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Hello, hello, my dear knitts. Welcome back to my channel, Mary Knits. I'm Mary, and today I bring you a creation that I'm super excited to show you. It's this beautiful bag.
Learn to crochet an easy, elegant DIY bag with single crochet and a trendy lobster clasp in this step-by-step tutorial by Mary Crochet.
Key Takeaways
- The bag is made using only single crochet stitches, making it beginner-friendly.
- Proper measurement and chain count are crucial to fit the clasp and shape the bag base.
- Using stitch markers helps keep track of increases and stitch counts for accuracy.
- The project is worked in continuous rounds without joining to create a seamless look.
- The tutorial emphasizes an affordable, stylish, and practical everyday crochet bag.
Summary
- Introduction to making a simple, affordable crochet bag using single crochet stitches.
- Detailed explanation of materials needed including hooks, stitch markers, measuring tape, scissors, and an aluminum clasp.
- Step-by-step instructions to create the bag base starting with a slip knot and chains.
- Guidance on measuring chain length to fit the clasp size perfectly without stretching.
- Instructions on working single crochet stitches and triple increases to form an oval base.
- Use of stitch markers to track increases and rounds for shaping the bag.
- Working in continuous rounds or spirals without joining stitches after the first round.
- Tips on maintaining stitch count and organizing stitches for a straight base.
- Explanation of increasing stitches in subsequent rounds to expand the base evenly.
- Encouragement to subscribe, like, and comment to support the channel.
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We are going to be working it with single crochet. Look at all the details.
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We will be making the base from scratch. We are also going to be adding this accessory, which is a clasp.
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Look, this is what gives the bag its unique touch. We will be leaving this space to simulate the handle. It's a simple, elegant, affordable bag, perfect for everyday use. And best of all, it's very easy to crochet. And if you want to
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learn how to make it step by step, I invite you to stay with me until the end of the class. Enjoy the process and put it into practice. If so, please don't forget to give me a thumbs up and leave
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a comment as a way to show your appreciation. And before we start, don't forget to subscribe to the channel and also turn on the notification bell so YouTube will let you know every time we upload a new tutorial video. Now, let's
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go to the list of materials, followed by the step-by-step instructions. We will be working with the following materials: measuring tape, scissors, seven stitch markers, and a personalized tag with the channel's name. A 6 mm hook. This will be our main hook. A 3.5
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mm hook. We'll use it to weave in ends. And an aluminum clasp or kiss lock frame. This one is 17 cm wide on the inside and 18 cm tall.
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We start by making a slip knot. And we will work 19 chains. I finished the 19 chains. Notice that it's an odd number because the turning chain is already included. That means when we work, we'll do it in chain
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number 18. I'll explain how you should measure to know how many chains you need to make. Depending on the size of your clasp here, we work 19 and measured the length of the chain from one end to the
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other. It should fit like this. See how it doesn't stick out on either side and sits perfectly in the center of the clasp. If the clasp is bigger, you need to make more chains until it looks like this. You have to make sure not to
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stretch the chain. It should be loose like this and you should place it here.
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This will also depend on the thickness of the material. If the material is thicker, you should make fewer chains, but ideally it should fit from one end to the other. Now we have the initial measurement to start working on our
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base. We are going to work the first round of the base and we will do this using single crochet. We insert the hook into the center of the next chain taking only the top loop.
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We insert the hook. Notice that this is the second one because chain number 19 is the turning chain. We insert it here in the second one. We yarn over. We have two loops on the hook and we yarn over
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and close the first stitch. In this first stitch, we're going to place a marker.
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Insert the hook into the center of the next chain. Into the next one. We reached the last stitch and here we're going to work a triple increase, which means three single crochets in that stitch to start giving our base an
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oval shape. Here on this side, I made 16 chains after the marker. And I didn't count the marker because this is already the first stitch of the increase. So here I worked 16 single crochets. And now we're going to do the increase.
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We go under the chain, yarn over, and here we make the first stitch. We place a marker. Here we work the second stitch.
