Amazing market bag DIY

 

Everything in a mesh bag! 

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You will be surprised how much you can carry in a mesh bag, considering how small it can be folded. Even in your jacket pocket, he can go along for unexpected purchases. That saves a lot of plastic bags!

The bag becomes approximately 33 cm wide x 37 cm long, excluding handles. You can crochet it with different yarn if you wish. To achieve the correct size of bag, increase or decrease with 5 ch.

Special crochet stitches

BPhdc = back post half double crochet

Before inserting, yarn over (1). Crochet 1 hdc in the back of the work, thus insert the hook frin tge back of the work, to the right of the tr, to the fornt of the work. Then, go back to the left of the dc through the back loop again (2). Then pic up the yarn, yarn over and pull grom left to right along the dc, yarn over and pull through all 3 loops (3) y (4).

FPhdc = front post half double crochet

Before inserting, yarn over. Crochet 1 hdc in the front of the work, thus pick up the tr ate the front of the work. To do this, insert the hook to the right of the tr through the work to the back, then to the front again to the left fo the tr (5). Then pick up the yarn, yarn over and pull from left to right alogn the dc, yarn over an pull through all 3 loops (6) and (7).

BPtr = back post treble crochet

Before inserting, yarn over twice (8).

Crochet 1 tr in the back loop. Thus insert the hook from the back of the work, to the right of the hdc, to the front of the work and then to the left of the hdc to the back again (9). Then pick up the yarn, pull yhour hook grom left to right along the double crochet and finish the treble crochet; yarn over and pull through 2 loops, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, (10) and (11).

FPtr = front post trble crochet

Before inserrting, yarn over twice. Crochet 1 tr in the front loop, thus pick up the hdc at the fornt of the work. To do this, insert the hook to the right of the hdc through the work to the back and then to the left of the hdc to the front again.(12). Then pick up the yarn, pull your hook from left to right alogn the double crochet and finish the treble crochet; yarn over and pull through 2 loops, yarn over and pull through 2 loops, yarn over and pull through the final 2 loops (13) and (14).


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How to crochet the Bag

Crochet a chain of 70 ch.

Rnd 1: for the 1st sc, insert into the 4th ch from the hook (= 2 sc), *3 ch, skip 3 ch, 1 sc into each of the next 2 ch, repeat from * to the end of the round.

Rnd 2: 4 ch (? 1 st tr), 1 tr in the next stitch, *4 ch, skip 3 ch, 1 tr into each of the next stitches, repeat from * to the end of the round.

Rnd 3: 2 ch (= 1 st hdc), FPhdc int the next stitch, *4 ch, skip 4 ch, 2 BPhdc, 4 ch, skip 4 ch, 2 FPhdc, rep from *. Crochet 1 hdc in the 4th ch isntead of the final BPhdc.

Rnd 4: 4 ch (= 1 st tr), 1 FPtr in the next stitch, *4 ch, skip 4 ch, 2 BPtr, 4 ch, skip 4 ch, 2 FPtr, rep from *. Crochet 1 tr in the 2nd ch instead of the final BPtr.

Rnd 5 and 6: crochet as Rnd 3 and 4, but now make sure the groups of post stitches will stagger. On top of a group of BPdc, there will be a group of FPdc. Start Rnd 5 with 2 ch, 1 BPhdc, *4 ch, skip 4 ch, 2 

FPhdc, 4 ch, sip 4 ch, rep from *. Finish each round with 1 hdc or 1 tr, Rep Rnd 3 to 6 until there are 26 squarres (= total of 52 rounds). Then crochet the final round. Crochet 1 sc of the FPtr and make 3 ch in between.

Finishing

Fold the work in half. Crochet the sides closed with sc. In the rounds, crochet with tr 2 sc between the first 2 tr. Crochet with hdc 1 sc between the 1st 2 hdc. Crochet the other sides together in the same way. At the top of the baf, crochet 2 sc in the 3-ch space and 2 sc in the 2 tr all around. Make 2 more rounds of sc. For each handle, crochet a chain of 60 + 2 ch. For the 1st sc, insert into the 4th ch from the hook and crochet 3 rounds of sc. Weave in all ends on the inside of the bag.



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By Fun Crochet Magazine
Designer Marijtje ter Meer
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