Easter Basket Purse

Yarn Used: Red Heart Super Saver WW (Multicolor: Monet) and Bernat Boa (White) (1 skein each is more than enough)
Yarn Weight: Worsted Weight
Yarn Content: Acrylic
Hook: I
Project Size: Bag measures 8.5” across widest point, just belo

Stitches used in this pattern:   hdc (half-double crochet)   dc (double crochet)

Foundation Chain:Ch 4, join with a sl st to beginning chain to form a ring.

1: Ch 2 (turning ch counts as first st in every round), work 7 hdc into ring, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (8 st)

2: Ch 2, 1 hdc in same stitch as join, *hdc in next st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat from * to last stitch, hdc in last st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (16 st)

3: Ch 2, 1 hdc in same stitch as join, *hdc in each of next 2 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat from * to last stitch, hdc in last st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (24 st)

4: Ch 2, 1 hdc in same stitch as join, *hdc in each of next 3 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat from * to last stitch, hdc in last st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (32 st)

5: Ch 2, 1 hdc in same stitch as join, *hdc in each of next 4 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat from * to last stitch, hdc in last st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (40 st)

6: Ch 2, 1 hdc in same stitch as join, *hdc in each of next 5 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat from * to last stitch, hdc in last st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (48 st)

7: Ch 2, 1 hdc in same stitch as join, *hdc in each of next 6 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat from * to last stitch, hdc in last st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (56 st)

8: Ch 2, 1 hdc in same stitch as join, *hdc in each of next 7 st, 2 hdc in next st; repeat from * to last stitch, hdc in last st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (64 st)

9: Ch 2, dc in every stitch around, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (64 st)

10: Repeat Round 9. (64 st)

11: Repeat Round 9. (64 st)

12: Repeat Round 9. (64 st)

13: Repeat Round 9. (64 st)

14: Ch2, hdc in every stitch around, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (64 st)

15: Repeat Round 14. (64 st)

16: Repeat Round 14. (64 st)

17: Repeat Round 14. (64 st)

18: Repeat Round 9. (64 st)

19: Ch2, hdc in each of next 10 st, ch 20 and sk 16 st, hdc in each of next 16 st, ch 20 and sk 16 st, hdc in each of next 5 st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (The two sets of chains will form the handles)

20: Ch 2, hdc in each of next 10 st, 25 hdc around the ch-20 loop of previous Round, hdc in each of next 16 st, 25 hdc around the ch-20 loop of previous Round, hdc in each of next 5 st, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. (82 st)

21: Ch 2, hdc in every stitch around, join with a sl st to top of turning chain. Fasten off. (82 st)

22: Using Bernat Boa, or other eyelash yarn, slip stitch around the post of each dc in Round 9. (For a fluffier affect, make two circuits around or add a 3-ch picot between each slipstitch). Weave in ends.




Copyright Knottie by Nature, 2004-05-01