This is a large bag that would be great as a beach bag just as it is unlined or line it and us as a large market bag. The stitches included are: slip stitch, double crochet, slanted double crochet, dragonfly pattern and afghan stitch. I used the Lion Brand Pound of Love simply because it contains a lot of yardage in one skein. It took pretty close to half the skein for this project.