Pied-de-poule
Get your hound’s tooth on with this roomy tote bag, designed by Mariana Guerra.
YOU WILL NEED
Rico Creative Cotton Aran (100% cotton, 50g/85m), 4 balls of Yarn A Black (90) 3 balls of Yarn B White (80) 1 ball of Yarn C Light Pistachio (44) A 3.5mm (US E/4) hook 2 bag handles For yarn stockists contact Deramores 0845 519 4573 www.deramores.com
MEASUREMENTS
43x31cm (17x12 in) excluding handles
ABBREVIATIONS
For a full list, see page 92 of Simply Crochet
SPECIAL STITCHES Extended double crochet (edc)
Insert hook in st, yrh and pull yarn through, yrh and pull through loop on hook, yrh and pull through 2 loops on hook We reckon this brilliant bag will become the most reached-for accessory in your wardrobe. Cool classic hound’s tooth pattern? Check. Roomy enough for all your essentials (and at least three WIPS)? Check. And that’s the tooth.
NOTE
For the Base and Bag Sides, work in the round without closing off each round with a slip stitch. You may find it helpful to use a stitch marker in the first stitch of each round, moving it up as you work.
BASE
With Yarn A, make a magic loop. Round 1 (RS) Ch1 (does not count as st throughout), 6dc into loop. [6 sts] Round 2 2dc in each st around. [12 sts] Round 3 2dc in each st around. [24 sts] Round 4 Dc in each st around. Round 5 (1dc, 2dc in next st) 12 times. [36 sts] Round 6 Dc in each st around. Round 7 (2dc, 2dc in next st) 12 times. [48 sts] Round 8 Dc in each st around. Round 9 (3dc, 2dc in next st) 12 times. [60 sts] Round 10 Dc in each st around. Round 11 Increase 12 sts evenly in the same fashion. [72 sts] Round 12 Dc in each st around. Rounds 13-24 Repeat the last 2 rows 6 more times, do not fasten off. [144 sts] BAG SIDES Round 1 (RS) Working in back loop only, dc in each st around.
PLACE CHART
On the Chart on p14, each square represents 1dc stitch. Follow the Chart for the colour changes between Yarns A and B. Read every row from right to left, and repeat the 4 stitches of the Chart 36 times in each round. When you change
colours, pick up the new colour in the last yrh of the previous st, and work over the strands of yarn you are not using to enclose them within the stitches.
Round 2 Edc in each st around, following Row 1 of the Chart.
Rounds 3-39 Continue working as Round 2, working Rows 2- 4 of the Chart, then repeating Rows 1- 4 of the Chart 8 times, and finishing with Rows 1-3 of the Chart.
Round 40 With Yarn A, edc in each st around to last st, ss in last st. Fasten off. BORDER Round 41 With Yarn C, working in back loops only, ch2 (counts as first edc), edc in each st around, ss to top of beg ch-2. Rounds 42- 48 Ch2, edc in each st around, ss to top of beg ch-2. Round 49 Ss in each st around. Fasten off and weave in ends. Fold the Border over the top of the patterned section so that the WS of the border is facing and there is a double thickness of fabric around the top edge. Sew in place around the edge of the Border. Sew the handles centrally on the inside top edges of the bag at the join between the pattern and the Border.