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Super Basic Tote

SKILL LEVEL: ADVANCED BEGINNER

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YARN

Weight 4 – 150 Yards

For the bag pictured I used Bernat Handicrafter but any weight 4 yarn could easily be substituted.

HOOK

5.5 mm

ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES

  • Removable Stitch Marker
  • Yarn Needle
  • Scissors

NOTES

  • Beginning chain DOES NOT count as a stitch

ABBREVIATIONS (US TERMS)

  • slst – Slipstitch
  • ch – Chain
  • sc – Single Crochet
  • hdc – Half Double Crochet

DIMENSIONS

My bag measures approximately 11 inches wide and 11 inches tall. 

PATTERN

ch 41

ROW 1

  • 2 hdc in second ch from hook
  • hdc across
  • 3 hdc in last stitch

*You will now work across the bottom of the chain

  • hdc across
  • hdc in last stitch (the stitch you started the row on)
  • slst to first hdc

ROW 2

  • ch 1
  • hdc around
  • Do not join

ROW 3 – 26

*Rows 3 – 26 will be worked in continuous rounds, meaning you won’t join at the end of each row. Use a stitch marker to mark the first stitch of each round to keep track of the row numbers.

  • hdc around

*Your last stitch in ROW 26 may be off centre from the side of your bag, if it is, continue to hdc until you reach the side

  • At the end of Row 26, join with a slst 

ROW 27 – 28

  • ch 1
  • sc around 
  • slst to beginning sc

ROW 29

  • ch 1
  • sc in the next 13 stitches
  • ch 50, skip the next 15 stitches
  • sc in the next 26 stitches
  • ch 50, skip the next 15 stitches 
  • sc in the next 13 stitches
  • slst to beginning sc 

ROW 30 – 31

  • ch 1
  • sc around 
  • slst to beginning sc

FINISHING

Fasten off and weave in ends.

LEGAL

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ALL FINISHED PRODUCTS created using this pattern may be sold locally or online. If selling finished products online, please give my shop credit for the pattern.

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