City Girl Bag
INTERMEDIATE
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
101/2 inches wide x 9 inches tall
MATERIALS
• Garnstudio DROPS Paris medium (worsted) weight cotton (13/4 oz/ 82 yds/50g per skein): 3 skeins #15 black 2 skeins #26 dark beige • Size 7/4.5mm crochet hook or
size needed to obtain gauge • Yarn needle • 3/4 inch x 9 inches corrugated
plastic strips: 2 • 3/4 inch in diameter x 17 inches
long cotton rope: 2 pieces • 2 small safety pins
GAUGE
16 dc = 4 inches; 7 dc rows = 4 inches
PATTERN NOTES
Weave in loose ends as work progresses. Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 at beginning of round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated. Rounds with 5-dc popcorns are worked twice, using black first and then beige worked behind on the same round. When dropping a color to wrong side, draw up loop, secure loop with safety pin. Remove safety pin when picking up color.
SPECIAL STITCH
5-double crochet popcorn
(5-dc pc): [Yo, insert hook in indicated st, yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through 2 lps on hook] 5 times in same st (6 lps on
hook), yo, draw through all 6 lps on hook.
BAG
BODY
Rnd 1 (RS): With black, ch 41, dc in 5th ch from hook, dc in each of next 35 chs, 5 dc in last ch, working on opposite side of foundation ch, dc in each of next 35 chs, 3 dc in next ch, join (see Pattern Notes) in beg ch. (80 dc) Rnd 2: Front rnd: With black,
ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), dc in each of next 2 sts, [ch 1, sk next st, dc in each of next 7 dc] 9 times, ch 1, sk next st, dc in each of next 4 sts, join in beg ch, draw up a lp, secure with safety pin
(see Pattern Notes), drop black to
WS. (10 ch-1 sps, 70 dc)
Back rnd: Draw up lp of beige in base of first dc of rnd, holding yarn at back of piece, ch 5, [working behind ch-1 sp, 5-dc pc (see
Special Stitch) in next sk dc, ch 7] 9 times, working behind ch-1 sp, 5-dc pc in next sk dc, ch 4, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-5, draw up a lp, secure with safety pin, drop to WS. (10 pcs)
Rnd 3: Pick up dropped lp of black, ch 3, working over the beige ch sts and into dc sts of rnd, dc in next 2 dc, *dc in next st by inserting hook through ch-1 sp directly above 5-dc pc and in top of 5-dc pc and complete dc**, continuing to work over beige ch sts, dc in each of next 7 dc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, working over beige ch sts, dc in each of next 4 sts, join in beg ch-3.
Rnd 4: Front rnd: With black, ch 3, dc in each of next 6 sts, [ch 1, sk next st, dc in each of next 7 sts] 9 times, ch 1, sk next st, join in beg ch-3, draw up a lp, secure with safety pin, drop black to WS.
Back rnd: Draw up lp of beige in base of first dc of rnd, holding yarn at back of piece, ch 9, 5-dc pc in next sk dc, [ch 7, 5-dc pc in next sk dc] 9 times, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-9, draw up a lp, secure with safety pin, drop to WS. (10 pcs)
Rnd 5: Pick up dropped lp of black, ch 3, working over the beige ch sts and into dc sts of rnd, dc in next 6 dc, *dc in next st by inserting hook through ch-1 sp directly above 5-dc pc and in top of 5-dc pc and complete dc **, continuing to work over beige ch sts, dc in each of next 7 dc, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in beg ch-3.
Rnds 6–13: [Rep rnds 2–5 consecutively] twice.
Rnd 14: With black, ch 3, dc in each dc around, join in beg ch-3. Fasten off. (80 dc)
BORDER
Rnd 15: Pick up dropped lp of beige, ch 5 to bring yarn up level with previous rnd, sc in first dc, ch 1, sk next dc, [sc in next dc, ch 1, sk next dc] around, join in beg sc. (40 sc, 40 ch-1 sps)
Rnd 16: Sl st in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sc in same ch-1 sp as beg ch-1, ch 1, sk next sc, [sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, sk next sc] around, join in beg sc. Rnds 17–19: Rep rnd 16. Rnd 20: Ch 3, dc in st before beg ch-3, [sk next st, dc in next st, dc in sk st] around, for Handle openings, working as follows on each the front and back of Border (12 cross dc),
center 6 inches on each the front and back (see illustration), ch 2, sk 2 sts, join in beg ch-3.
Rnd 21: Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, ch 1, sk next st, [sc in next st, ch 1, sk next st] around, join in beg sc.
Rnds 22–24: Rep rnd 16. At the end of rnd 24, fasten off. With a length of beige, sew corrugated plastic strips to inside edge of Border centered between rnds 16–19 on each front and back of Border.
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 2–7: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn. At the end of row 7, fasten off.
Row 8: Fold Handle in half lengthwise over length of cotton rope, working through both thicknesses of row 7 and opposite side of foundation ch, join beige, sl st in each sc across. Fasten off. Insert each end of first Handle in opening of rnd 20 of Bag front and with length of beige, sew each end on the inside edge of the Border. Attach 2nd Handle in same manner on back of Bag.
BOW
Section A
Row 1: With black, ch 40, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (39 sc)
Rows 2–4: Ch 1, sc in each sc across, turn. At the end of row 4, fasten off.
Row 5: Join beige in first sc of row 4, sl st in each sc across. Fasten off.
Row 6: Join beige in opposite side of foundation ch, sl st in each ch across. Fasten off.
Section B
Row 1: With black, ch 12, sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each rem ch across, turn. (11 sc)
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in each sc across. Fasten off.
Row 3: Join beige in first sc of row 3, sl st in each sc across. Fasten off.
Row 4: Join beige in opposite side of foundation ch, sl st in each ch across. Fasten off. Fold ends of Section A to center and sew tog. Wrap Section B around center and sew ends tog at center back. Sew center back of Section B to center front of Bag over Border rnds.
FINISHING
With a 24-inch length of beige, fold Border rnds 21–24 to inside and sew edge of rnd 24 to rnd 16 of Border.