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And now the third stitch. We place the marker here again. We complete the first increase. 1, 2, and three. Now we're going to work 16 single crochets. And we're going to do them here in the loops that we have left.
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Look, there are two loops here. Here's the first one. And down here, look, here's the second loop. We turn the piece. And here on the back, we see one loop. And here the second one. So, we're going to pass the needle under both of
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them. And that's where we'll make the single crochets. We pass the needle and we make the stitch here.
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See how here one stitch is in front of the other. We pass the needle under both strands.
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Huh? Like this until you finish all 16 stitches. I finished the 16 stitches. Please check. Here we've reached the last chain where we'll work the second increase just like we did on this side.
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But here we already have a first stitch, which is where we place the initial marker. Look, right here where the strands are, there's one. And right below it is the other one. That's the space. We'll work two stitches, insert
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the needle, and make the first stitch. Here we place a marker so we know that's where the increase starts.
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We make the second stitch. And with this, we complete all three. One, two, and three. Now, we're going to close this first round. Let's remove the first marker here.
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Let's add some height to this ear. We pass the needle under the first chain from front to back. Take the yarn.
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We give it height. And here we slip in this chain. We place the marker again.
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And look, now we already have the three increase stitches together. One, two, and three. Here we finish the first round making a total of 38 stitches.
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We work 16 stitches before the increases on each side and in the corners we make three and three stitches. Let's start the second round and continue working with single crochet. We position ourselves here where we have the little
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loop on the hook. Notice that here we made a slip stitch to close and that's the only closure we're going to make in the whole project.
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In the next stitch, we're going to start with a single crochet. And here we're going to place a marker so we know that's where the round started.
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From now on, we'll work all the rounds continuously or in a spiral without making any joins.
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So here we already have the first stitch. We pass the needle under the next chain and make a single crochet under the next one.
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We continue making single crochet until we reach the stitch where the marker is. I reached the stitch before the marker and here I completed 16 stitches. These are base stitches that will neither increase nor decrease and they are
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always counted before the increase markers including the initial stitch. So here where the marker is, we remove it.
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And here we will work a sequence of two stitches in each stitch. So here under the first chain we make an increase one. We go through again and make the second stitch. And we place the marker here. In the next stitch we will work
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the increase. One and two. And here is the last increase. We complete the increase. And here we work a total of six stitches. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
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Now we're going to work single crochet until we get here to the stitch before the marker.
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I finished the base stitches. Now we're going to work the increases on this side.
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We make two stitches here. Two stitches in the next one. And two stitches in the last stitch.
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I finished the six increase stitches on this side. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. I also placed the markers. And here we have already finished the second row. We work a total of 44 stitches in each row. We are going
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to increase by six stitches. We make 16 base stitches on each side. And in the increases, we work six and six stitches.
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Whenever you finish a row, organize it and arrange the stitches this way so that the base stays straight.
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Look how it's turning out. We're going to start the third row. And here we're going to work continuously. Notice that we won't make any kind of closure. We simply remove the marker and make the first stitch there.
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We place the marker again. And with this we start the third round. We work a single crochet here until we get here to the stitch before the next increase. I work the base stitches. Now we're going to start the increases. And
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here we're going to continue a sequence of increase stitch, single stitch, increase stitch, single stitch, increase stitch, finishing here where the marker is with a single stitch.
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We have the first increase. Now we make a single stitch, increase stitch, single stitch. The single stitch is one stitch and the increase is two stitches.
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Increase stitch. Single stitch.
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We are going to complete the base stitches on this side. We reach the stitch where the marker is.
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Here we start the sequence of increases. We start with an increase. Single stitch. An increase.
