Little Miss Two
Designed by Sharon Maher, Laughing Purple Goldfish Designs Copyright 2008
Gorgeous simple handbag, measures 12cm x 12cm... quick and easy project
yarns required
whatever you have on hand! it doesn't take much I have used blue, pink and white reclaimed cotton
also
$3.0\;\mathrm{mm}$ crochet hook wool needle button to embellish the flower small amount of lining fabric
let's begin
using blue cotton, chain 21 round 1- sc into $2^{\mathrm{nd}}$ chain from hook, and every chain after that until you reach the end (20) then turn work upside down and sc into the other side of all those chains, until you reach the beginning again (40) slip stitch join to starting chain round 2 - ch 1, sc in every stitch to end (40) continue working in rounds of sc until work measures 9cm (16 rounds) eyelet round - ch3, skip 1, dc, ch, skip1 ...repeat underlined section to end of round work 3 more rounds of sc as before
change colour to pink for trim
work one round of sc
strap
using pink cotton, ch 4 round 1 - sc into $2^{\mathrm{nd}}$ ch from hook, sc to end (3), turn round 2 - ch1, sc into next 3 stitches, turn repeat round 2 until strap measures $27\mathrm{cm}$ attach to bag
final edging
using pink coton and starting at the end of the strap, work a row of sc along one edge when you reach the end of the strap, work a picot edge along the top of the bag until you are back where you started, then repeat for the other side picot edge instructions sc in first stitch, then (sc, dc, sc) in next stitch, repeat underlined section to end thread pink strands of yarn through the eyelets, or maybe ribbon
flower
using white cotton, make an adjustable loop ch, dc, 2trb, dc, 2sc ... repeat underline section 4 times in total... dc, 2trb, dc, s... tighten loop... slip stitch to first chain... fasten off you should have created a flower with five petals using pink cotton work in sc around the outside of the flower, at the end of each petal sc right into the centre hole as illustrated... dividing the petals attach flower to bag and add button line, if desired
