Design Story
Just as yellow combines with blue to make green -using this as your shopping bag makes it green, too! With tapestry crochet, one yarn is single crocheted, while another is carried. Colours are switched while 2 loops of the single crochet stitch are still on the hook.
Materials
Louet Euroflax Light Worsted Weight, 100% wet spun linen, 190 yds per 100 gm skein
3 skeins shade 57 (french blue) - yarn CA
3 skeins shade 05 (goldilocks) - yarn CB
Crochet hook size G (4.5 mm or US 6) or hook needed to obtain gauge.
stitch marker
Measurements
Finished Dimensions: 25.5 cm (10 inches) high (without 73.5 cm (29 inch) straps) x 30.5 (12 inch) diameter
Tension
22 sc and 19 sc rows = 10 cm (4 inches)
Standard yarn tension: 18 sts per 10 cm (4 inches) using 3.75 mm needle
Abbreviations
Please note: This pattern has been written using US crochet terminology. Due to the pattern complexity the UK comparative terms are only listed under abbreviations not throughout the pattern as normal. There is only one different term which is sc (US) rather than dc (UK).
Abbreviations
ch - chain
rnd(s) - round(s)
sc - single crochet (dc or double crochet in UK)
sl - slip
st(s) - stitch(es)
tog - together
Pattern Notes
This piece is worked as a spiral, not in concentric rings, so DO NOT JOIN. Insert a st marker into the top of the last st of the rnd and move it to the new last st at the end of each rnd.
To carry tail: Lay tail over top of sts being worked into, then sc across as usual, encasing carried tail between sts. If done correctly, carried tail will not be visible from front or back of work.
With tapestry crochet, one yarn is single crocheted, while another is carried. To do a tapestry crochet stitch, colours are switched while 2 loops are still on the hook; yarn over with the next colour and pull it through the loops to prepare for the tapestry crochet stitch.
Rnd 1: With CA yarn, make a slip knot (leaving an 8 inch tail [20cm]), then ch 4 sts, sl st in first ch to form a ring. Begin to carry CB and the CA tail and sc 5 sts loosely into ring. The piece should have 5 sts at end of rnd. DO NOT JOIN. This piece is worked as a spiral, not in concentric rings, so do not join. To keep track of where each rnd ends, slip a stitch marker into the top of the last st of the rnd. Remove the marker from the last st and slip it into the new last st at the end of each rnd.
Rnd 2: Continue to carry CB and the tail. Inc in every st (2 sc in each stitch) with CA. 10 sts.
Rnd 3: Cut the CA tail flush. *Inc in next st with CA, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 20 sts.
Rnd 4: *Sc 1 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 1 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 30 sts.
Rnd 5: *Sc 2 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 2 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 40 sts.
Rnd 6: *Sc 3 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 3 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 50 sts.
Rnd 7: *Sc 4 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 4 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 60 sts.
Rnd 8: *Sc 5 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 5 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 70 sts.
Rnd 9: *Sc 6 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 6 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 80 sts.
Rnd 10: *Sc 7 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 7 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 90 sts.
Rnd 11: *Sc 8 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 8 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 100 sts.
Rnd 12: *Sc 9 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 9 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 110 sts.
Rnd 13: *Sc 10 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 10 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 120 sts.
Rnd 14: *Sc 11 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 11 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 130 sts.
Rnd 15: *Sc 12 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 12 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 140 sts.
Rnd 16: *Sc 13 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 13 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 150 sts.
Rnd 17: *Sc 14 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 14 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 160 sts.
Rnd 18: *Sc 15 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 15 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 170 sts.
Rnd 19: *Sc 16 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 16 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 180 sts.
Rnd 20: *Sc 17 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 17 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 190 sts.
Rnd 21: *Sc 19 CA, sc 19 CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 190 sts.
Rnd 22: *Sc 18 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 18 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 200 sts.
Rnd 23: *Sc 20 CA, sc 20 CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 200 sts.
Rnd 24: *Sc 19 CA, inc in next st with CA, sc 19 CB, inc in next st with CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 210 sts.
