“Beautiful and elegant, this simple crochet stitch is a lovely easy stitch that creates a solid fabric with a beautiful texture that is great for blankets, bags, and purses. For this pattern, I used a Knit Picks Curio #3 Lace Weight 100% Mercerized Cotton Crochet Thread Yarn 100 g (Hollyberry) , (2 strands) with a 3.5 mm / E crochet hook. The color yarn gives a very nice effect to the purse and emphasizes this unique stitch. The purse is worked in one piece, the work is being folded, sewn along the sides.
Difficulty:
Easy
Stitches Used:
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
blsc =back loop single crochet
Back loop (bar) of sc – Instructions: Look at the back of the stitch and locate the short loop (bar) that runs horizontal. Work all stitches for the designated section into this loop.
Materials
Crochet hook 3.5mm/E
scrissors
Knit Picks Curio #3 Lace Weight 100% Mercerized Cotton Crochet Thread Yarn 100 g, 2 strands
Finished size
Chain 36,
6-7 ‘/4.5 -5 ‘
Rnd 1: Work sc in the next ch from the hook on the back bump of the chain, continue until you worked 34 sc total, then in the last chain work six sc sts, continue on the other side of the chain with 34 sc sts.
Starting round 2, all the single crochet stiches will be worked in the back loop.
Rnd 2: Turn and work in the back loops of each of the next 34 sc starting the first sc st from the hook, place a stich marker, [1 blsc ch1,] rep 5 times, 1 blsc, place a stich marker, 1 blsc in the next 34 sts, ch1 and turn.
Rnd 3: Work in the back loops of the next 34 sc starting the first sc st from the hook, place a stich marker, 11bl sc st, place a stich marker, 1blsc in the next 34 sts, ch1 .
Rnd 5: Turn and work in the back loops of the next 34 sc starting the first sc st from the hook, place a stich marker, (work a ch 1 between the following 11 blsc sts) [1sc, ch1]* rep 10 times, place a stich marker, 1blsc in the next 34 sts, ch1..
Rnd 6: Turn and work in the back loops of the next 34 sc starting the first sc st from the hook, place a stich marker, 21 blsc st, place a stich marker, 1blsc in the next 34 sts, ch1.
Rnd 7: 34 Turn and work in the back loops of the nextsc starting the first sc st from the hook, place a stich marker, (work a ch 1 between the following 21 blsc sts) [1sc, ch1]* rep 20 times, place a stich marker, 1blsc in the next 34 sts, ch1 .
Rnd 8: Turn and work in the back loops of the next 34 sc starting the first sc st from the hook, place a stich marker, 41 blsc st, place a stich marker, 1blsc in the next 34 sts, ch1 and turn.
Rnds: 9-14 repeat rnd 8 or until you reach the desired size.
Fold the work up, to where you have the stich markers, leaving the top part to cover the front of the purse and sew the sides of the work together.
You can get the yarn for this bag here.
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