The Market Bag

British

Intermediate. Familiarity with Tunisian crochet and crochet-in-the-round

Not crucial as it is a bag, but made using the stated materials and hook = 32cm long (excluding handles) x36 cm

Handles 50 cm.

Craft cotton, worked with two strands

8mm Flexible, long crochet hook

6mm hook

Tunisian Lace stitch

Ch1, *skip 1st vertical bar (edge stitch does not count as stitch), Yoh, tdc in next stitch, yoh, tdc in skipped stitch.*

Tunisian 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

This bag uses a dc crochet base with two Tunisian stitches combined to form the sides. By using a special connecting stitch it gives the appearance of a bag worked-in-the-round but has the ease of rows.

Pattern

Blo Back loop only

ch chain

HTC half treble crochet

In Increase

plt pull through

slst slip stitch

SM stitch marker

TLS tunisian lace stitch

TKS tunisian knit stitch

yoh yarn over hook

Using 2 strands and the 6mm hook, ch 25 +2.

Place a SM on that 27th Stitch.

HTC in 2nd chain from hook. HTC 23.

HTC 3 in 24th stitch. Working down the other side

of the initial chain, HTC 23. (You can secure the

beginning tail by crocheting over it with these

stitches), HTC 2 in 24th stitch. Slst in SM space.

HTC 2 in SM space (remove stitch

marker). HTC 2 in next stitch. HTC in next 23

stitches. 2 HTC in each of next 4 stitches. HTC 23

(down the other side). 2 Htc in each of next stitches. Slst into next stitch.

HTC 2 in slst space. 2 HTC in each of next 2

stitches. HTC 25. 2 HTC in each of next 7 stitches. HTC 27.

2 HTC in 28th Stitch. Slipstitch into next stitch.

Switch to 8mm Tunisian flexible

hook. Pick up loops around (inserting hook into space beneath the back loop stitch). Check you have 74 stitches.

Return pass- plt 1 loop, then 2. When you have two loops left, attach a stitch marker through both, then finish last return pass plt.

TKS, around. finish row with the connecting stitch.(see special stitches above) Don’t forget to insert SM during last two stitches.

TLS around. Finish rows with connecting stitch.

Continue in pattern established above, finishing with second row of TLS.

Mark off 9 stitches from each end on front and back. Dc with both strands until you are one stitch before SM. At SM Tks to next SM. Standard return, ack to the originaSM. Continue TKS for four more rows between those two sm. put three Dc in first stitch of TKS and Connie with DC along top ( putting three at end of TKS) and then work one dc into each edge stitch until you reach next stitch marker.

repeat the process just completed for this side. Finish with dc along top until you reach beginning of row 30.

Ch55, insert thru corner of row 35 and chain 55 back. Insert thru corner then chain 55 back to next corner, insert, into corner, then use yarn to wrap twice around to secure tightly, and chain 55 for final length. Insert thru corner and then use ends to secure chain ( weaving thru a few chains to secure).