strawberry purse by Sarah Patrick

strawberry purse

Crochet
August 2023
Aran (8 wpi) ?
4 stitches and 4 rows = 4 inches
5.5 mm (I)
300 - 600 yards (274 - 549 m)
US
English
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Gauge is not critical for this pattern; create as many rows as you want for a larger bag. This bag
measures about 10” x 13” laying flat without the handles, doing 13 rows of berries.
Terms:
● St- stitch
● Yo-yarn over
● Ch-chain
● Slst- slip stitch
● Sc-single crochet
● Dc-double crochet
● Dec- decrease
● Skch1sp- skip chain 1 space
● Cluster stitch- yo, insert hook through work, pull up loop 5 times (7 loops on the hook)
then yo, and pull through all 7. Ch1.
● 5scDEC- insert hook into st on cluster st, and pull through on all 5 st of cluster stitch,
then Yo and pull through all 6 loops, decreasing all 5 st at once.

Strawberry stitch, (two rows make one berry with stem)
● In red, Berry - cluster stitch, sc, skch1sp, sc, skch1sp, sc
● In green Stem - 3sc, 5scDEC, Ch1, slst into same space as last Dec} across

(there are some great youtube videos on the berry stitch)