It was easy and fun to make this bag. The bag is made with cotton/linen yarn, 6 skein of yarn used. Tunisian simple stitch was used for the pattern. If you like, you can add liner inside the bag. The detailed information is below.
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Materials
Yarn- https://amzn.to/3Hlnta9
Crochet hook- https://amzn.to/4aZF9Wl
Tunisian crochet hook- double sided https://amzn.to/47EwxSc
Tunisian crochet hook Interchangeable- https://amzn.to/3U2HBVR
Yarn needle to weave the ends
Scissors
Written instructions:
With 2 strands of yarn, ch 35.
Switch same size hook but longer in length (it’s easier to crochet all 35 chains)
Round 1: Starting from the 2nd ch, insert the hook, yarn over and pull up a loop through the each ch until the end of the row. at the end of the row you will have 35 loops on the hook.
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Return pass- Yarn over and pull through 1 loop first and 2 loops at a time, for the rest of the loops until 1 loop left on the hook.
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Rnd 2-58: Will be worked on 5 sts only. Starting from the 2nd vertical bar, insert the hook, under the vertical bar yarn over and pull through the loop- tss
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Sl st to each vertical bar to close the round. Fasten off.
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Continue making identical long bars like this until you have total of 7 long bars.
(Each row will have 5 tss)
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Connecting the ends of the long bars
1 sc to each st ( 5sts on each bar)
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Ch 5. Rows 1-4 : 1 tss to each st, follow by return pass.
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Row 5: Continue with 1 tss to each st connecting to the top of long bar as seen below.
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Rows 6-9: 1 tss to each st, follow by return pass.
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Row 10: Connect to the next bar from under.
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Rows 11-14: 1 tss to each st, follow by return pass.
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Connect to the next bar from the top.
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Continue making 4 rows and connect alternating from under and top of the long bars.
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Connect the ends with sl st.
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Continue adding bars like this sideway alternating over and under of previous row creating squares
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Row 1: Working on the top, handle part, Using 5 mm crochet hook, add the yarn and 1 sc to each st around. 70 sts total.
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Making the handle, leave 15 sts in the middle.
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Row 2: 1 sc to each st until the stitch marker, Ch 25, skip 15 sts, 1 sc to next st
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1 sc to each st until the marker, ch 25 skip 15 sts, 1 sc to next st and until the end of the row.
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Row 3: 1 sc to each st and to each ch of the handle.
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Row 3: 1 sl st to each st. Fasten off. Weave the ends.
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