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Best Beau Purse No. 805
Round-bottom Belastraw purse worked over millinery wire with increasing base, straight sides, and contrasting beaded flounces on marked rounds. Mounted on Dritz bag lining. Originally published by John Dritz & Sons Company, Volume 10, in 1947.
Materials
- DRITZ steel crochet hook · No. O (Zero)
Pattern instructions
Materials
Purse No. 805 Materials Required: DRITZ Belastraw Art. No. 110, 3 tubes of Main Color, 1 tube of Contrasting Color. DRITZ Steel Crochet Hook No. O (Zero). DRITZ Bag Lining No. 752. 15 dozen beads to match contrasting color. 21-inch Millinery Wire. GAUGE: 4½ sts make 1 inch.
Base
Starting at bottom with Main Color, ch 4. Join with sl st to form ring.
8 sc in ring.
2 sc in each sc (16 sc). Mark last st of each rnd.
* 2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * (24 sc).
* 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc. Repeat from * (30 sc).
* 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc. Repeat from * (36 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (42 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (48 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (54 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (60 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (66 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (72 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (78 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (84 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (90 sc).
Sc in each sc increasing 6 sc on each rnd (96 sc on 15th rnd).
Side
Clamp wire to form a circle. Working over wire, * insert hook in next sc and pull loop through, y o, through 1 loop, insert hook in same sc and pull loop through, y o, through 3 loops. Repeat from *.
Work up side as follows: 1st rnd: Working in back loops only make sc in each sc.
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Sc in each sc, then mark this round with a colored thread. Flounce will be worked on this rnd later.
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Repeat 12th rnd.
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Repeat 12th rnd.
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Sc in each sc. End off.
Flounces
FLOUNCES: Work 1st rnd same as ridge of Ridged Rascal Hat No. 792.
With Contrasting Color work 2nd rnd of ridge of Ridged Rascal Hat No. 792 increasing 22 sc (118 sc).
Work 4 more rnds straight.
Measure off 4 rnds of Belastraw beyond last sc. Break off. String 59 beads on this strand. Work one more rnd of sc, pushing up 1 bead in every other sc. End off. Make flounces on other marked rnds. Mount on DRITZ Bag Lining No. 752.
