Color-Block Bag
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
11 inches wide x 9 inches tall x 1 inch deep
MATERIALS
• Plymouth Yarn Galway Worsted medium (worsted) weight wool yarn (31/2 oz/210 yds/100g per ball): 1 ball each #0008 bleach, #0044 cherry red, #0134 field mouse grey and #0009 black • Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Yarn needle • 3/4-inch buttons: 2
GAUGE
19 sts = 4 inches; 19 rows = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Each square on charts equals 1 single crochet. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCH
Surface slip stitch (surface
sl st): With black, ch 1, with RS of Bag facing, holding black on WS, insert hook RS to WS, yo, draw lp through to RS, *insert hook in next st from RS to WS, yo, draw up a lp, draw through to RS and draw through lp on hook, rep from * as indicated.
BAG
FRONT
Row 1: With grey, ch 54, sc in 2nd ch from hook (first 2 chs
count as first sc), sc in each of
next 25 chs, change color (see
Stitch Guide) to red, drop grey to WS, with red, sc in each of next 27 chs, turn. (53 sc) Row 2: Ch 1, [sc in front lp
(see Stitch Guide) of next st, sc in back lp (see Stitch Guide) of next st] across changing color as indicated on chart, ending with sc in front lp of last st, turn.
Rows 3–38: Rep row 2. At the end of row 38, fasten off.
BACK
Row 1: With red, ch 54, sc in 2nd ch from hook (first 2 chs
count as first sc), sc in each of next 27 chs, change color to bleach, drop red to WS, with bleach, sc in each of next 25 chs, turn. (53 sc)
Rows 2–38: Rep row 2 of Front. At the end of row 38, fasten off.
BASE
Row 1: With grey, ch 46, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (45 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, [sc in back lp of next sc, sc in front lp of next sc] 21 times, sc in back lp of next sc, 2 sc in last sc, turn. (47 sc)
Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 22 times, sc in front lp of next sc, 2 sc in last sc, turn. (49 sc)
Row 4: Ch 1, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 24 times, sc in front lp of next sc, turn. (49 sc)
Row 5: Ch 1, sc dec (see Stitch
Guide) in next 2 sc, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 22 times, sc in front lp of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc,
turn. (47 sc)
Row 6: Ch 1, sc dec in next 2 sc, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 21 times, sc in back lp of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc. Fasten off. (45 sc)
BLACK TRIM
With RS facing and black, work 2 rows of surface sl st (see Spe
cial Stitch) along color changes on each Front and Back of Bag.
ASSEMBLY
With RS facing and length of matching yarn, whipstitch (see
illustration) side edges of Front and Back tog, leaving bottom and top edges unsewn. Sew Base into bottom of Bag.
Join (see Pattern Notes) black at sewn side seam, ch 1, sc evenly sp around outer top edge of Bag, join in beg sc. Fasten off.
FLAP
Row 1: Sk 19 sts of Back, join black in next sc, ch 1, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 7 times, sc in front lp of next sc, turn. (15 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 7 times, sc in front lp of next sc, turn. Rows 3–6: Rep row 2. Row 7: Ch 1, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 3 times, ch 3, sk 3 sts
(buttonhole), [sc in back lp of
next sc, sc in front lp of next sc] 3 times, turn.
Row 8: Ch 1, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 3 times, sc in each of next 3 chs, [sc in back lp in next sc, sc in front lp of next sc] 3 times, turn. (15 sc)
Rows 9 & 10: Rep row 2. Row 11: Rep row 7. Row 12: Rep row 8. Row 13: Ch 1, sc dec in next 2 sc, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 5 times, sc in front lp of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, turn. (13 sc)
Row 14: Ch 1, sc dec in next 2 sc, [sc in back lp of next sc, sc in front lp of next sc] 4 times, sc in back lp of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, turn. (11 sc)
Row 15: Ch 1, sc dec in next 2 sc, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 3 times, sc in front lp of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc, turn. (9 sc)
Row 16: Ch 1, sc dec in next 2 sc, [sc in back lp of next sc, sc in front lp of next sc] twice, sc in back lp of next sc, sc dec in next 2 sc. Fasten off. (7 sc)
HANDLE Make 2. Row 1: With black, ch 60, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (59 sc)
Rows 2–6: Ch 1, [sc in front lp of next sc, sc in back lp of next sc] 29 times, sc in front lp of next sc, turn. At the end of row 6, leaving 24-inch length, fasten off. Whipstitch row 1 of opposite side of foundation ch to row 6.
FINISHING With length of bleach, sew buttons to Front of Bag opposite buttonholes. Leaving 11/2-inch sp on each side of Flap, sew Handle ends to Front and Back of Bag.