Saturday 25 February 2012

Basic Granny Bucket Bag Pattern

This is going to be a two or three part Tutorial.  I under estimated how much time it would take based upon the ease of the flat circle.  So far I am onto day two, yesterday was something of a washout with just a couple of rows made.

So without further ado, here is the body of the bag.

I used 4 balls of Moda Vera Gelato 50% cotton, 50% acrylic mix.  A 3.25 mm hook.  The bag is 30cm across and 22cm deep so it's quite large.  The cotton/acrylic blend will stretch a little so I didn't want to make it too large to begin with.


Create a flat circle:

Chain 4

Row 1: 3 sc into the circle to equal one treble (dc) 11 trebles and join with ss to create a circle with 12 tr.

Row 2:  3 sc to equal 1 tr.  1 tr into the same stitch.  2 tr into every stitch = 24 stitches, join with ss to 3rd stitch of first tr 

Row 3:  3 sc to equal 1 tr. 1 tr into the same stitch. *1 tr into next stitch, 2 trebles into the following st, repeat from * to end. join with ss to 3rd stitch of first tr = 35 stitches

Row 4,  3 sc to equal 1 tr. 1 tr into the same stitch. *1 tr into next 2 stitches, 2 trebles into the following st, repeat from * to end. join with ss to 3rd stitch of first tr

Row 5,  3 sc to equal 1 tr. 1 tr into the same stitch. *1 tr into next 3 stitches, 2 trebles into the following st, repeat from * to end. join with ss to 3rd stitch of first tr.

See the pattern? Every row you increase the number of single tr stitches between the 2 tr into 1 stitch to increase the size of your circle.

I finished on row 12 with 10 tr between each 2 tr into one stitch, with 149 tr.



Row 13:  single tr in each stitch.

Row 14:  3 sc to equal 1 tr, *skip 3 stitches, 3 tr into next space, skip 3 st, 3 tr into next space* repeat from* until the end, there should be 3 tr between the last granny treble (3 tr into 1 st) and the first post consisting of 3 sc.  2 tr into the same st and join with ss to 3rd sc of the post.  You should now how a row of 35 granny trebles.

Row 15, ss into the gap, 3 sc to create first tr, 2 more trs into the gap, 3 trs into each gap.  (at this point I changed colour to make it easier and more obvious to photograph but there is no requirement to do this.)

Keep doing this until you reach the desired height, for me it was 27 rows of granny trebles.  In the middle I did two rows of straight trebles then turned back to granny trebles by skipping 3 and doing 3 tr into the next space.  But you don't have to do that if you don't want to.

I did two rows of dc to provide the top edge of the bag.


*******update********

Granny stich handles:

Chain 100

Row 1:  using the last chain of the foundation ch as your first stitch, crochet a row of dc

Row 2: ch 3 as first tr, two more trs into the first dc, *skip 3, 3 tr into the next dc, repeat from * to end.  1 tr into last dc turn.

Row 3: ch 3 as first tr, two more trs into the gap, 3 tr into the next gap repeat 3 tr into gap to end, 1 tr into last tr in row, turn.

Row 4: repeat as for row 3

Row 5: dc to end

Row 6 dc to end tie off.

Make two handles, it goes without saying but I said it anyway.

Sew them on securely! I used the white cotton I used in the last two rows of the bag to hide the majority of the stitches.  Don't worry though, we'll cover that up with our decorations!

So this is the finished bag:



Now I just need to work on the lining!




2 comments:

  1. The bag looks fabulous . . . can't wait to see it lined. It'll be perfect for carrying around your projects and other paraphanalia.

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  2. The husband is going to help with that, he's much better at sewing on the machine than me. Tonight was spent crocheting roses to hide the stitches on the handles. I won't have the lining done till the weekend because I'm working lates and nights for the next 4 days.

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