Crochet Summer Bag

Supplies:

1. I Love this Cotton by Hobby Lobby. 225-275 yds. I purchased 2 skeins Too Pink, 1 skein Pink

2. Crochet Hook Size – H/5.00

3. Tapestry needle for weaving in the ends.

Gauge: 17 stitches and 17 Rows = approximately 4 inches. (My measurements were taken from the row stitches.

Abbreviations:

BLO – back loop only

ch – chain

sc – single crochet sl st – slip st

tr – treble crochet

YO – yarn over

Finished Size: 13 ½” in length and 11” in height (not including the handles)

NOTES AND TIPS: I want you to be successful with understanding the bottom part of the bag especially if you decided to make your bag bigger or smaller. Let me explain how I came up with the amount of stitches on the edge. I had 17 rows and the height of the project equaled almost 4″ (I still technically had one more row to do but this would be done in round 1). I then measured 4″ to get my stitch count within the pattern which equaled 17 stitches. I needed to end my project on an even number, so I decided to crochet 16 stitches across, which meant there needed to be 8 stitches in 2″ for it to be worked evenly across right? In other words, if you did 20 rows and the height was 5″, you would want to see how many stitches it took within the project to get 5″ and that would be the number you would crochet evenly across. Let me show in you a couple of photos.