Rnd 25: *Sc 21 CA, sc 21 CB. Repeat from * 5 times. 210 sts.
Rnds 26-68: *Sc 21 CB, sc 21 CA. Repeat from * 5 times. 210 sts.
Straps and Rim
Rnd A: Sc 11 CB, cut only CA, chain 130 CB (still attached to bag), insert hook into 42ndth st away from base of ch, begin to carry CA, sc 11 CB, sc 21 CA, sc 21 CB, sc 11 CA, cut only CB, chain 130 CA (still attached to bag), insert hook into 42ndth st away from base of ch, begin to carry CB sc 11 CA, sc 21 CB, sc 21 CA.
Rnd B: Sc 11 CB, sc 130 CB onto the ch, sc 11 CB, sc 7 CA, join the CA and CB yarns tog and with them still attached to the purse, ch 7, lay the CB strap (from inside to outside) between the rim and the chain, then capture the strap by inserting the hook into the 8th st away from the base of the ch, sc 7 CA, sc 7 CB, join the CA and CB yarns together and with them still attached to the purse, ch 7 CB, lay the CA strap (from inside to outside) between the rim and the chain, then capture the strap by inserting the hook into the 8th st away from the base of the ch, sc 7 CB, 11 CA. sc 130 CA onto the ch (pushing the balls of thread through the strap loops - if the balls are too big to fit through, rewind them into several smaller attached balls that can be passed through), sc 11 CA, sc 7 CB, join the CA and CB yarns tog and with them still attached to the purse, ch 7, lay the CA strap (from inside to outside) between the rim and the chain, then capture the strap by inserting the hook into the 8th st away from the base of the ch, sc 7 CB, sc 7 CA, join the CA and CB yarns tog and with them still attached to the purse, ch 7 CA, lay the CB strap (from inside to outside) between the rim and the chain, then capture the strap by inserting the hook into the 8th st away from the base of the ch, sc 7 CA.
Rnd C: Sc 152 CB, sc 7 CA, carry other thread and sc 7 CA st around the chain, sc 7 CA, sc 7 CB, carry other thread and sc 7 CB st around the chain, sc 7 CB, sc 152 CA, sc 7 CB, carry other thread and sc 7 CB st around the chain, sc 7 CB, sc 7 CA, carry other thread and sc 7 CA st around the chain, sc 7 CA.
Rnd D: Sc 152 CB, sc 21 CA, sc 21 CB, sc 152 CA, sc 21 CB, sc 20 CA, cut CB, sl st , finish off.
Rnd E: Insert hook under upper two loops of st in upper right inside corner of the rim and strap (st where CA ch started), pull through a loop of CA, leaving a 3inch [7.5cm] tail, start to carry the CA tail and CB, ch 1 CA, sc 1 CA st into same st, sc 10 CB, sc 21 CB, 10 CA, sc 1 CA in corner st, sc 130 CA on strap.
Rnd F: Sc 11 CA, sc 21 CB, sc 141 CA.
Rnd G: Sc 11 CA, sc 21 CB, sc 160 CA, sc 21 CB, sc 10 CA, cut CB, sl st CA, finish off, work in the end.
Rnd H: Insert hook under upper two loops of st in upper right inside corner of the rim and strap (st where CB ch started), pull through a loop of CB, leaving a 3inch [7.5cm] tail, start to carry the CB tail and CA, ch 1 CB, sc 1 CB st into same st, sc 10 CA, sc 21 CA, 10 CB, sc 1 CB in corner st, sc 130 CB on strap.
Rnd I: Sc 11 CB, sc 21 CA, sc 141 CB.
Rnd J: Sc 11 CB, sc 21 CA, sc 160 CB, sc 21 CA, sc 10 CB, cut CA, sl st CB, finish off, work in the end. Steam iron to block.
Also see Carol's Tapestry Crochet feature article in this issue
or go to www.tapestrycrochet.com
This pattern is not to be used commercially or to be resold. Copyright © Carol Ventura 2008
