Total time : 810 minutes / 13.5 hours

All changes : Added 4ch to starting ch of base .. Did stacked SC instead of starting chains on rows .. Used invisible slip st to connect rounds when slip st was called for .. Used Linked DC on 3rd & 4th rows of strap .. Added a round of slip st to the inside of each handle

• 4/20/25 : R1 (inc. starting ch +4 for slightly larger bag) (68st)
— Completed R1-17 (199m)
• 4/21 : Comp. R18-19 (48m) (114st)
• 4/22 : Comp. R20 (25m)
• 4/23 : Comp. R21-22 (47m)
• 4/24 : Comp. R23-24 (41m)
• 4/26 : Comp. R25-26 (43m)
• 4/27 : Comp. R27-28 (41m)
• 4/28 : Comp. R29 (18m)
• 4/29 : Comp. R30, worked on R31 (25m)
• 4/30 : Comp. R31 (13m)
• 5/2 : Comp. R32-33 (31m)
• 5/3 : Comp. R34-38, & half R39 (119m) (114st = 57st per side)
— For straps : (18sc, 50ch, sk21, 18sc) rpt. Not starting first 18sc from first st or row, laid bag flat and marked the 2 corners & counted 18 from that.
— Spent more time on these simple rows b/c there was a bit of frogging happening. First I did 34-36 with the wrong hook - redid those. Then I tried doing foundation sc instead of chains for the handles, but it just looked wrong, so frogged that. And I’m just really slow working into chains, that’s the part I’ve disliked the most about this pattern.
• 5/4 : Completed Bag (180m)
— Changes : in R40-41, just over the 50st straps, did Linked DC instead of SC
— Added slip at to inside of straps
— Lost the game of yarn chicken. Did the last 2 rounds & slip at in a dark green yarn I thrifted (frogged a manufactured knit cardigan). Don’t know the makeup of it.