From time to time my scrap yarn basket needs a good "clean up". I don't like throwing away yarn though. Even the smallest tangled piece can be useful some day.
Or so I think.
So to avoid the yarn hoarder stamp on my forehead I have to be strong sometimes and toss away the most hopeless cases. I'm always still left with lots of scraps and luckily there are millions of things that can be made from scraps.
Here is one of them.
Materials: Scraps of cotton (3 – 4 colours) that matches hook size, hook size 3mm/C, 1 button if you want, sewing needle/craftneedle
Lid for the purse
4 ch = 1 ch + 1 dc
Row 1: 9 dc in 1st ch =10 dc, end with 1 sl st in 3rd ch Change colour
Row 2: 2 ch =1 hdc, 1 hdc in same dc, *1 ch, 2 hdc in next dc* continue from * to * the rest of the row, end with 1 sl st in 2nd ch Change colour
Row 3: 3 ch, 1 sc around first ch, *3 ch, 1 sc around next ch* continue from * to * the rest of the row, end with 1 sl st in 1st ch
Row 4: 1 ch, 5 sc in the ch-arc, 5 sc in each ch-arc the rest of the row. End with 1 sl st in ch Change colour
Row 5: 2 ch (=1 hdc), 1 hdc in each sc the rest of the row, end with 1 sl st in 2nd ch Change colour
Row 6: 2 ch, 4 dc together in the same st, *3 ch, skip 2 hdc, 5 dc together in next hdc* continue from * to * the rest of the row, end with 1 sl st at the top of the first dc together Change colour
Row 7: 1 ch, *5 sc in the ch-arc, 1 sc at the top of the dc together* continue from * to * the rest of the row, end with 1 sl st in ch Change colour
Row 8: Start in the middle sc on the first ch-arc, 3 ch (=1 dc), 4 dc in the same st, *5 dc in the middle sc on the next ch-arc* continue from * to * the rest of the row (if you want a button in your purse work 8 ch between two of the dc-groups (to make a loop to go around the button), end with 1 sl st in 3rd ch, cut off and secure lose ends.
Purse
35 ch, 1 dc (=1 dc) in 5th ch from the hook
Row 1: 1 dc in each of the next 31 ch
Rows 2-5: 3 ch (=1 dc), 1 dc in each of the next 31 dc (=32 dc), cut off
Row 6: 1 sl st in 16th dc, 2 ch, 1 sc in next dc, 2 ch, skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc, turn
Row 7: 9 dc in the 2-ch-arc, skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc
Row 8: 2 ch, skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc, turn, 2 dc in each of the next 8 dc, 1 dc in next dc (=18 dc), skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc
Row 9: 2 ch, skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc, turn, 2 dc in next dc, *1 dc, 2 dc in next dc* continue from * to * the rest of the row (= 27 dc), skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc
Row 10: 2 ch (=1 dc), skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc, turn, 1 dc in each of the next 2 dc, *2 dc together in next dc, 1 dc in each of the next 3 dc* continue from * to * the rest of the row (=33 dc), skip 2 dc on row 5, 1 sl st in next dc
Row 11: same as row 9 but this time work 4 dc, 2 dc together in next dc, the rest of the row (=40 dc)
Row 12: do not cut the thread but work 1 row og sc all around the piece, start with 1 ch. In the sharp corners work 3 sc in same st, cut off and secure lose ends.
Make 1 more. Sew the two purse pieces together. Sew the lid on (if you chose to have a button make sure you place the loop/button hole in the middle front).
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