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Drawstring Bag Pattern #S-424
Three-piece drawstring bag with oval base, side and top sections in tr and raised dc pattern with color changes, beading round, and braided drawstrings. Uses Coats and Clark's O.N.T. Speed-Cro-Sheen. Originally published in Coats & Clark's O.N.T. #300, Quick Crochet.
Materials
- Milwards steel crochet hook · No. 0
Pattern instructions
Base
BASE (Make 2)... Starting at center with Blue Sparkle, make a chain to measure 7½ inches.
1st rnd: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch across, 3 sc in last ch; working along opposite side of starting chain, make sc in each ch across. Join with sl st to first sc.
2nd rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, sc in each sc around, increasing 3 sc evenly on each end—to inc 1 sc, make 2 sc in 1 sc. Join.
Repeat 2nd rnd until piece measures 10 inches long. Break off.
Side Piece
SIDE PIECE... Starting at bottom with Blue Sparkle, make a chain 24 inches long, having number of chains divisible by 4. Join with a sl st.
1st rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, sc in next 2 ch, * tr in next ch, sc in next 3 ch. Repeat from * around. Join to first sc.
2nd rnd: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join and break off.
3rd rnd: Attach Mid Rose to same place as sl st, sc in same place, * tr in next sc, sc in next sc, make a dc around the tr 2 rnds below (raised dc made), skip next sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join.
4th rnd: Repeat 2nd rnd.
5th rnd: Attach White to same place as last joining, sc in same place, * make a raised dc, skip next sc, sc in next sc, tr in next sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join.
6th rnd: Repeat 2nd rnd.
7th and 8th rnds: Attach Blue Sparkle and repeat 3rd and 4th rnds.
Continue working in pattern, making raised dc's over tr's 2 rnds below, thus staggering position of raised dc's, until piece measures 7½ inches. Join and break off.
Beading
BEADING... 1st rnd: Attach next alternate color to same place as last joining, ch 5, * skip 1 sc, tr in next sc, ch 1. Repeat from * around. Join to 4th ch of ch-5. Do not break off.
2nd rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as last joining, sc in each ch 1 and each tr around. Join and break off.
Top Piece
TOP PIECE... Attach next alternate color, sc in same place, sc in next 2 sc, * tr in next sc, sc in next 3 sc. Repeat from * around. Join.
Repeat 2nd rnd of side piece.
Continue working in pattern, alternating colors, until piece measures 9½ inches in all. Join and break off.
Drawstring
DRAWSTRING... Cut 5 strands of each color, each 48 inches long. Make a braid, lace through sps and tie ends securely, leaving 1 inch for tassel. Make another braid and lace through from opposite side.
