Hush Hush

Crochet bag with coloured pattern and tassels, worked in the round from the middle of the bottom of the bag and upwards. The piece is worked in DROPS Paris.

DROPS 186-3
DROPS Design: Pattern no w-717
Yarn group C or A + A
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Measurements: Circumference: 48 cm. Height: 28 cm.
Materials:
DROPS PARIS from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
100 g colour 17, off white
100 g colour 38, raspberry
50 g colour 37, rusty red

The piece can also be crocheted with yarn from:
"Alternative yarn (Yarn group C)" – see link below.

DROPS CROCHET HOOK SIZE 3 MM – or the size needed to get 20 treble crochets and 11 rows on 10 cm in width and 10 cm in height.
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INFORMATION FOR THE PATTERN:

CROCHET INFORMATION:
At the beginning of each round of treble crochets, replace the first treble crochet with 3 chain stitches. The round finishes with 1 slip stitch in the 3rd chain stitch at beginning of round.

COLOUR PATTERN:
When changing colour at the start of a round, work the slip stitch at the end of the previous round with the new colour.
When working with several colours on a round of treble crochets, work as follows: Work the last treble crochet with the first colour, but wait with the last pull through, change to the next colour and work the last pull through with this new colour, then work the next treble crochet. 
When working with 2 colours, lay the strand of the colour you are not working with over the stitches from the previous round and work around the strand so that it is hidden in the stitches; the strand is also brought forward in this way.

PATTERN:
See diagrams A.1 to A.3. 1 square = 1 treble crochet.
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BAG:
The piece is worked in the round from the middle of the bottom of the bag and upwards.

Work 5 chain stitches with hook size 3 mm and raspberry and form them into a ring with 1 slip stitch in the first chain stitch worked. Then work treble crochets and pattern in the round as follows: * A.1, A.2 *, work from *-* 6 times on the round - read COLOUR PATTERN and CROCHET INFORMATION:
ROUND 1: Work 12 treble crochets around the ring.
ROUND 2: Work 2 treble crochets in each treble crochet = 24 treble crochets.
ROUND 3: Work * 1 treble crochet in the first treble crochet, 2 treble crochets in the next treble crochet *, work from *-* to end of round = 36 treble crochets.
ROUND 4: Work * 1 treble crochet in each of the first 2 treble crochets, 2 treble crochets in the next treble crochet *, work from *-* to end of round = 48 treble crochets. REMEMBER THE CROCHET TENSION!
ROUNDS 5-8: Continue to increase and work pattern as before, i.e. on each round work 1 treble crochet more between increases than on the previous round = 96 treble crochets.
ROUND 9: Continue to work in the round, but without increases and work according to A.3 (= 6 repeats on the round). On the round with the star, work a row of holes as follows: * 1 treble crochet in each of the first/next 3 treble crochets, 1 chain stitch, skip 1 treble crochet *, work from *-* to end of round. Continue until A.3 has been completed. Cut and fasten the strand. 

TWISTED CORD AND TASSELS:
1 twisted cord = cut 6 strands off white of approx. 280 cm.
Twist them together until they begin to resist, fold the cord double and it will continue to twist. Tie a knot in each end. Thread the cord in and out of the row of holes on the bag and finish by tying the 2 ends together in a large knot.

Make 2 large decorative tassels with off white as follows:
1 tassel = cut 50 strands off white of 14 cm. Cut another strand of 20 cm, tie a knot around the 50 strands. Fold in 2 by the knot, wind a strand 4 times around the tassel, approx. 1.5 cm down from the fold and tie a knot. Cut the strands so that the tassel is even at the bottom. Make another tassel in the same way.

Now crochet the tassels together with 2 strands off white as follows: fasten the strand with a slip stitch around the strand at the top of one of the tassels work 24 chain stitches, work 1 slip stitch around the strand at the top of the other tassel. Fasten the strands in each of the tassels. Divide the twisted cord in 2 so that one of the tassels can be inserted through. The tassels are now held in place because the chain stitches between the tassels are pinched in the twisted cord.

Diagram explanations

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