Last night, I started playing with the idea of a flat bottomed bag by making a long oblong shape.
You can see how the rows keep circling the center. I started with a chain of 13 and crocheted 2 sc in the 2nd stitch from my hook and 1 sc in each of the next 10 stitches. In the 11th stitch, I crocheted 2 sc, chained 1, crocheted 2 sc on the other side of the chain. I continued down that side, 1 sc in the next 10 and 2 sc in the 11th space. Then, I slip stitched to close the oblong shape. Then, I chained 1, 2 sc in the next 2 stitches, 10 sc, 2 sc in the next two stitches, 2 sc in the end stitch, 2 sc in the next two stitches on the other side, 10 sc and 2 sc in each of the end stitches with a sl st to close.. It gets a bit more complicated the more layers you have, but basically, the end turns always have 2 sc in each stitch to help the curvy turn and there is 1 sc on the straight sides. On Row 4 and beyond, I continued the pattern, but instead of chain 1 and single crochets, I switched to chain 2 at the beginning of the row and half double crochets. Once the base was as large as I wanted it to be (Row 6), I began crocheting one hdc in each stitch around and slip stitched to end each row. This began the shape of the bag.
After I completed 8 total rows of green, I switched to the aqua color and crocheted 4 rows of hdcs. I repeated the 4 rows of hdcs of alternating colors until I decided it was tall enough and then I did 3 rows of hdcs and began my handles. I did the same handles as with the Flower Burst Bag yesterday.
Ta-da!
Don't you love this bag? I was thinking of giving it to someone, but I think I am going to use it as my purse!
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