Bag Pattern #4049

MATERIALS: J. & P. Coats or Clark's O.N.T. Pearl Cotton, Size 5, 14 balls ... Bone Crochet Hook No. 4 ... Bone ring, 1½ inches in diameter ... Two 10-inch whale bones.

Use thread double throughout

FRONT ... Make a chain 16 inches long (4½ ch sts to 1 inch). 1st row: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across until there are 127 sc in row. Cut off remaining chain. Ch 1, turn. 2nd row: Sc in 1st sc, * skip 2 sc, 5 dc in next sc (shell made), skip 2 sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * across. Ch 1, turn. 3rd, 4th and 5th rows: Sc in each st across (127 sc). Ch 1, turn at end of 3rd and 4th rows. At end of 5th row, ch 3 to turn. 6th row: 2 dc in 1st sc (half shell made), * skip 2 sc, sc in next sc, skip 2 sc, shell in next sc. Repeat from * across, ending with 3 dc in last sc (another half shell made). Ch 1, turn. 7th, 8th and 9th rows: Repeat 3rd, 4th and 5th rows. Repeat 2nd to 9th rows incl until piece measures 9 inches, ending with 2 rows of sc. Break off.

BACK ... Attach thread to opposite side of starting chain and work to cor­respond with Front.

GUSSET (Make 2) ... Ch 21 to measure 4½ inches. 1st rnd: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook (this is top of Gus­set), sc in each ch across, 3 sc in last ch; work along other side of starting chain, making sc in each ch acro.ss. 2nd rnd: Sc in next sc, 3 sc in next sc, sc in each sc around, making 2 sc in each sc of next 3-sc group. 3rd rnd: Sc in each sc around, making 3 sc in center sc at top of Gusset and 2 sc in each of the 6 sc at bottom. 4th rnd: Work as for 3rd rnd, making 2 sc in each of 12 sc at bottom. 5th to 10th rnds incl: Sc in each sc around, mak­ing 3 sc in center sc at top only. At end of last rnd, sl st in next sc. Break off.

Join Gussets to Front and Back, working a row of sc through both thicknesses. Pleat top of Front and Back to measure 10 inches and sew.

TOP BAND ... Make 10 rnds of sc around top of bag, working through all thicknesses at pleats. At end of last rnd, sl st in next sc. Break off.

HANDLE ... Make a chain 17 inches long. Join, being careful not to twist sts and work 8 rnds of sc. Break off. Sew Handle to center pleat at Back.

RING TAB ... Ch 8 and work 4 rows of sc. Break off.

Pass ring through tab and sew ends of tab to pleat at Front. Line bag with felt, excluding top band. Cover whale bones with felt, insert on wrong side of top band. Fold band over and sew in place. Pass Handle through bone ring.