Free Crochet Pattern Felted Bag: Aquamarine Bag

Aquamarine Bag

This a free pattern for a felted crochet bag. It is made with Plötulopi yarn from Iceland. This yarn is great for felting and comes in many colours. The bag is constructed of a front and a back panel. The bottom/side panel is one piece.

The handles are made with the hairpin lace technique in cotton. For this very easy crochet technique see my tutorial on hairpin lace.

 Materials

Yarn 2 skeins Istex Plötulopi  in gray: 100% wool unspun, 100g/300 m-328 yards. 2 skeins Garnstudio Drops Muskat in #60 light iceblue: 100% mercerized cotton, 50 g/100 m-109 yards.

Hook  7 mm for the bag and 4 mm for the handles.

Tapestry needle and sewing needle

Sewing thread  In gray and light blue

Gauge

10 cm/4 inches x 10 cm/4 inches = 12 stitches x 7 rows

Finished size

Width 26 cm/10 inches, height 16 cm/6½ inches.

Free Crochet Pattern

The bag is worked with 2 strands of yarn.

Back and Front Panel

Chain 22

Row 1:  3 chains, 1 dc 3′rd chain from hook, work 21 dc into remaining chains.

Row 2:  Chain 9, 1 dc 3′rd chain from hook, work 27 dc, now increase with 6 dc by inserting the hook through the lower part of the last stitch made – 6 times.

Row 3:  Chain 4, 1 dc 3′rd chain from hook, work 33 dc, work 2 extra dc by inserting the hook through the lower part of the last stitch made – 2 times.

Row 4:  Chain 3, make 36 dc.

Row 5: Chain 4, 1 dc into 3′rd chain from hook, work 37 dc, 2 dc into last dc.

Row 6: Chain 3, work 39 dc.

Row 7:  As row 6.

Row 8:  Chain 3, 2 dc together, work 35 dc, 2 dc worked together.

Row 9:  Chain 3, work 37 dc.

Row 10:  Chain 3, 2 dc together, work 33 dc, 2 dc worked together.

Row 11:  Chain 3, 2 dc worked together, work 31 dc, 2 dc worked together.

Row 12:  Chain 3, 2 dc worked together, work 29 dc, 2 dc worked together. 

Row 13:  Chain 3, 2 dc worked together, work 27 dc, 2 dc worked together.

Row 14:  Chain 3, 2 dc worked together, work 25 dc, 2  dc worked together.

Row 15:  Chain 3, 2 dc worked together, work 23 dc, 2 dc worked together. 

Darn in ends. Work another panel, so you have a front and a back panel.

Bottom and Side Panel

Bottom and side panels is crocheted in one piece.

Chain 6

Row 1  Chain 3, 6 dc across.

Repeat row 1 until work measures 80 cm/32 inches. (This panel is made a little longer than needed to be sure it is long enough).

Put the 3 pieces into the washing machine at 60 Celcius/140 Fahrenheit. The yarn will felt to a nice dense fabric and there will be no need for a lining.

Sew the front panel together with the bottom/side panel with gray sewing thread. Then sew the back panel together with the bottom/side panel. The seams will be slightly visible from the outside.

Cut off any extra fabric at the side panels.

Handles

Put the two prongs on your haipin lace loom 4cm/1½ inch apart.

Work 136 loops on each side.

Each side of the hairband is crocheted this way: *Pick up 4 loops keeping the twist in them and work 8 sc in the center space of the group of these 4 loops*. Repeat between ** 33 more times. See chart below.

Stitch Guide:

Darn in the beginning and ending thread.

Pin the handles to the outside of the bag and sew with blue sewing thread.

Abbreviations

dc   =   double crochet

sc   =   single crochet

Note: This pattern is written with US crochet terms.

If you are not familiar with these, see my conversion chart Crochet Terms in US, UK, German and Danish.

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