Round felted mini tote by Chelsea Walsh

Round felted mini tote

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Crochet
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
6.5 mm (K)
200 - 400 yards (183 - 366 m)
English
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Pre felting dimensions (laying flat): 10” wide, 8” high, handles 16” total

Post felting dimensions (sitting up): Diameter ~6”, 5” deep, handles 13” total.

Yarn: Feltable wool, I used two strands worsted for this. I used up scraps but I think altogether it was well under 100g so a single skein should do it.

Hook: I used size K or 6.5mm

Using magic circle technique (or whatever other technique you prefer) make circle with 6 stitches (green)

Round-

1: sc2 in each stitch - 12 stitches

Place marker at first stitch (I used a safety pin)

2: sc2, sc - repeat - 18 stitches

3: sc2, sc twice - repeat - 24 stitches

4: sc2, sc three times - repeat - 30 stitches

5: sc2, sc four times - repeat - 36 stitches

6: sc2, sc five times - repeat - 42 stitches

7: sc2, sc 5 times - repeat - 48 stitches

8: sc2, sc 6 times - repeat - 54 stitches

9: sc - 54 stitches

10: sc2, sc 7 times - repeat - 60 stitches

11-18: sc - 60 stitches

Switch to second color

19-24: sc - 60 stitches

Handle

25: slst to join round, crochet 10 stitches and turn

26: crochet first two stitches together, sc 8 st and turn

27-30: repeat decrease of first two stitches until your handle is 6 st wide

Sc each row until handle is about 16”

Increase at the end of each row until handle is 10 st

join to body opposite the other end.