My Cute Little Bags

With Easter around the corner I decided to make these cute little Easter bags that can be used to put little Easter goodies into.  Depending on colours used, it can be a great little bag for any occasion.  Red and green for Christmas, oranges and browns for Thanksgiving or pastels for Easter.  Make them in your child's favourite colour and put little goodies in them and hand them out as loot bags, or give them to little girls and little boys to put their little toys inside!

This is the first pattern I have written and I hope it makes sense to you.  It makes sense to me, but then again, I know what I'm trying to say!!!

If there are any problems or corrections needed, please feel free to leave a message and I will fix it up.

So here it is, my first pattern, enjoy!

Cute Little Bags
© Copyright 2014 Nyela d’Endel

Materials needed

Worsted weight (4) cotton yarn in 4 colours (A, B, C, D)

H/8 - 5.00mm hook

Chain marker

Tapestry needle

No gauge required

Abbreviations

Rnd = round
ch = chain
sc = single crochet
hdc = half double crochet
dc = double crochet
st = stitch
sts = stitches
sl st = slip stitch
dec = decrease
F/O = fasten off

Using your H/8-5.00mm hook and working in rounds. Place a stitch marker in the last st of the rnd and move marker up at the end of each rnd.

**How to change the colour of yarn working in hdc rounds.  Start by making an hdc as you would normally… insert hook, pull up a loop, there should be 3 loops on your hook, but now use the new colour to pull through all 3 loops on hook.    

With yarn (A)

Rnd 1 - Ch 16, hdc in 2^nd ch from hook and then 1 hdc across.  Work 1 extra hdc in last ch.  Do not turn, instead, work on bottom loops of the chain and 1 hdc across working 1 extra hdc in last ch. Place stitch marker (32)

Rnd 2 - 1 hdc in each hdc around.  Place a stitch marker (32)

Rnd 3 - 1 hdc in each hdc around changing to colour (B) yarn with last stitch** (32)

Rnd 4 - 1 hdc in each hdc around (32)

Rnd 5 - 1 hdc in each hdc around (32)

Rnd 6 - 1 hdc in each hdc around changing to colour (C) yarn with last stitch** (32)

Rnd 7 - 1 hdc in each hdc around (32)

Rnd 8 - 1 hdc in each hdc around (32)

Rnd 9 - 1 hdc in each hdc around changing to colour (D) yarn with last stitch** (32)

Rnd 10 - 1 hdc in each hdc around (32)

Rnd 11 - 1 hdc in each hdc around (32)

Rnd 12 - 1 hdc in each hdc around changing back to colour (A) yarn with last stitch** (32)

Rnd 13 - 1 sc in each hdc around (32)

Rnd 14 - *1 sc in next 4 sc, ch 8, skip 8 stitches, 1 sc in next 4 sc*.  Repeat from * to * once around (32)

Rnd 15 - 1 sc in each sc and each ch space around (32)

Rnd 16 - 1 sc in next 4 sc, 1 hdc in next 8 sc, 1 sc in next 8 sc, 1 hdc in next 8 hdc 1 sc in next 3 sc and 1 sl st in last stitch around (32)

F/O and weave in all tails inside the bag.

Large Flower

1.  12 sc in a magic ring, sl st to close.  

2.  Ch 2, 2 dc in same place as the ch 2.  2 dc in next sc, ch 2 and sl st in same stitch.  

3.  *Sl st in next sc, ch 2, 2 dc in same sc as sl st, 2 dc in next sc, ch 2 and sl st in same stitch*.    Repeat from * to * 4 more times for a total of 6 petals.   

4.  F/O and make sure to leave a long tail for attaching to the bag.

Small Flower

1.  6 sc in a magic ring, sl st to close.  

2.  Ch 2, 1 dc in same sc as chain, sl in same sc  

3.  *Ch 2, 1 dc in next sc, sl st in the same sc as dc*.  Repeat from * to * 4 more times for a total of 6 petals.  

4.  F/O and make sure to leave a long tail for fastening to the bag.