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Little Bumble Bee Wristlet
Bag DesigThis cute litlebumlebee wrstlet was designed forlitlehands and is the perect size folitlenotons. SKILL LEVEL: Easy
MATERIALS NEEDED:
· · Plastic Yarn (NOTE: 12-1" trips per standard size plastic bag $=6$ yards): 0 Yellow with Black plastic yarn - approx. 20 Dollar General plastic bags or 120 yards $\bigcirc$ Black plastic yarn - approx. 23 black plastic bags or 138 yards White Plastic Yarn - approx. 3 Plastic Bags or 18 yards 2 Moveable Wiggly Eyes Dab of glue for attaching eyes MEASUREMENTS: Height - 8.25"; Width - 9.25"; Big Strap - 10", Small Strap - 4 /2" CARE INSTRUCTIONS: Machine wash and air dry
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Read through pattern instructions before beginning.
Crocheting in the round - this is achieved by increasing stitches in each round. O Typically,the icreasing begins with round 3.This starts with an increase inveryother stitch (i sc inext sc, 2scin next sc.\*et around.)For round 4, there wil two sc stitches between the increases and round 5 has three sc sts between the 2 sc in next sc increases. And so on. To ensure a round fomation (and to avoid a hump or peak forming), do not make a 2sc in a st that is on top of a 2sc st in the previous round. To make a color change-pulthenewcolorthroughinstead of te oldcolorwhen comleting the st.Place the tilof the oldcolorbehind your work to crochet over it when making the next couple of stitches with the new color. This willsave you time later when weaving in your ends. The 'ch' at the beginning of the round or row is not considered the firt st but is used as a filer or starter to make the first st. It's alwasgodideaafteverycoleof rows togivealite stretch and pull tyour prjet.This willgiv youamorerealisticvwofwhat yu have completed up to that point.
Instructions -
Bag: (Make 2)
With yellow with black plastic yarn, ch 22 Row 1: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each across. Ch 1, tun Row2: 2scin1sst, cineahst across scinlastst Colrchange to lack plasticya, ch1, tu 2) Row34:2scinst,sineachstacrocilastst.Colrchanetwwithlackplasti,h, t) Row 5-9: Sc in each st across. Color change to black plastic yarn, ch 1, turn. Row 10-14: Sc in each st across. Color change to yelw with black plastic yarn, ch 1,tun. Row 15-19: Sc in each st across. Color change to black plastic yarn, ch 1,turn. Row 20: Sc in each st across. Ch 1,turn. Row21: 2sctog, scin each st across, sclast2 sts tog. Colorchange to yelow with blackplastic yan, ch1, turn.(24) Row22-2: 2sctog scinacstacross,sastststog 2Colrchange toback plastcy,1.DNT Beginouaethisty,rodninthdfaadea Ssc in corner st,\*Repeat aound Join withs st tobegining sc. Round 2: Ch1, sc in same st and in each st around. Join with slst tobeginning sc. Fasten off, weave inends.
Wings - (Make 2)
With yellow with black plastic yarn, ch 14, color change to white for the 15m ch, DONOT TURN. Round : cin2nd chfrmhand ineachstacross, (coer3cinast st, scineach st acros (cor)3scinlast st. Jonwithassttobegin .
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Round 2: Ch1, in blo sc in same st, hdc in next st, dc in next 2 sts, trin next 2sts, 2tr in next 3 sts,trin next 2 sts, dc in next st, (corner sts)2dc in next st, 3 dc in ext s, dc in next st. Repea patte inoposite direction onopposite side -dc in next st, tinext 2 sts, 2 trin next 3 sts, tr in next 2 sts, d in ext 2 sts, hdc in next st, sc in next st, (corner sts) 2 sc in next 2 sts, sc in same st as 1st sc. Join with sl st to beginning sc. Round3: Ch1inblcinsamestand inachst across, (coer sts)2scinnext7sts, scineachst across, (coer sts)2sc innext7sts. oinwith slstt begining sc. Color change to black plastic yarn. Round4: Ch1nblscinsame stand inext 14 sts2scinnext 2sts, coer sts3sinnextst, 2scinnext3sts,3scinextst, 2scinnext3stssin each st across to end. This side wil be hidden under face.) Fasten off, weave in ends.