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Single stitch. An increase. And here in the last stitch, single stitch. We finish the increases. We make a total of nine. Placing the marker again in the first stitch and in the last one. We finish the third round with a total of
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50 stitches. We continue working the 16 base stitches. And in the increases, we make nine and nine stitches. Please check. Now we are going to work the fourth and last round of the base. We make the first stitch here where the
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marker is and continue with the base stitches. We complete the base stitches. We are going to work the increase here following a sequence of two single stitches, increase stitch, two single stitches, increase stitch, two single stitches. And here in the last stitch,
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increase stitch. We make the two single stitches here. In the next one, the increase.
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Two single stitches. The increase. two single stitches. And here in the last one, the increase.
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We finish the stitches like this. And here we work a total of 12 stitches.
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Let's continue making the base stitches. We continue the sequence on this side. We make two single stitches.
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Increase stitch. Two single stitches. Increase stitch. here. Two single stitches and in the last one we make the increase.
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We finished the fourth and last round of the base. It was a total of 56 stitches.
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Please check. We work the 16 base stitches and in the increases we make 12 and 12 stitches. We finish the fourth and last round of the base. It was a total of 56 stitches. Please check. We work the 16 base stitches. And in the
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increases, we make 12 and 12 stitches. We hide the leftover yarn. We arranged the stitches and we're going to measure it.
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It ended up being 27 cm long. in width 10 cm. Let's compare the size of the base with the mouthpiece. We place the mouthpiece in the center. And here we can notice that we have two fingers left on each
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side. That means about 3 and 1/2 cm. It's important not to leave 3 cm so that when you place the mouthpiece, the surface of the bag fits very well. If you leave more, that's perfectly fine, depending also on how wide you want the
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bag to be or the style you want to make. But when we work with an oval base, we should always try to leave a minimum space of 3 to 3 and 1/2 cm. Don't leave less than that amount because when you
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attach the clasp, it doesn't fit very well to the surface of the bag. Keep in mind that this can also vary depending on the thickness of the material and how tightly you make your stitches. Now, we're going to continue working the
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rounds with single stitches without increases to start giving the bag its height. This process is very simple.
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Now, every time you start, remove and place the marker again. I finished the first round and here we can start shaping it. We're already building it up here. I worked a total of 56 stitches, the same number of stitches
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we finished the last round of the base with. We've removed the marker and here we start the second round.
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I finish the second round here and I continue going up in a spiral with a single crochet.
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I finished the height of the bag. I worked continuously until I completed 11 rounds. We position ourselves here at the last one of the base and count the following. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 plus
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the four from the base. That would be a total of 15 rounds. If you want to make the piece a little taller, continue working the rounds in a spiral until you reach the desired height. Up to the last
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round of the base, we have 14 cm in height and with the base 19 cm.
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And in width, it ended up being 33 cm. Let's do the closing. We position ourselves at the point before the marker where we're counting the rounds. Look, it's the same point. Here, I've already cut the yarn.
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So, here we pull it out. We remove the marker and we pass the needle under the next chain. Not where the marker was, but the one after. From back to front, we take the reserved strand and bring it to the
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back. Here we arrange it very well. And we're going to pass the needle through the center of the last chain here. Also passing under the little ridge.
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We pick up the yarn and we pass it through there. Here we've simulated something like a chain stitch. So here we tighten it very well.
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And that's how we closed it. We're going to hide the leftover yarn under the stitches.
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Now we have the bag ready to start attaching the clasp. I'll show you how it looks on the inside. Here on this side, it's normal to see the slope because that's where we made the closure, but otherwise, look at how the
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stitches look, how the bag turned out. It's quite structured. The base is very firm.
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So, what are we going to do here? We're going to start shaping the bag into a square. So, you can see how the opening looks.
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Look, we've already adjusted the opening here, and it's the perfect size. See how it looks. Now, we're going to line up the points. We take the bag and arrange it very well like this.
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Look, make sure the base is straight. Very good. Remember that here we've worked a total of 56 stitches.
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We're going to divide it into two parts to locate the stitches that are at the ends.
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We're going to place a marker on these last two stitches at the corner. And now we're going to count 26 stitches after this marker. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
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24 25 26. In the next stitch, we place a marker. We also place a marker in the next one.
