Crochet bag - a guide
Instructions for a crochet bag (48 x 44 cm)
Material: 50 g moss Fb 00071, 50 g nature Fb 00002, 50 g fuchsia Fb 00036, 50 g sand Fb 00005, 50 g camellia Fb 00033, 50 g jeans Fb 00051 "Journey" (44% cotton, 36% polyacryl, 20% polyamide , Run length 90 m / 50 g) from Schachenmayr. Crochet hooks # 5 (if you crochet loosely) or 6 (if you're crocheting - it's important that you get the details in the stitch). 1 roll of 100 m string in light brown (post office).
Note: It is possible that the given wool can not be bought anymore. In this case, you are looking for a similar quality. Please note the specified run length and do a stitch test!
Fixed mesh (FM): Crochet (M) in rounds (in a spiral pattern), always putting the twine on the M of the preliminary round and crocheting it, making sure that the twine is not stretched too tight, so that the bag will remain somewhat elastic later on.
Color sequence: : Before unrolling as indicated below, apply 7.20 m per color! Crochet the whole ball in this order, then take the next color: moss, nature, fuchsia, sand, camellia, jeans.
Mesh test (FM): 16 M x 13 R = 10 x 10 cm.
Manual: First, handle 6 threads of 1,20 m for the handles of each color. For the bottom of the bag, crochet 3 meshes in moss, close the circle with a slit stitch and crochet 9 solid sts in this circle. Continue to crochet around the twine in the FM as indicated above. (It will be crocheted in turns continuously, without transition.) Mark the turn with a contrast thread.) In the next round, double every st = 18 sts. In the next round, double every 2 sts = 27 sts, then double every 3 sts = 36 sts. In each round, increase the distance between the doubling stitches by one st each time (every 4th, every 5th etc) until every 14th st is doubled in the round = 135 sts. Then 2 sts in each 3 sts Increase rounds = 9 sts = 153 sts. Continue crocheting without any increase. Finish the bag with a round of chain stitches in color jeans, working as much as possible so that there is still a left over to sew the bag handles.
elaboration: For the plaited bag handle 3 times per color 1 thread (so each braid 18 threads) merge and knot all threads together 8 cm from the end of the thread. Divide into 3 strands (one thread per color) and braid one braid. At a Z-length of 60 cm knot all threads and cut off the ends at a length of 8 cm. Braid the second handle as well, sewing the braids to both sides of the bag at the top edge.
