RAINBOW IDEAS
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you to start the base of the Bag.
BAG
BASE
Measure 14cm of rope from the end. Using
Silver held double, secure the yarn along the
length of the 14cm using clips and finishing
with the working yarn at the end of the rope.
Round 1 (RS) Make a slipknot and work 17dc
along the 14cm length, working each stitch
around the rope and trapping in the yarn as
you go. Fold the rope back on itself so that the
rope is on the top and the dc stitches are on the
bottom. Work 3dc on the turn (place a st
marker into the central stitch) then, starting
with the st just worked, work dc in the opposite
loop of next 19 sts from the first part of Round
1 and working around rope. Work 3dc in last st,
placing a marker in the central stitch. [40 dc]
Continue in a spiral without joining each
round.
Round 2 Work a dc into each stitch from
Round 1, working over the rope which is
always carried along the work as you go.
Work 2dc into the st before each marker, 3dc
in each marked stitch (and moving the
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marker to the new central stitch), 2dc in st
after each marker (increasing 8 stitches per
round – 4 at each end of the oval). [48 dc]
Rounds 3-4 As Round 2, increasing as set.
[64 dc]
SIDES
Round 5 Retaining the second marker to
indicate end of the round, dc bl of each st.
Round 6 Dc in each st around.
Rounds 7–11 As Round 6.
Change colour (to any colour of your choice)
on the last yrh of the last dc of Round 11.
Rounds 12-25 Using any colour sequence of
your choice, continue as set in Round 6,
working 2 rounds in each colour.
Rounds 26-7 Change back to Silver and work
two more rounds as set.
SHAPE HANDLES
Round 28 Placing Bag flat, identify the
central 15 sts on each side and place markers
in stitch 1 and stitch 15, dc in each st to st
before first marker, skip next 15 dc, work 15dc
around rope only and not into sts from
Round 27, dc in st from Round 27 after
second marker, dc in next 16 sts to st before
next marker, skip next 15 dc, work 15dc
around rope only and not into sts from
Round 27, dc into st from Round 27 after next
marker, dc to end of round.
Rounds 29-30 Dc in each st around, cutting
rope at the end of Round 29 so that the final
dc sts cover the end.
POMPOMS (MAKE 2)
Using the pompom maker, make 2 pompoms
using all the colours except Silver and attach
them to Bag with a chain made in Silver. Tie
these to the handles of the Bag.
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