Free Pattern! Love Knot Crocheted Bag

Love Knot Bag

Materials

• Super Bulky Weight Yarn, (2) 6oz skeins
• Size H Crochet Hook
• 7" Diameter Bamboo Purse Rings (2)
• Yarn Needles

Gauge

• In sc, 3sts and 3 rows = 1"
• In pattern, 4 double knot sts and 6 rows = 4" (measuring from sc at center of 1 knot st to center of  next st). 

Abbreviations

• sc = single crochet
• ch = chain
• YO = yarn over

Worked as Front and Back sewn together. Front and back worked the same. 

Begin with Ch 37

Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. (36sc)

Row 2: Ch 1, turn; sc in each sc across. 

Repeat row 2 until piece measures approx 5" from beginning, do NOT finish off. 

Begin Mesh

Pattern Row 1: * Pull up loop on hook to measure 1/2", YO and draw through loop on hook, holding back single strand with thumb and middle finger, insert hook between 1/2" loop and single strand (fig A), YO and draw through (2 loops on hook), YO and draw through 2 loops on hook (single knot made), pull up loop now on hook to measure 1/2" (fig B), YO and draw through loop on hook, insert hook between 1/2" loop and single strand (fig C), YO and draw through (2 loops on hook), YO and draw through 2 loops on hook (double knot st made), skip next 2 sts, sc in next st; rep from * across row, ending with sc in last st: 4 double knot sts. 

Pattern Row 2: Work 1 double knot st and 1 single knot st, sc in center of first double knot st (fig D),  work double knot st, * sc in center of next double knot st, work double knot st; repeat from * across, ending with sc in last st. 

Repeat pattern row 2 until piece measures approx 14" from beginning; do NOT finish off. 

Join piece to ring by working sc around ring and into center of double knot st of last row, * 2 sc around ring, sc around ring and into center of next double knot st; repeat from * across; finish off. 

Finish

Beginning 3" below ring, seam pieces together by sewing down one side, across bottom and up remaining side, ending 3" below ring. 

Pattern originally found in "Must Have Bags"

Designed by Linda Dec Vikla

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