Face -
Round1: Ch3and jonwith sstinchtoforming oruseadjustabe ng methd seeAdstaleRing Tutorial),make5sc ig. Round 2: 2 scin each st around. Join with sl st to $\uparrow\mathfrak{s t s c}$ Round 3: \*2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st. \*Repeat around. Join with sl st to 1st sc. Round 4: ${}^{\star}\!2$ sc in next st, 1 sc in next 2 sts. \*Repeat around. Join with sl st to 1st sc. Round5: ${}^{\star}\!2$ sc in next st, 1 sc in next 3 sts. \*Repeat around. Join with sl st to 1st sc.Fasten off, weave in ends.
Assembly -
StithnfaWifangtsf back panel Thesewil be the2sts backtoback.), ch1.\*Reeat around toupperrghtedge-even with other side.DONOTFASTENOFF. Adingas of your straps:long strap -ch 30: shrt stra - ch 15 ordsie lengtha AAIAAA+IAIAP Ch1 sciachst utstrapplamnt, ch3 skip10stsordeidwith, sinextst and inehstarudtort stra npsite sid back pael ch15, skp4stsrdeidwith, scnextstandineachstarud.Jonwithasst infrtsc.Ch, cinechstaroud. Jonwithassttoeing c. Fasten off, weave in ends. Face anding: Wingsare sn fit thnfaecovers edofthwin.)Laybag fatand placemiddeofface tmid st,ue thisthede plaement andwing spanwupperingsonlytoag.Atachblack plasticywithsstcoeofwing nblnlyslpst cmletlyaroud outef both wings ending at corner.Fasten off with a $6"$ tail to use for sewing face on. Weave in all ends. Eyes: Daba little glue onback of both eyes and place on face. Let dry for 15 minutes or longeras needed. ENJOY!!!
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Outlining outer edge of bag
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After attaching wings to front of bag, sl st in blo for edaina.
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TUTORIALS Double Strand Cuting and Looping: Cuting St: aythlastiaot traghtut thstadaglfflnotuewthtathutt couple more times for easiercuing.Cut hadesoffa thebaseCut bottom seam off. Just sliverisathat is eeded. Beincutin strips the ith necessary to meet your prjectlpattern needs. Typicaly,strip ae cut no les than 'r. $1\;\%^{n}$ $2^{\ast}$ arestandard cut sizes.)
Loping StripsTgether: Hag2strifrmyourhand.Using yoppsit hand,each throughthemidef1stripandgrabthbotmoft $2^{n0}$ strip. Pull the $2^{\mathsf{n d}}$ strip throughthe middleof 1s strip. Dropthe 1s stripfrom your hand.You now have what looks like a T' as the 1 strip is hanging on top of $2^{n0}$ stip.
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Important Tips:
Make the knot as small a it wil go. Bt remember, f you pl to tigt, one of the strip il break. Make sure the 2-strand strips are even. There's nothing more inconvenient when crocheting or knittng with plastic yarn then to have to work With extra plastic on one of the strips. When adding a new strip, on Step #7-grab the previous knot made when puling the new strip with the opposite hand to make the knot. This will help keep the 2-strands even.
Forming the Ball
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Adjustable Ring: Make aloop a if to form a knot giving yourselfaout $4^{\ast}$ $6"$ oftlIhhlrakraat hook back through backto front). You now should have loop on your hook.
Ch 2 as this wil count as your firs hdc. The standard is ch $1{\=}{\sag}\mathrm{c};$ ch 2=hdc; ch $3\equiv d c\rangle$ . Make hdc in the loop making sure to crochet around both the plastic yarn and til. I sugest making thestches a lite loose s it wil be easierto pullthe plan til. f you start runing out of til pullthe til to give you more slack, however, you willnotice that the loop will get smaller. Now for the fun part - grab the tail and gently pull the stitches together. As you do this, the inner circle gets smaller.
