The Ibiza Bag

British

Advanced beginner. Familiarity with Tunisian crochet and crochet-in -the-round

34cm tall

Tapers from 47cm at top edge

to 31 cm at bottom

8mm Tunisian flexible hook

6mm crochet hook

Tapestry needle

2 (60cm) leather/faux handles with

Prepunched holes

Scissors

If lining the bag:

2 Fat quarter pieces (50cmX 50cm) cotton fabric

Thread/needle or sewing machine

Yarn

100% cotton craft yarn or Jute

500g

Connecting stitch

You are joining the end of the forward pass to the beginning of that same row.

1. Insert hook under last vertical bar of the row (for the very first connecting stitch you will go under both vertical bars at the edge-thereafter there is no edge stitch), yoh, plt (I loop on the hook).

2. Insert hook into both loops of the SM.

3. Yoh, plt those two loops AND the last loop of the forward pass.

4. Return pass through 2 loops until 2 remain.

5. Attach SM under these last two loops (pushing it to the back) before completing the final yoh and plt ready for the next row.

Tutorial: https://youtu.be/A8Tc97qpH_Q

Tunisian Extended Double Crochet

Yoh. Insert hook under vertical bar, yoh, Pull up a loop. Yoh, plt 2 loops. Ch1.

Crab Stitch

Ch1. Into first stitch to the right, insert hook from front to back, yoh, plt, yoh and plt 2 loops.

The entire bag is made working with two strands of cotton craft yarn (or jute) and uses a special connecting stitch, which allows you the convenience of rows, but the ease of working in the round. The base is crocheted first and the body completed using Tunisian stitches.