 skeins of olive # 33, 1 skein of green #21 & beige #9;

Crochet hook 8 mm;

Tapestry needle.

Size (without handles): 16,5” high, 17,7” wide.

Weigh: approx. 820g.

Stitches control: 7,5 sts x 8 rows = 4” x 4”.

Notes

Each rnd will start with a ch 1 that does not count as a st.

Each rnd will end with a sl st to the 1st st in the same rnd.

X sc = 1 sc to each of next X sts, for example – 8 sc = 1 sc to each of next 8 sts.

Inc = 2 sc to the next st.

When crocheting in rnds, the RS of your work will be the one where the sc sts look like a “V” shape.

Instructions

Bag Base

Using color #33 create a magic ring.

1^st rnd: 8 sc into the mr, sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd. Pull the mr tail in order to minimize its hole (8 sts);

2^nd rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, inc * 7, 1 sc, sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (16 sts);

3^rd rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, [1 sc, inc] * 7, 2 sc (the last sc will be crocheted under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (24 sts);

4^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 3 sc, [inc, 2 sc] * 7 (the last sc will be crocheted under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (32 sts);

5^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 1 sc, [inc, 3 sc] * 7, 3 sc (the last sc will be crocheted under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (40 sts);

6^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, [4 sc, inc] * 7, 5 sc (the last sc will be crocheted under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (48 sts);

7^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 2 sc, [inc, 5 sc] * 7, 4 sc (the last sc will be crocheted under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (56 sts);

8^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, [6 sc, inc] * 7, 7 sc (the last sc will be crocheted under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (64 sts).

Bag Side

From now on we will not crochet under the sl st at each rnd end, as we did while crocheting the bag base, so the sl st will be seen at each rnd as a horizontal small line.

9^th-11^th rnds: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 63 sc (don’t crochet under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (64 sts);

12^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 14 sc, inc, [15 sc, inc] * 3 (don’t crochet under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (68 sts);

13^th-25^th rnds: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 67 sc (DO NOT crochet under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (68 ts). We will change colors while crocheting the last sc in the last rnd. Insert the hook to the last st and pull a loop (2 loops on hook), yo with color # 21.

Pull through 2 loops last sc has been created while changing colors.

Don’t crochet under the slst from the previous rnd, slst to the 1stsc in this rnd.

26^th-31^st rnds: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 67 sc, (don’t crochet under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (68 sts). We will change to color # 9 while crocheting the last sc in the last rnd.

32^nd-35^th rnds: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 67 sc (don’t crochet under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (68 sts).

Bag Handles

36^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 10 sc, ch 36 and sk 12 sts, 22 sc, ch 36 and sk 12 sts, 11 sc (don’t crochet under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (44 sc, 2 handles of 36 chs each);

37^th rnd: ch 1, 1 sc to the same st, 10 sc, 1 sc to each of next 36 ch, 22 sc, 1 sc to each of next 36 chs (under 2 threads of yarn), 11 sc (don’t crochet under the sl st from the previous rnd), sl st to the 1st sc in this rnd (116 sc);

38^th rnd: this rnd will be crocheted to bl. 1 sl st to each st around. Cut the yarn, while leaving a 5.9” tail, and pull it from the st. Using a needle, insert the yarn under the 1st sl st in this rnd and back to the bl of the last slst you crocheted in this rnd (117 slst). You can hardly view the last st. Weave in all extra yarn.