Sweetmeats Mother & Daughter Bags Pattern

Pretty enough for “Sunday Best”! Two contrasting colors, and Bag Bottoms (ready-made) for a stunning effect. There are directions for making the Mother’s Bag with a Frame Top and also Drawstring Top, like Daughter’s.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
DRITZ Luxury Belastraw Art. 110, Main Color (MC), 1 tube each for Mother's and Daughter's Bag
DRITZ Luxury Belastraw Art. 110, Contrast­ing Color (CC), 1 tube each for Mother's and Daughter's Bag
DRITZ Bag Bottom, in any material to match Main Color, 6" round or 7" oval for Mother's Bag, 4½" round or 5" oval for Daughter's Bag
DRITZ Bag Frame No. 6227/6 DRITZ Metal Crochet Hook No. 2
Lining material and crinoline

GAUGE: 1 shell = 1"

MOTHER'S FRAME BAG

With MC work 3 sc in each perforation along edge of bag bottom having a multiple of 5 sts around. Join with sl st in 1st sc. Ch 3, turn.
1st rnd: 2 dc in same place as sl st, * skip 2 sc, sc in next, skip 1 sc, in next sc make 3 dc, ch 1 and 3 dc (shell). Repeat from * around ending with 3 dc, ch 1 in same place as first 2 dc. Join with sl st in top of turning ch-3. Drop MC and pick up CC, ch 1, turn.
2nd rnd: * Sc in next ch-1 sp, shell in back loop of next sc. Repeat from * around. Join. Drop CC, pick up MC, ch 3, turn.
3rd rnd: 2 dc in same place as sl st, * sc in next ch-1 sp, shell in back loop of next sc. Repeat from * around ending with 3 dc, ch 1 in same place as first 2 dc. Join. Drop MC, pick up CC, ch 1, turn.
4th to 13th rnds incl: Repeat 2nd and 3rd rnds alternately 5 more times. Join, ch 1, turn. End off CC.
14th rnd: Ch 1, work 5 sc evenly across center of each shell. Join.
15th rnd: Ch 1, sc in each sc. Join and end off. Mount on Dritz Bag Frame No. 6227/6. Line with lining material reinforced with crino­line.

MOTHER'S DRAWSTRING BAG

Work same as Frame Bag to end of 13th rnd. Do not end off.

BEADING: Ch 8, * dc in center of next shell, ch 5. Repeat from * around joining last ch-5 with sl st in 3rd st of starting ch-8.

EDGING: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, * ch 1, in ch-5 sp make hdc, ch 1, dc, ch 1, tr, ch 3, sc in 3rd ch from hook, tr, ch 1, dc, ch 1 and hdc; ch 1, sc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join and end off.

CORD (make 2): Cut four 3-yd. strands of MC. Follow directions for Twisted Cord on patternbook page. Line with lining material.

DAUGHTER'S DRAWSTRING BAG

Work same as Mother's Drawstring Bag.

CORD (make 2): Cut three 2-yd strands of MC. Follow directions for Twisted Cord on patternbook page.