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Pattern

Lemon Shopper

By Irene Strange

Find the complete pattern in Inside Crochet Issue #103

Small enough to fit in your pocket, this bag stretches to fit lots of fruit and veggies. Who needs a plastic bag?!

Materials

* DMC Natura Just Cotton, 100% cotton, 50g/155m/169yds
Yarn A: Sable 03 x 1 ball
Yarn B: Tournesol 16 x ball

* Yarn and Colors Must-Have Minis 100% cotton, 10g/25m/27yds
Yarn C: Peridot  083 x 1 ball

* 3.5mm hook

* Yarn needle

* Scissors

Yarn Alternatives

You can use any strong 4ply-weight cotton to achieve a similar effect. To get a nice contrast, use a mercerised cotton for the leaf and matte cotton for the bag. 

Errata

NET BAG 

Rnd 49: 2ch (does not count as 1htr), 31 htr, 40ch, sl st into 11th htr from the start of the round, sl st in 10th and 9th htr from the start of the round, 1htr into each of the next 40ch, sl st into same place as the 31st htr from the start of the round, carry on working the round, 21htr (mark 21st stitch with a stitch marker), 20htr, 40ch, sl st into the marked 21st st, sl st in each of previous 2 sts, 1htr in each of the 40ch, sl st into same place as htr at base of 40ch, 1htr in all rem st, sl st into top of t-ch – 81 sts plus two handles. 

LEMON CORNER

Rnds 4–10 are worked in tr stitches, not htr.

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Irene Strange

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A crochet addict, Irene loves experimenting with characters, shapes and textures! Visit irenestrange.etsy.com for more of Irene’s patterns.

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