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Day 12: Drawstring bag

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Materials

Yarn: any thin yarn will work

(mercerized cotton works great in
tapestry crochet projects). I used
Tencel 100% lyocell, 50 g = 141 m,
colors: red (318291) and white
(318290).

Hook: as suggested on your yarn

label. I used hook size 2.0 mm.

Abbreviations (US terms)

ch: chain

sl st: slip stitch

sc: single crochet

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 msc: modified single crochet

prev: previous

st: stitch

rep **: repeat from * to *

Notes

The size of my drawstring bag is 7.5 x

12.5 cm. You will be working in rounds.
For this pattern you should be familiar
with the tapestry crochet (you can find
the tutorial here). Photo instructions
below show the main steps how to
make a bag. This pattern uses a
modified single crochet: make a
single crochet back loop only, just
instead of yarning over for the last
step, yarn under (see the tutorial here).
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continuous rounds, which means that
in the end of a round you don’t join
with a slip stitch, but instead
continue making modified single
crochets in the top of the first stitch of
the round. Remember to use a marker
showing the beginning of each round.
Follow the color chart showing how
you should change colors.
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The bag

Start by chaining 24 with red yarn.

Round 1: To make the first round, you

will be working down the chain, then
turn and work in the other side of the
chain. Make sc in every st of the chain
starting from the second chain from
your hook. Turn. 1 sc in the end of the
chain, make sc in every st (starting
with the one you have just worked
into; now that st has 3 sc in total)
until you come back to the beginning
of the chain. 1 sc in the end of the
chain. In total you should have 48 st.
Don’t join with a sl st, instead
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Now add the white yarn and follow the

color chart for all rounds until the end.

Round 2-24: msc in every st of the

prev round.

Making the holes for the string:

Round 25: msc, *ch2, skip 2 st of the

prev round, 2 msc*, rep ** 11 times, ch
2, skip 2 st of the prev round, msc.

Round 26: msc, *2 msc in the ch2

space of the prev round (make sure to
grab the loose yarn hanging in the ch2
space in the prev round too), 2 msc*,
rep ** 11 times, 2 msc in the ch2 space
of the prev round, msc.
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 Round 27-31: msc in every st of the
prev round.

In the end make 4 additional sl st in

the next 4 st to even out the edge.
Fasten off.

Making the string

Start by chaining with red yarn. The

length of the chain should be around
26 cm long. Make a row of slip stitches
in the third loop of the chain as it is
shown in photo instructions here.

Color chart

How to read the chart

Each square represents a stitch and

its color. In each round you have 48
stitches (48 columns in the chart).
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rounds). For each round you have to
read the row in the chart from right to
left.

You can find a more detailed tutorial

explaining how to read a color chart
and when and how to change yarn
color here.
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bag with a present

Round 2
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 1. See general photo instructions
showing how to start a bag here and
how to introduce yarn here. The first
stitch in round 3 is white, therefore
don’t complete the last stitch in round
2, stop when you have 2 loops on your
hook.
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 2. Then move the white yarn up and
yarn under.

3. Pull the yarn through. Now the white

yarn is ready to be used.

Round 3
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 4. Make the first stitch in round 3 with
the white yarn.

Round 6
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 5. The 32nd stitch in round 6 should
be red. So Make 30 mscs with white
yarn, start making the 31st, but stop
when you have two loops on your hook.

6. Put the red yarn up, yarn under and

pull the yarn through. Now the red yarn
is ready to be used.
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 7. Make three full mscs with the red
yarn, then start the fourth one, but
don’t complete it.
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through both loops on your hook. The
white yarn is ready to be used again.

9. Then make one full msc with the

white yarn, start the second one with
the white yarn and complete it with
the red yarn.

Round 14
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 10. After a while the bag will look like
this.

Round 25
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for a string. See general photo
instructions for how to make holes
here.

Round 31

12. When you complete the bag, make

4 slip stitches to even out the edge.
See general photo instructions here.

Finished drawstring bag with a

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13. Done! Now make a string and

weave it in. See general photo
instructions for how to make a string
here.

Enjoy your drawstring bag with a

present!
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