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BOXY BENTO BAG Designed by Quayln Stark | CROCHET
CROCHET I SKILL LEVEL: EASY
ABBREVIATIONS
Approx = Approximately Hdc = Half double crochet
Ch = Chain(s) St(s) = Stitch(es)
MEASUREMENTS ring, ch 2] four times, slip st in 2nd
Approx 20" [51 cm] square and ch from beginning to join – 8 hdc.
10" [25.5 cm] deep. Round 2: Slip st across to first
ch-2 space, ch 2, [(hdc, ch 2, hdc)
GAUGE in ch-2 space, hdc across to next
12 hdc and 10 rows = 4" [10 cm] ch-2 space] three times, (hdc,
ch 2, hdc) in ch-2 space, hdc
Special Technique across to beginning ch 2, slip st
Magic ring: Wrap yarn around in 2nd ch from beginning to join
your finger with the yarn tail to – 16 hdc.
the left and under the working Rounds 3-5: Repeat Round 2 –
yarn. Insert hook through the 40 hdc.
circle from front to back. Yarn Rounds 6-10: With B, repeat
over using the working yarn and Round 2 – 80 hdc after Round 10.
pull through loop; ch 1, release Rounds 11-15: With A, repeat
circle around finger gently. Work Round 2 – 120 hdc after Round
Round 1. 15.
Rounds 16-20: With B, repeat
MATERIALS BAG Round 2 – 160 hdc after Round
Red Heart® Super Saver® (7 oz/198 g; 364 yds/333 m) Middle Square (make 1) 20.
Contrast A Dusty Gray (0340) 1 ball With A, form magic ring. Fasten off.
Contrast B Soft White (0316) 1 ball Alternatively, ch 4, slip st to first
ch to form ring. Edge Squares (make 2)
Size U.S. I/9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge. Round 1: Ch 2 (does not count as With A, form magic ring.
st here and throughout), [2 hdc in Alternatively, ch 4, slip st to first
ch to form ring.
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BOXY BENTO BAG Designed by Quayln Stark | CROCHET
Round 1: Ch 2, [2 hdc in ring, Round 19: Slip st across to first FINISHING Diagram 3
ch 2] four times, slip st in 2nd ch ch-2 space, ch 2, (hdc, ch 2, hdc) Joining
from beginning to join – 8 hdc. in ch-2 space, hdc across to next Line up squares, referring to
Round 2: Slip st across to first ch-2 space, (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in ch-2 Diagram 1 for placement. Seam
ch-2 space, ch 2, [(hdc, ch 2, hdc) space, hdc across to ch 20 from squares along the sides where the
in ch-2 space, hdc across to next last row, hdc in bottom of each middle and edge squares meet
ch-2 space] three times, (hdc, ch 2, ch, (2 hdc, ch 2, 2 hdc) in side of (lined in red on diagram) using
hdc) in ch-2 space, hdc across to ch, hdc in each hdc across other your favorite seaming method
beginning ch 2, slip st in 2nd ch side of ch, hdc across to next ch-2 (e.g. whipstitch, locking mattress
from beginning to join – 16 hdc. space, (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in ch-2 stitch).
Rounds 3-5: Repeat Round 2 – space, hdc across to beginning
40 hdc. ch 2, slip st in 2nd ch from Diagram 1
Rounds 6-10: With B, repeat beginning to join – 194 hdc.
Round 2 – 80 hdc after Round 10. Round 20: Slip st over to first
Rounds 11-15: With A, repeat ch-2 space, ch 2, (hdc, ch 2, hdc)
Round 2 – 120 hdc after Round in ch-2 space, hdc across to next
15. ch-2 space, (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in ch-2
Rounds 16-17: With B, repeat space, hdc across to 20 hdc from
Round 2 – 136 hdc after Round last row, hdc in next 22 sts, 4 hdc Fold fabric along red lines of
17. in ch-2 space, hdc in next 22 hdc, Diagram 2. Seam squares along
Round 18: Slip st across to first hdc across to next ch-2 space, the two new sides where the
ch-2 space, ch 2, [(hdc, ch 2, hdc) (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in ch-2 space, hdc middle and edge squares meet
in ch-2 space, hdc across to next across to beginning ch 2, slip st in (lined in red and red dashes on
ch-2 space] two times, hdc in 2nd ch from beginning to join – Diagram 3).
ch-2 space, ch 22, hdc in 3rd ch 204 hdc.
from hook and in next 19 ch, hdc Fasten off. Diagram 2
in ch-2 space, hdc across to next
ch-2 space, (hdc, ch 2, hdc) in ch-2
space, hdc across to beginning
ch 2, slip st in 2nd ch from
beginning to join – 164 hdc.
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