Summer Net Market/Beach Bag

Hook: K

Material: Medium Weight
Gauge:  11” wide by 21” long (from bottom to tip of strap)

Hints & Tips:

-          Ch at the beginning of the rounds do not count as a stitch

-          At the beginning of each round when it says “next” you need to start in the first st still, I do it this way to shorten the instructions and hopefully make them easier to follow

Using MC

Round 1) Using magic circle, ch 2, 12 dc, pull tight, join to first dc with sl st – 12 dc

Round 2) Ch 2, 2 dc in every st around, join to first dc with sl st – 24 dc

Round 3) Ch 2, *1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st* around, join to first dc with sl st – 36 dc

Round 4) Ch 2, *1 dc in next 2 st, 2 dc in next st* around, join to first dc with sl st – 48 dc

Round 5) Ch 2, *1 dc in next 3 st, 2 dc in next st* around, join to first dc with sl st – 60 dc

Round 6 – 9) Ch 2, dc in every st around, join to first dc with sl st – 60 dc

Change to CC

Round 10) Ch 1, *sc in next st, ch 3, sk next st* around, join to first sc with sl st, sl st into ch 3 sp

Round 11 – 21) Repeat round 10

Change to MC

Round 22 – 24) Ch 2, dc in every st around, join to first dc with sl st – 60 dc

Round 25) Ch 2, dc in next 18 st, ch 60, sk next 12 dc, dc in next 18 st, ch 60, join to first dc with sl st – 156 st including ch

Round 25) Ch 2, sk first st, dc in next 16 st, dc dec in next dc and first ch (work in both looks leaving only the bottom “hump” of the ch) dc in next 58 ch, dc dec in last ch and next dc, dc in next 16 st, dc dec in last dc and first ch, dc in next 58 ch, dc dec in last ch and first dc (the one you skipped), join to first dc with sl st and tie off – 152 dc

Decorative Edging:

With CC

Join in tie off with ch 1, *sl st in next st, ch 1* around, join to first sl st with sl st and tie off

Do the same in the handle rings. 

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