Sunday, December 20, 2009
WINE BOTTLE GIFT BAG
MATERIALS:
Worsted weight yarn (1.5 to 2 ounces)
Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
Yarn needle
SIZE: 750ml bottleNOTES:1. Read instructions all the way through before beginning.
2. Double Crochet V-stitch = double, chain 1, double (dc, ch 1, dc)
3. There are instructions to crochet a chain for a tie. But I like the look of 30 inches of ribbon used as the tie.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Round 1: Ch 3, (do not count as first dc) 12 dc in the 3rd ch from hook. Join with a slipstitch in first dc. (12 sts)
Round 2: Ch 2 (do not count as first dc from now on), 2 dc in each st. Join with a slipstitch in first dc. (24 sts)
Round 3: Ch 4, dc in join. *Skip 1 st, dc, ch 1, dc all in next st, repeat from * around. Join with a slipstitch in 3rd ch of ch 4. (12 Dc V-sts)
Rounds 4-19: Slipstitch into first ch space, ch 4, dc in same space. * Dc, ch 1, dc in next ch 1 space, repeat from * around. Join with a slipstitch in 3rd ch of ch 4. (12 Dc V-sts)
Round 20: Slipstitch into first ch space, ch 3, 2 dc in same space. * 3 Dc in next ch 1 space, repeat from * around. Join with a slipstitch in 3rd ch of ch 3. (12 Shells)
TIE: Ch 70. Weave tie in and out of the V-sts of round 18.