Pattem Stitches
Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc):
YO, insert hook from front to back to front around post (sec Stitch Guide on page 4) of st indicatcd. (YO, and draw through 2 lp$ on hook) twice— FPdc madę.
Back Post Double Crochet (BPdc):
YO. insert hook from back to front to back around post (see Stitch Guide on page 4) of st indicatcd. (YO and draw through 2 Ips on hook) twice— BPdc madę.
Size:
About 8‘/»* wide x Th' high Materials:
Worsted weight y»m, 3 oz (210 yds, 90 gms> Bcdspread-weight crochet cotton, two 225 yd balls Notę: Our photographed pursc was madę with Caron* Winiuk* Woodsy Grecn #3018 and J. & P. Coats* Knit-Cro Shecn* Spruce #179.
Size E (3.5mm) crochet hook, or size reguired for gauge
Size 16 tapestry ncedle
Gauge:
13 sc = 3*
Instructions
Notę: Purse is worked holding one strand of yarn and one strand of thread tog, unlcss other-wisc specified.
Body
Noto: Body is worked in joined rows.
Starting at botlom of body. with both strands held tog. ch 80; join to form a ring.
Row 1 (right sido):
Ch 1, sc in same ch as joining and in each rem ch; join in first sc—80 sc. Ch 3 (counłs as first dc on following rows), turn.
Row 2:
Dc in each sc; join in 3rd ch of turning ch-3.
Ch 2. turn.
Row 3:
FPdc (sec Patiem Stitches) around post of turning ch; FPdc around next dc: BPdc (see P8ttern Stitches) around each of next 2 dc; * FPdc around each of next 2 dc; BPdc around each of next 2 dc; rep from * 18 times morę; sk turning ch-2; join in first FPdc. Ch 1. turn.
Row 4:
Sc in each st; join in first sc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 5:
Dc in each sc; join in 3rd ch of turning ch-3.
Ch 2. turn.
Row 6:
FPdc around turning ch; * BPdc around each of ncxt 2 dc; FPdc around each of next 2 dc; rep from * 18 times morę; BPdc around each of next 2 dc; FPdc around next dc; sk turning ch-2; join in first FPdc. Ch 1, turn.
Row 7:
Sc in each st; join in first sc. Ch 3. turn.
Rows 8 through 19:
Rep Rows 2 through V twice moro.
Row 20:
Dc in each sc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 21:
Dc in each dc and in 2nd ch of turning ch-2.
Ch 4 (counts as first dc and ch-1 sp on following rows), turn.
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