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Pattern

Freda Bag

By Jo Bodley

Find the complete pattern in Inside Crochet Issue #54

This is a cute and simple bag that creates a natural, mesh-like fabric, perfect for embellishing with a ribbon. 

Materials

* Aran weight cotton yarn, 100g
Yarn A: Navy x 1 ball
Yarn B: Cream x 1 ball (or Orange x 2 balls, for a one-colour bag)

* 5mm hook

* Ribbon, 140cm/55in long

* Yarn needle 

Yarn Alternatives

You can use any DK to aran-weight cotton or cotton mix yarn to achieve a similar effect. Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton would work perfectly.

Errata

Bag base

Rnd 4: 2ch, htr in same st, 6htr, 3htr in next htr, 28htr, 2htr in next htr, 6htr, 3htr in next htr, 28htr, join rnd with sl st – 78htr.

Bag body

Rnd 1: 3ch, 2tr, 1ch, miss next st, 1tr in next st, 1ch, miss next st, * 3tr, 1ch, miss next st, 1tr in next st, 1ch, miss next st; rep from * to end, join rnd with sl st.
Rnd 2: Sl st to centre tr of 3tr, 4ch, miss next tr, 1tr in next ch-sp, tr in next tr, 1tr in ch-sp, 1ch, miss next tr, *1tr in central tr of next 3tr, 1ch, miss next tr, 3tr, 1ch, miss next tr; rep from * to end, join rnd with sl st.

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Jo Bodley

Designer

Jo is a freelance designer who also sells products made from recycled umbrella fabric.

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