YOU WILL NEED
MillaMia Naturally Soft Aran (100% merino wool, 50g/80m), 2 balls of each:
Yarn A Shocking Pink (244)
Yarn B Teal (231)
Yarn C Oat (228)
A 5.5mm (US I/9) hook
Large wooden button from your free pack or one button, 6cm diameter
MEASUREMENTS
Bag measures 34x30cm (13 1/4 x 11 3/4in)
without strap, strap adds 50cm (19 3/4in)
ABBREVIATIONS
Star st (Star Stitch): Ch3, insert hook into 2nd ch from hook, yrh and pull up loop, insert hook into 3rd ch from hook, yrh and pull up loop, skip st at base of beg ch-3, (insert hook in next st, yrh and pull up loop) 3 times, yrh, pull through all 6 loops on hook, ch1 to create centre of star, *insert hook into centre of star, yrh and pull up loop, insert hook through last loop of previous star, yrh and pull up loop, insert hook in same space as last loop of previous star, yrh and pull up loop, (insert hook in next st, yrh and pull up loop) twice, yrh and pull through all 6 loops on hook, ch1 to create centre of star, repeat from *. When working in the Round, work last leg of last star into st at base of beg ch-3, ss to second ch of beg ch-3 to join.
NOTES
The base of the bag is worked using the amigurumi method. Work in a continuous spiral without closing off each round with a slip stitch. You may find it helpful to place a marker in the first st of each round and move it up as you work.
When working Star stitch rounds, change colour in the yrh of each ss at the end of the round, leaving the previous colour at the back of your work to pickup later.
BAG
Using Yarn A, ch2.
Round 1 8htr in second ch from the hook. [8 htr]
Round 2 2htr in each st around. [16 htr]
Rounds 3-13 Work as Rounds 3-13 of Beret, noting that there is an extra pattern repeat in each Round, so you will have 24 sts at the end of Round 3, and increase by 8 sts each round. [104 htr after Round 13]
Round 14 *(Htr in space before next htr) 12 times, 2htr in space before next htr; repeat from * around. [112 htr]
Round 15 Htr in space before each htr around to last 2 sts, 2htr in next st, ss in next st. [113 sts]
Round 16 Join Yarn B in first st, ch1 (does not count as st), dc in each dc around. [113 dc]
Round 17 Star st around, change to Yarn C. [56 Stars]
Round 18 Ch1 (does not count as st), 2dc in centre of each Star around to last Star, 3dc in centre of last Star, ss to first dc to join. [113 dc]
Round 19 Star st around, change to Yarn A. [56 Stars]
Round 20 Repeat Round 18.
Round 21 Star st around, change to Yarn B. [56 Stars]
Round 22 Repeat Round 18.
Rounds 23-28 Repeat Rounds 17-22.
Rounds 29-32 Ch1 (does not count as st), dc in each dc around, ss to first dc to join. [113 dc] Rounds 33-38 Repeat Rounds 17-22.
Rounds 39-40 Repeat Rounds 17-18.
Rounds 41-43 Ch1 (does not count as st), dc in each dc around, ss to first dc to join. [113 dc]
Rounds 44-45 Repeat Rounds 19-20.
Round 46 Star st around. Fasten off. [56 Stars]
FLAP
Row 1 Join Yarn B in first Star st of Round 46 of bag, ch1 (does not count as st throughout), 2dc in first 28 Star sts leaving rem sts unworked, turn. [56 dc]
Row 2 Ch1, dc in each st across, turn. Fasten off. [56 dc]
Row 3 Join Yarn C in first st, ch1, dc in each st across, turn.
Row 4 Ch1, dc in each st across, turn. Fasten off. Row 5 Join Yarn A in first st, ch1, dc in each st across, turn.
Row 6 Ch1, skip first st, dc in each st across to last st, turn leaving last st unworked. Fasten off. [54 dc]
Row 7 Join Yarn B in first st, ch1, skip first st, dc in each st across to last st, turn leaving last st unworked. Fasten off. [52 dc]
Row 8 Ch1, skip first st, dc in each st across to last st, turn leaving last st unworked. Fasten off. [50 dc]
Row 9 Join Yarn C in first st, ch1, skip first st, dc in each st across to last st, turn leaving last st unworked. Fasten off. [48 dc]
Row 10 Repeat Row 8. [46 dc]
Row 11 Join Yarn A in first st, ch1, skip first st, dc in each st across to last st, turn leaving last st unworked. Fasten off. [44 dc]
Row 12 Repeat Row 8. [42 dc]
Rows 13-17 Repeat Rows 7-11. [32 dc]
Row 18 (Buttonhole Row) Ch1, skip first st, dc in next 11 sts, ch8, skip next 8 sts, dc in next 11 sts, turn leaving last st unworked. Fasten off. [30 sts]
Rows 19-24 Repeat Rows 7-12. [18 dc] Fasten off.
EDGING
Round 1 Join Yarn C in first unworked Star st of Round 46 of bag, chi (does not count as st throughout), 2dc in next 28 Star sts, working around the edge of the Flap, dc in each Row end and each st across the last Row of the Flap, dc in each Row end back towards first st, ss to first st to join. [122 dc]
Round 2 Ch1 (does not count as st), dc in each dc around, ss to first dc to join. [122 dc] Fasten off.
With Yarn A, ch140. Fasten off.
Round 1 Join Yarn B in first ch, ch2 (counts as htr), 3htr in same ch, htr in each ch across to last ch, 4htr in last ch, rotate to work along the other side of the starting ch, htr in each ch across, ss to top of beg ch-2 to join. [284 htr]
Round 2 Join Yarn C in first st, ch2 (counts as htr), htr in st at base ch-2, 2htr in each of next 3 htr, htr in next 138 sts, 2htr in each of next 4 htr, htr in next 138 sts, ss to top of beg ch-2 to join. [292 htr]
Round 3 Join Yarn B in first st, ch2 (counts as htr), (2htr in next htr, htr in next htr) 4 times, htr in next 138 sts, (2htr in next htr, htr in next htr) 4 times, htr in next 137 sts, ss to top of beg ch-2 to join. [300 htr]
TO MAKE UP
Sew Strap to Bag so approx 7.5cm of strap overlaps bag either side of the Flap using the image as a guide. Sew Button to centre of Round 39 on the front of the Bag. Weave in all ends.
Design by Janet Fullalove
