Crocheted Vegetable Bag
Posted by: Edward in: Edward's CnC > Projects (Improvs)
Here’s a crocheted bag that looks like a vegetable. My caregiver started working on this about two weeks ago, and finished a few days ago but couldn’t post on my blog because her camera has been acting up again. Now she finally got it working so here are the photos and of course the pattern. 
And of course, I get to model the bag. 
Really lucky that my caregiver and her boyfriend have finished their embassy business yesterday, since today it has been raining all morning and afternoon! It’s getting quite cool now as well, so this nice warm crocheted bag could be good for little Maria too. 
Crocheted Vegetable Bag
by Fatima Lasay
An improvisation on “Number 2718 Purse” purse pattern originally published by The Spool Cotton Company, Book No. 219, in 1945, reproduced at FreeVintageCrochet.
Materials:
Olive, brown, green, yellow and yellow-orange yarn
Golden glass beads (70)
Scissors
Sewing needle and thread
Steel crochet hook no. 5 and 4.
Bottom Circle Piece:
Use olive yarn and brown yarn together. Use Steel crochet hook no. 5.
Starting at center ch 4. Join.
1st rnd: 10 sc in ring.
2nd rnd: 2 sc in each sc around.
3rd rnd: Sc in each sc around.
4th rnd: 2 sc in each sc around (40 sc).
5th, 6th and 7th rnds: Sc in each sc around.
8th rnd: * 2 sc in next sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * around (60 sc).
9th, 10th and 11th rnds:Sc in each sc around. Break off.
Bag Body Piece: First Motif:
Use olive yarn and brown yarn together. Use Steel crochet hook no. 5.
Work as for Bottom until 4 rnds are complete.
5th to 8th rnds incl: Sc in each sc around. Break off.
Second Motif:
Same as 1st Motif through the 7th rnd.
8th rnd: Holding wrong sides of 1st and 2nd Motifs together and working through both thicknesses, make sc in the next 8 sc. Now working over 2nd Motif only, make sc in each sc to end of rnd. Make 3 more Motifs and join as before, having 12 sc between joinings.
Join the 5th Motif to the 4th and 1st Motifs.
Test strength of bag body by putting over Edward’s head (see photo below).
Top Section of Bag:
Use olive yarn and brown yarn together. Use Steel crochet hook no. 5.
1st rnd: Attach thread to the 3rd sc to left of joining on any motif. * Sc in each sc across to within 2 sc of next joining, ch 6, skip next 2 sc to left of joining on next motif. Repeat from * around ending with ch 6.
2nd rnd: Sc in each sc and each ch around (70 sc).
3rd to 18th rnds incl: Sc in each sc around. Sl st in next sc. Break off.
Circles (Make 10):
Use yellow yarn and yellow-orange yarn together. String 70 golden glass beads to the yellow yarn before starting. Use Steel crochet hook no. 4.
Work as for first 2 rnds of 1st Motif. On second rnd slip one glass bead after every sc. There should be 7 beads in each circle. Then sc all around. Sl st in next sc. Break off.
With right side facing, holding bottom and lower edge (motif edge) of Bag Piece together and working through both thicknesses, make * sc in 8 sc to left of joining on any motif, sc in next 4 sc on Bottom only.
Repeat from * around. Sl st in 1st sc. Break off. Sew circles over openings at top and bottom of each motif.
Leaves (Make 2):
Use two strands of green yarn. Use Steel crochet hook no. 4.
Ch 8. Sc in 2nd ch from hook, half dc in next ch, dc in next 3 ch, half dc in next ch, sc in last ch.
2nd leaf: Ch 10. Sc in 2nd ch from hook, half dc in next 2 ch, dc in next 3 ch, half dc in next 2 ch, sc in last ch.
3rd leaf: Ch 7. Sc in 2nd ch from hook, half dc in next ch, dc in next 2 ch, half dc in next ch, sc in last ch.
4th leaf: Ch 8. Sc in 2nd ch from hook, half dc in next ch, dc in next 3 ch, half dc in next ch, sc in last ch.
5th leaf: Ch 7. Sc in 2nd ch from hook, half dc in next ch, dc in next 2 ch, half dc in next ch, sc in last ch.
Sc into first ch of first leaf. Break off.
Bag Strap:
Use olive yarn and brown yarn together. Use Steel crochet hook no. 5.
Ch 10.
1st rnd: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc to end of round. Ch 1. Turn.
2nd rnd: Sc in each sc to end of rnd.
Repeat until strap is 5.5 inches long. Then make buttonhole as follows:
Sc in next 3 sc. Ch 4, sk 4 sc, sc in last 3 sc. Ch 1. Turn.
Sc across for two rnds. Break off.
Sew strap on rim of bag.
Sew leaf over buttonhole of strap. Sew other leaf to bottom of bag. (See photo below)
Sew button on rim of bag. In this piece, I use a large wooden bead and a golden glass bead. (See photo below)
Weave in or sew and trim all ends.
Bishop Edward can now wear bag to keep warm this cool season (see photo below).
Because a needle often won’t fit through the beads, I use clear nail polish to stiffen the end of the yarn to thread through the glass beads.
