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Take It Away

Summer's in fuli swing.

Are your totes trimmed?

1 These flowers are so easy to aochet. For each flower. make a di. then work 3 dc in cach ch.

2 To form flower potals. roli and stitch the base into a coil. Acccnt ccntcrs or edges with seed bcads.

PINK TOTE WITH FLOWERS

Skill lesel Cisy

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS flowers rreasure from W /ton to I /bem in dumeter MATERIALS

•    Croctet Thread Sue i TSOyc tal a: 1 bali in each of green. oranie cyclamen, rosę, lighr rosę

•    Sue E-4 (J.5mm) aochet hook

•    One aopro* 14 W xb’ /3ćx26xl2cm pmk woven straw tote bag

•    One 16g package each 8/0 seed beads m darli pmk siłver Ined and light green sllver-llr*d

•    Sewing needle and sewrirg Ihreads to match tote bag and beads

LARGE IEAVES (A) (make 4)

Wilh light green. di 12 Row 1 (RS) Sc m 2rd ch from hoolt. hdc n neit ch. dc n next 2 ch. tr in nert Sch.dc nneit chhdcm Ust ch. Fasten otf SMALL LEAVE$ (B) [make 10)

With ligfit green. ch 9 Row 1 (RS) Sc m 2nd ch

from hook. hdc in -soct ch dc in next 2 ch tr ki next) ch.dc m Ust ch. Fast en off LARGE FLOWER BASES (C)(makeS)

With orange. ch M. Taking care not to twist ch lomwrthslsttoformarng Rndl(RS)Ch4 (counts as I tr). tr h fiest ch * work 2 tr in neit ch; rep from * around. fom md with sl st in top of beg ch-4. Tasten off Make 1 morę using orange asd Juskig cyclamen SMALL FLOWERS (D) (make 6)

With rosę. ch D. Row 1 (RS) Work \ dc m 4th ch fronr hock and m each ch across (see photo l above) fasten of'. Ieavng an 8*/20.5cm tal Make 2 morę with Irght rosę and J with cyclamen. MEDIUM FLOWERS (E) (make 15)

With orange. ch 12. Cont to worfc as for smali flowers Make 2 morę with orange. 4 with rosę and 8 with Ight rosę. Vary the sires of each color group by ch 12 for some and W for others. LARGE FLOWERS (F) (make 6;

With l^it rese. ch R. Cont to work as for unal flowen. Make 1 morę with light rosę and 4 with rosę. Vary the sues of each color group by ch IS fer some, B lor some and 20 for others F1NISH1NG

Thread a flower ta«i in tapestry needle To make each fbwr. roli the base kito a coil formkig rowrs of petals; use taił to sttch and secure coil at base (see photo 2 a bose) Refer to photo of tote bag for color placemenr and suggested beaded accents. Sew S Urge flowers to Urge flower bases Usmg sewing needk and match mg thread. sew green beads eienl) spaced around edge of Urge flower basev For pmk beads. sew a c luster o# beads to create cer ter s for some flowers and arosmd edges of petals for others. Ieave some flowers unadomed as shown Refernng to placement dagram on center pattem kisert. side B. sew flowers to bag (from largest to smallest) ftrst. then sew on leaves tuclong stratght edges under flowers.

52 Runo Summcr 2009