Sunday, December 20, 2009
A LOT A RUFFLES FELTED BAG
MATERIALS:
Worsted weight feltable yarn
Approximately 7 ounces main color (200 g)
and 3.5 ounces (50 g) for trim and straps
K and I crochet hooks
Yarn needle
APPROXIMATE SIZE:
Bag:
Before felting laid flat, width bottom 16 inches, top 12 inches, height 11 inches
After felting laid flat, width bottom 10 inches, top 8 inches, height 8 inches
Straps: Before felting 21 inches. After felting 18 inches.
GAUGE: Unimportant, but bag should be worked loosely.
PATTERN NOTES:
1. Read instructions all the way through before beginning.
2. Decrease used isn’t your conventional hdc dec, but what seems to work best for this pattern. Decrease (dec over 2 sts); yarn over, insert hook in next st, yarn over and pull loop through, yarn over, insert hook in next st , yarn over and pull loop through, yarn over and pull through all 5 loops of hook.
3. Before working each set of decreases lay work flat with round 1 (sc round) centered at bottom. The first decrease, of each decrease round, should be 2 stitches from the fold. The number of stitches worked before the decreases worked out right for me, but in case yours doesn’t always check to be sure. It isn’t crucial that the number of stitches before the decrease is the same, just that the decreases are worked at the folded edge.
4. When working in the back loop of the hdc work into the VERY back loop leaving two loops on the front free.
5. Always crochet over the tails when possible. They will be locked in place by the felting process.
6. Check your bag often during the felting process. The straps tend to tangle and you will need to untangle and give them a stretch.
7. The photos of the bag before felting show a 7 ruffle version, don't let that confuse you.
INSTRUCTIONS:
With main color and K hook, ch 46
Round 1: Make 2 sc in 2nd chain from hook, sc in each chain (43) to last chain. Work over yarn tail for remainder of this round. 3 sc in last ch. Work in the unused loops on opposite side of starting chain, sc in each chain. (44 stitches) Join with a slip stitch in top of first sc. [92 sc]
Rounds 2-4: Ch 2 (this counts as turning ch, not the first stitch, throughout), hdc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [92 hdc]
Round 5: Ch 2, dec over 2 sts, twice, hdc in 42 sts, dec over 2 sts twice, hdc in 42 sts. Join with a slipstitch in top of first dec. [88 sts]
Round 6: Ch 2, hdc in the back loop of each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [88 hdc]
Rounds 7-8: Ch 2, hdc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [88 hdc]
Round 9: Ch 2, hdc in 2 sts, dec over 2 sts, twice, hdc in 40 sts, dec over 2 sts twice, hdc in 38 sts. Join with a slipstitch in back loop of first hdc. [84 sts]
Round 10: Ch 2, hdc in the back loop of each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [84 hdc]
Rounds 11-12: Ch 2, hdc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in back loop of first hdc. [84 hdc]
Round 13: Ch 2, hdc in 3 sts, dec over 2 sts, twice, hdc in 38 sts, dec over 2 sts twice, hdc in 35 sts. Join with a slipstitch in back loop of first hdc. [80 sts]
Round 14: Ch 2, hdc in the back loop of each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [80 hdc]
Rounds 15-16: Ch 2, hdc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [80 hdc]
Round 17: Ch 2, hdc in 5 sts, dec over 2 sts, twice, hdc in 36 sts, dec over 2 sts twice, hdc in 30 sts. Join with a slipstitch in back loop of first hdc. [76 sts]
Round 18: Ch 2, hdc in the back loop of each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [76 hdc]
Rounds 19-20: Ch 2, hdc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [76 hdc]
Round 21: Ch 2, hdc in 7 sts, dec over 2 sts, twice, hdc in 34 sts, dec over 2
sts twice, hdc in 27 sts. Join with a slipstitch in back loop of first hdc. [72 sts]
Round 22: Ch 2, hdc in the back loop of each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [72 hdc]
Rounds 23-24: Ch 2, hdc in each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [72 hdc]
Round 25: Ch 2, hdc in 8 sts, dec over 2 sts, twice, hdc in 32 sts, dec over 2 sts twice, hdc in 24 sts. Join with a slipstitch in back loop of first hdc. [68 sts]
Fasten off main color.
Round 26: Ch 2, hdc in the back loop of each st around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [68 hdc]
Round 27-28: Ch 2, hdc in each stitch around. Join with a slipstitch in top of first hdc. [68 sc]
Round 29: (Welt round): Ch 1, slipstitch in the next st and the unused loop of the hdc in round 26, repeat around. This will create a welt. Join in top of first slipstitch. [68 sts]
Fasten off. Weave in ends.
Stitches marked for ruffles.
RUFFLES:
Ruffle Row 1: Lay bag flat with the bottom of the bag at the top. Mark the third st of unused loops of the hdc of rounds 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 and 25, on the right and left sides. These sts are where the ruffles begin and end. With bottom of bag up, attach main color yarn with a slipstitch in the right hand marked st. Ch 2, 2 dc in same st. 3 dc in each st across to the other marked st. 3 dc in last st. Fasten off.
Repeat the ruffle using the other rounds of unused loops. You will have 6 ruffles on one side of bag.
Ruffle Row 2: Attach the trim color with a sc in the first st of ruffle row 1. Sc in each st across. Fasten off.
Bag ready for felting.CORD FOR STRAPS: Make 2 with trim color
Round 1: With I hook, leaving an 8 inch tail, ch 2, 5 sc in second chain from hook. Do not join.
Round 1: With I hook, leaving an 8 inch tail, ch 2, 5 sc in second chain from hook. Do not join.
Round 2-until 21 inches long: Sc in back loop of next sc. Continue working sc in back loop until cord is 36 inches long. You will be working from the inside of a tube.
Fasten off leaving an 8 inch tail.
Fasten off leaving an 8 inch tail.
ATTACH STRAPS:
Lay bag flat and mark 3 ½ inches in from each side on front and back. These are the locations where you will sew the ends of the straps in place. Using a yarn needle attach the straps at the markers. (One strap to each side.) When sewing the strap, place the bottom of the strap at the base of the welt round. Reinforce the area where the handles and bag are joined by weaving the tail back and forth through the stitches several times. Remove all markers.
Lay bag flat and mark 3 ½ inches in from each side on front and back. These are the locations where you will sew the ends of the straps in place. Using a yarn needle attach the straps at the markers. (One strap to each side.) When sewing the strap, place the bottom of the strap at the base of the welt round. Reinforce the area where the handles and bag are joined by weaving the tail back and forth through the stitches several times. Remove all markers.
