Slouchy Market Bag – Crochet Pattern Requirements Around 200g of DK weight yarn in total - 100g for t he main colour (grey in my pict ures) and 50g each of the two contrast colours I used Sirdar Simply Recycled with a 4mm ho ok. Obviously you can play around with the size of the base, the length of the handles, the height of the bag itself, but this will impact on the amount of yarn you’ll need. Abbreviations & UK equivalents I have used USA crochet terms mainly because they’re the ones I am more comfortable with these days, bu t I’ve provided the UK equivalents and abb reviations for you. Special stitch instructions: 2 dc cluster: Yarn over, insert hook in stitch indicated on pattern, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops (2 loops on hook); yarn over, insert hook in same stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops (3 loops on hook); yarn over, draw through 3 loops on hook.
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Requirements Around 200g of DK weight yarn in total - 100g for the main colour (grey in my pictures) and 50g each of the twocontrast colours I used Sirdar Simply Recycled with a 4mm hook. Obviously you can play around with the sizeof the base, the length of the handles, the height of the bag itself, but this will impact on the amount of yarnyou’ll need.
Abbreviations & UK equivalentsI have used USA crochet terms mainly because they’re the ones I am more comfortable with these days, butI’ve provided the UK equivalents and abbreviations for you.
Special stitch instructions:
2 dc cluster: Yarn over, insert hook in stitch indicated on pattern, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops(2 loops on hook); yarn over, insert hook in same stitch, pull up a loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops (3 loops
on hook); yarn over, draw through 3 loops on hook.
Now to start the lacy pattern – you can get rid of your marker for a while! From now on you will be joining each
round rather than working in a spiral. It’s up to you whether you fasten off and restart or just carry your yarn
between the stripes. If you do decide to carry the yarn up the work, make sure you don’t pull the yarn too tightly
between the rows.
Here's a little section of how the stitch pattern works:
Round 17: ch 2, make 1 dc in each sc round, join with ss
Round 18: Join colour B (white on my bag) and make sc in same place as ss, *ch3, sk 2 dc, 2 dc cluster, ch 3,
sk 2 dc, 1 sc in next dc, repeat from * all round until you are back at the start where you join final 3 ch to top of
1st sc with ss.
Round 19: Join colour C (yellow on my bag), ch 5, *sc in top of 2 dc cluster, ch 2, dc in sc, ch 2, repeat from *
all round, until you are back to the start, where you join with ss to ch 3 of the ch 5 that started this round.
Round 20: Still with colour C, ch 3, *2 dc in 2 ch sp, 1 dc in next sc, 2dc in 2 ch sp, 1 dc in next dc, repeat this
pattern from the * all the way round until you are back to the start, join with ss to top of first ch 3.
Round 21: Join colour B (white) and make sc in same place as ss, *ch3, sk 2 dc, 2 dc cluster in next dc, ch 3,sk 2 dc, 1 sc in next dc, repeat from * all round until you are back at the start where you join final 3 ch to top of
1st sc with ss.
Round 22: Join colour A (grey), ch 5, *sc in top of 2 dc cluster, ch 2, dc in sc, ch 2, repeat from * all round, until
you are back to the start, where you join with ss to ch 3 of the ch 5 that started this round.
Round 23: Still with colour A, ch 3, 2 dc in 2 ch sp, 1 dc in next sc, 2dc in 2 ch sp, 1 dc in next dc, repeat this
pattern all the way round until you are back to the start, join with ss to top of first ch 3.
Repeat the pattern of round 18-23, until you reach the end of row 58, which is the final row of the lacy pattern (a
colour A (grey) row).
We are now going to make a band of 5 rows of sc, working in a spiral.
You can stop here if you like, and weave in all your ends. Alternatively you can complete your bag by making arow of single crochet along each side of your bag handle – just crochet into the gaps between the rows. This
gives a very neat finish and gives the shoulder strap a bit more firmness. Here’s a video on You Tube to
show how this works (she’s working into double crochets but it’s the same principle). Then weave in all your ends and you’re done!