Recycled Market Bag by Joy M. Prescott

Recycled Market Bag

Crochet
January 2006
8 stitches and 10 rows = 4 inches
in Single crochet
6.5 mm (K)
One size
English
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Made from ordinary plastic shopping bags, the recycled market bag features matching wooden beads. This is a great bag for holding your produce from the farmer’s market. You’ll soon be collecting or trading for plastic bags in your favorite colors to make more!

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Intermediate
MATERIALS:
20 standard-sized plastic shopping bags in complimentary colors;
Size K-10½/9mm crochet hook
(Optional) Approx. 20 matching wooden or ceramic beads about ¾” diameter
(Optional) Size 10 crochet cotton in a color to match shopping bags
FINISHED SIZE: Bag body is about 11 ½” (29 cm) high x 13” (33 cm) wide, excluding handles which are about 12” (30.5 cm).
GAUGE: 8 sts = 4”, 10 rows = 4”
STITCHES USED: Chain st (ch). Slip stitch (sl st). Single crochet (sc).