Dragon egg dice bag
Cindy de Vries
Materials:
Any yarn with a matching hook Drawstring or i-cord & tapestry needle US terminology and worked in the round.
Stitches used:
Sl st = slip stitch Ch = chain Dc = double crochet 2 dc inc = 2 double crochet in the same stitch V-stitch = dc, ch 1, dc worked in the same stitch Dragon scales = crocodile stitch Repeat stitches between \* \* until the end of each round.
Bottom
Make a magic ring (or ch 2 and work in 2nd ch from hook) 1) 12 dc in ring, sl stitch in first dc to join round (12) 2) ch 3 (counts as first dc from now on), dc in same st, 2 dc in each dc, sl stitch in 3rd ch (24) 3) ch 3, dc in same st, \*dc, 2 dc inc\*, sl st in 3rd ch (36) 4) ch 3, dc in same st, \*dc, dc, 2 dc inc\*, sl st in 3rd ch (48) Continue in this manner (increasing every round by 12 dc) if you want a bigger bottom/bag or start with the dragon scales if the bottom is big enough. For a smaller bottom/bag you can do less rounds for the bottom.
Dragon scales
5) ch 4 (first 3 ch make up a dc, fourth ch is the ch 1 of the v-stitch), dc in same st, skip 2 st, \*(dc, ch 1, dc) in next st, skip 2 st\*, sl st in 3'd ch (16 v-stitches) 6) ch 3, 4 dc around first post of v-stitch ( / ), ch 1, 5 dc around second post of v-stitch (\), \*skip 1 v-stitch, 5 dc around first post of next v-stitch ( / ), ch 1, 5 dc around second post of v-stitch ( \)\*, sl stitch in ch 1 space of last v-stitch (8 dragon scales) 7) ch 4, dc in same ch 1 space, (dc, ch 1, dc) in ch 1 space of each v-stitch, sl st in 3rd ch (16 vstitches) Repeat round 6 and 7 until the bag is the required height, ending with round 6. To get the dragon scales overlapping, slip stitch to the v-stitch above the one that didn't had a dragon scale in the previous row and make the first dragon scale in this v-stitch. Weave in ends and put a drawstring through the holes of the v-stitches to close the bag.
