Slouchy Crochet Bag Pattern (1)

7/27/2019 Slouchy Crochet Bag Pattern (1)

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Slouchy Market Bag – Crochet Pattern

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.



Pattern

Start by making the oval shape at the bottom of the bag. It’s worked in a spiral, rather than joining every round,

so I cannot stress how important it is to mark the beginning of your round – it is INCREDIBLY easy to lose

where you are. If you haven’t made a crochet oval before, but have crocheted circles, just think of an oval as a

rectangle with a semi-circles at each end – the way of increasing the semi-circles will be very familiar to you.

Ch 40 with main colour A (grey on my bag)

Round 1: Skip first ch and make 1 sc in each ch. Now, don’t turn the work in the usual way. Ch 3, then, keeping

your work facing you, turn it clockwise through 180 degrees and make 39 sc in the bottom stitch of your chain

stitches (it’s fiddly, but you’ll get there!). Ch 3, then join with ss to the first sc you made. This point marks the

start of the next round, so place your marker here, and move it up every time you start a round. You should

have a row of 39 stitches on either side of your original chain, and a 3 chain space at either end.

Round 2: sc 39, 3 sc in 3 ch sp; sc 39, 3 sc in 3 ch sp (84 sc).

Now, don’t join the round, just keep going to the next stitch, moving your marker then replacing it the first stitch

of round 3.

Round 3: sc 39, make 2 sc in each of next 3 sc; sc 39, make 2 sc in each of next 3 sc. (90 sc)

Round 4: sc 39 (remember to move that marker after the first sc), *1 sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc, repeat twice

from *; sc 39, *1 sc in next sc, 2sc in next sc, repeat twice from * (96 sc)

Round 5: sc 39, *2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next 2 sc, repeat twice from *; sc 39, *2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next 2 sc,

repeat twice from * (102 sc)









Round 10: sc 39, *2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next 7 sc, repeat twice from *; sc 39, *2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in next 7

sc, repeat twice from * (132 sc)















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.



Round 59: This would normally be a Round 23 style row, but instead of the usual pattern, continuing with

colour A, ch 1, 2 sc in 2 ch sp (place marker in 1st of these 2 sc to mark the beginning of the round), sk sc, 2 sc

in s ch sp, sk 1 dc, then continue all round and on to round 60 without joining the round and remembering to

move your marker.

Round 60-63: sc in each sc round.

Now on to the shoulder strap – we are getting there! We are going to work in rows rather than rounds from now

on.

Row 64: sc 26 (you can dump the marker, you wont need it again), ch 1

Row 65: turn, sk 1 ch, sc 20, ch 1

Row 66: turn, sk 1 ch, sc 3, decrease 1 sc over next 2 sc, sc 15, ch 1 (19 sc)





Row 71: turn, sk 1 ch, sc 3, decrease 1 sc over next 2 sc, sc 10, ch 1 (14sc)





Row 76: turn, sk 1 ch, sc 10, 1 ch

Row 77-85 (9 rows): repeat row 76

Row 86-90 (5 rows): repeat row 76 using colour B

Row 91-95 (5 rows): repeat row 76 using colour C

Row 96-111 (16 rows): repeat row 76 using colour A








Row 159: still using colour A, turn, sk 1 ch, 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, 6 sc, 1 ch (11 sc)

Row 160: turn, sk 1 ch, 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, 7 sc, 1 ch (12 sc)








Row 168: turn, sk 1 ch, 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc, 15 sc, (20 sc)

Fasten off, leaving tail, and use the tail to whipstitch shoulder strap to the other side of the bag, using a yarn

needle. Here are some instructions on how to do this.

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-join-crochet-seams-with-whipstitch.html





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!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMNcCDzVoao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMNcCDzVoao

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