BUCKET BAG PRINT
Yarn = Natural Bag Print by LAINES DU NORD, col. 14
Yarn = Natural Bag by LAINES DU NORD, col. 10
Crochet hook = 4 mm
Others = stitch markers, tapestry needle, scissors, tape measure.
The bag is worked bottom-up, starting from the center of the base and continuing in a continuous spiral of sc, without closing each round with a sl st. To keep track of the rounds, place a SM in the 1st st of each round, moving it up as you go. After completing the base, change to the printed yarn during the last yo of round 12.
Chain stitch, slip stitch, single crochet.
RS = right side of work
WS = wrong side of work
SM =stitch marker
st/sts = stitch/es
col = color
ch = chain stitch
sl st = slip stitch
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
rep = repeat
rep ** = rep from * to *
foll = follow
Bag laid flat: 36 cm wide, 29 cm high (from the last round of the base to the end of the last round of the sides)
Half-handle height: 28 cm
Procedure
Base
Using orange-colored yarn, shape a magic ring.
Round 1: 1 ch (doesn’t count as a st), 8 sc in the ring; pull the yarn tail to tighten the ring. Do not close the round and continue working in a spiral.
Round 2: 2 sc in each st of the round. [16 sc]
Round 3: (1 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [24 sc]
Round 4: (2 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [32 sc]
Round 5: (3 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [40 sc]
Round 6: (4 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [48 sc]
Round 7: (5 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [56 sc]
Round 8: (6 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [64 sc]
Round 9: (7 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [72 sc]
Round 10: (8 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [80 sc]
Round 11: (9 sc, 2 sc in the next st) 8 times. [88 sc]
Round 12: (43 sc, 2 sc in the next st) twice. [90 sc]
Change to printed yarn and cut the orange-colored yarn.
Sides
Round 13: (44 sc, 2 sc in the next st) twice. [92 sc]
Rounds 14 to 51: 92 sc in each round.
Round 52: 1 sl st in each st of the round; close with 1 sl st in the 1st sl st of the round. Do not cut the yarn.
First part of the handle
Continue working in back-and-forth rows, keeping in mind that in row 1, the sc are worked into the center of the V of each sl st, rather than under both loops. At the same time, insert the crochet hook through the corresponding sc from round 51.
Row 1 (RS): 1 ch (doesn’t count as a st), 1 sc into the center of the same base sl st as the ch, 1 sl st into the center of each ch of the next 29 sl st, ch 1, turn, leaving the remaining sts unworked (the turning ch doesn’t count as a st). [30 sc]
Row 2 (WS): 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 26 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [28 sts]
Row 3: 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 24 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [26 sts]
Row 4: 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 22 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [24 sts]
Row 5: 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 20 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [22 sts]
Row 6: 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 18 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [20 sts]
Row 7: 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 16 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [18 sts]
Row 8: 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 14 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [16 sts]
Row 9: 1 sl st in the 1st st, 2 sc tog over the next st, 10 sc, 2 sc tog over the next 2 sts, leave the last st unworked, ch 1, turn. [12 sts]
Row 10: 2 sc tog over the first 2 sts, 8 sc, 2 sc tog over the last 2 sts, turn. [10 sts]
Cut the yarn and fasten off.
Row 11 (RS): join the orange-colored yarn in the 2nd of the 10 sc from the previous row and ch 1 to secure, 1 sc in the same base st as the ch and in each of the next 7 sc, ch 1, turn. [8 sc]
Row 12 (WS): 1 sc in each of the first 6 sc, 2 sc in the last 2 sts, ch 1, turn. [7 sts]
Rows 13 to 27: 7 sc, ch 1, turn.
Cut the yarn and fasten off.
Second part of the handle
Row 1 (RS): skip the next 16 sts after the 30 sc of the first half of the handle, then join printed yarn in the next st and secure it with ch 1. 1 sc in the base st as the ch, 1 sc in each of the next 29 sc, ch 1 (the turning ch doesn’t count as a st), turn, leaving the remaining 16 sts unworked. [30 sc]
Rows 2 to 27: work as rows 2 to 27 of the first part of the handle.
Cut the yarn and fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
FINISHING
On the WS, sew together the edges of the last row of both handle sections. Weave in any remaining yarn tails between the sts on the WS.
