Little Sock Bag

Wow, thank you all for the response on the little bag I made. I have written up the pattern and have a couple testers for it. I will make changes as needed. If you crochet it up and find a mistake or a better way of wording it, please let me know.

Edit 8/17/08


Little Sock Bag


This is a small bag that is a good size to throw over your wrist while sock knitting. It holds one cake of sock yarn.

1.5 balls kitchen cotton, I used Sugar and Cream
G hook
Tapestry needle
Button
Split ring marker

Bag:
Ch 4 and join into a ring.
Rnd 1: 9 sc in ring do not join, you will work in rounds, mark the beginning of round.
Rnd 2: 2 sc in each sc, (18 Sts.)
Rnd 3: *1 sc in next st, 2 sc in following * repeat around, (27 Sts.)
Rnd 4: sc around even
Rnd 5: *1 sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in following* repeat around, (36 Sts.)
Rnd 6: * 1 sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in following* repeat around, (45 Sts.)
Rnd 7: sc around even
Rnd 8: * 1 sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in following* repeat around, (54 Sts.)
Rnd 9: * 1 sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in following* repeat around, (63 Sts.)
Rnd 10: work 1 sc in every sc around
Rnd 11: BPsc in each sc around
Rnd 12-14: Sc in each st around
Rnd 15-25: *Sc in next st, ch 1, skip next st, *
Rnd 26: Sc in each stitch and ch 1 around.
At end of rnd 26 join to 1st sc of rnd with ss.

Handle:

Row 1: Ch 1 and sc in next 12 Sts.
Row 2: ch1, turn, sc across 11 stitches
Row 3: ch 1 turn, sc2tog in next st, sc across to last 3 Sts, sc2 tog, 1 sc in last st. (10 Sts.)
Repeat rows 2 & 3 until 6 Sts remain.
Sc even for 17 rows (or as long as you need it to fit over your wrist)
Increase row 1: Ch 1 turn, 2 sc in next st, sc to last 2 Sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in last.
Increase row 2: Ch 1 turn, sc across.
Repeat these two rows until 12 stitches, sc one row even.
Break yarn and join to opposite side of bag even with other side of handle.
Edge the handle evenly with sc on both sides. *You will be doing both handle and bag edging.*

Button Flap:

Figure middle between one side of handle loop.
Move your hook 2 sc to the right and join yarn.
Row 1: Ch 1, sc in next 5 Sts.
Row 2: Ch 1 turn, sc across.
Row 3-11: Repeat row 2
Row 12: Ch 3 turn, 1 dc, ch1, 2 dc (creating 3 holes, the center one will become your button hole)
row 13: ch1 turn, sc across to other corner, 3 sc in corner sc and continue up sides to form edging. sc through the center hole created by your dc to form button hole, continue…….ss across….ch1 sc up to other side and sc through the center hole created by your dc, continue sc….. When you reach the beginning row of sc- join, move to the back of the flap and ss across to make the join more solid. Ch 1 and Sc up other side of flap again forming buttonhole where dc’s were made before. 2 sc in same st as beginning ch 1 and join with ss. Finish off.

Attach button in place and weave in all ends.

When tested by Sydneyknits on Ravelry, she made a crocheted button for her bag. Here is how she did that:

Crochet button:

Ch2, 8 sc in second ch, ss into 1st ch, then 16 sc into center hole. attach to piece.
Here is a photo of Sydney's bag:
She added a cute daisy on it.

After a few people posted to me that the bag was coming out larger than stated, I crocheted up another one. I agreed and re-did the base of the bag. I am sorry for any inconvenience this has caused.
KaRi