281 – DIY Tutorial – Crochet Market Handbag
281 – DIY Tutorial – Crochet Market Handbag
Today I will show you how to crochet lace motif handbag. Easy to make.
You can use different colors of yarn and make color combinations of your choice.
Be sure to check out my YouTube Tutorial Video.
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You will need:
Cotton Yarn 250 g / 625 m / 685 yds (Weight #2)
Ball (50g) contains 137 yds / 125 m)
Hook Size 3,5 mm
Scissors
Tape measure
Stitch markers
Sewing needle
Terminology:
st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
Rnd – round/row
CH – chain stitch
SC – single crochet
DC – double crochet (yarn over the hook once)
Size: Width = 36 cm /14 in Length = 34 cm / 13.5 in
Instructions:
Bottom of the bag
First, we are going to make the bottom of the bag.
Make 20 chains.
Row 1: skip 3 chains, DC in the fourth chain, DC entire row. Total 18 sts.
Row 2: CH 3, DC entire row. Total 18 sts.
Rows 3 – 32: repeat row 2
Now we’re going to work around.
Rnd 1: We’ll make single crochet stitches.
18 SC stitches up and down
64 SC stitches on each side (one row – two SC)
One SC in each of the four corner
That’s a total of 168 SC stitches
Rnd 2: CH 3, DC entire rnd; Total 168 sts. Connect with a sl st
Rnd 3: CH 4, skip st, *DC, CH, skip st *repeat entire rnd; Connect with a sl.st.
Rnd 4: CH 3, DC into the first chain space, CH, *DC into the next chain space, CH *repeat entire rnd; DC into the last chain space; Connect with sl.st.
Rnds 5-30: Repeat Rnds 3-4
Rnd 31: CH3, DC entire rnd; Connect with sl st
Rnds 32-34: CH, SC entire rnd; Connect with sl st
Now we’ll make straps.
Put the markers 10 cm / 4 in from the end of your work. Repeat this on the other side.
the first strap: make 100 chains between first and second stitch markers,
SC stitches between second and third stitch marker;
the second strap: make 100 chains between third and fourth stitch markers;
SC sts between fourth and first stitch markers;
Rnds 1 – 4: SC sts