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And after this marker, we need to count 26 free stitches on this side. Now, we're going to leave space for the handle. After this marker, we count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8.
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On this side, after the marker, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and here in the center I should have 10 free stitches. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
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Look, there are 10 free stitches. We repeat the process on this side. After the marker, we count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and we check that there are 10 free stitches in the center. If your clasp is
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bigger or smaller, you will adjust the bag this way. Place the clasp so that it is well positioned. Make sure the clasps are where you place the first markers.
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So here to leave space for the handle, you will position yourselves here. See that it's the edge a little bit inward.
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So if it's smaller, place it at the edge. And here at the beginning of the straight line, this is the space you should leave for the handle. So after the first point, you are going to count the chains until you get here.
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If you get eight, if you get nine, if you get 10, always after the edge. The same on this side. And you repeat the process on the other side. We are going to cover the clasp here now in front on
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this side. And I also cut 1 m of t-shirt yarn. This length will depend on the size of the clasp you are working with.
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And we will also need liquid silicone or fabric silicone. We apply the silicone on the outside of the clasp right here on this side.
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We take the fabric here. We open it a little and adjust it. We make another turn over the beginning and we start wrapping like this.
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Always making sure it's tight so it doesn't end up loose, but nice and snug.
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Here we've reached the end and we put a drop of silicone here. With this same leftover strand, we're going to tie it until it dries a little.
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We position the nozzle to start sewing. We take a strand and pass it through here where the first marker is.
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We tighten here. We repeat on this side. Before starting the stitching, we make a slip knot.
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We give a little height to the ear. And we're going to pass the needle through. Look, here is the second marker. We position ourselves at the next stitch, go underneath, place the little loop on the needle, and bring it
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forward. Here we yarn over and make the first stitch. Pay attention because here we're going to work a series with increases. So in the next stitch, we're going to make an increase of two stitches. We go under the chain, yarn over and make one
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stitch. Insert the hook again and make the second stitch. Now we're going to work one stitch in the next one.
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Here in the next one, one stitch here. One stitch. Now we have 1 2 3 and in the fourth stitch we make an increase 1 2.
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We have the starting point an increase three single stitches or three single crochets. And here we make an increase.
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Here we work a single crochet. We remove the marker and make the last stitch.
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We are going to work single crochet here until we reach the stitch with the next marker.
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We arrange the yarn well here. I worked here 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 stitches. The same number of stitches we left at the bottom. We remove the marker here.
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We make the first stitch. And here we continue the sequence. We make two single stitches, an increase stitch, three single stitches, an increase stitch. Here we make two single stitches.
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One, two. Here increase. One, two. We scored three points. One 2 3 Here in the next stitch we make the increase.
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1 2 and in the last one which is before the marker we make a single crochet.
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Here where the markers are, we're going to work a slip stitch so that the closure of our clasp stays free. So here we remove, we take out the marker.
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We go underneath, yarn over, and here we slip stitch. We go to the next marker, yarn over, and slip stitch.
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We finished sewing this side and look how the handle looks here. You can see the space. See how our hand fits perfectly. And this space ended up measuring 12 cm.
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Now we're going to repeat the same process on this side. Here in the stitch after the marker, we make a single crochet.
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And in the next stitch, an increase. Here we work three single crochets, an increase, two single crochets, 10 stitches. We start with two single crochets, an increase, three single crochets, an increase. Finishing here with a single crochet.
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We're at the stitch before the marker. Now we'll make a single crochet. Here we're going to work the two slip stitches. We remove the markers.
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We go from underneath. We yarn over and here we slip. We go under the next one. Yarn over and here we slip.
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Here we cut. We pull out. We are going to finish off with the help of a smaller needle. We insert the needle under the first chain from back to front. We grab the yarn and pull it to the back.
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We insert the needle into the center of the last chain. Grab the yarn and pull it to the back. We adjust it here carefully, making sure the chain is the same size as the others. And we're going to pass this yarn under the hinge.
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We adjust the stitches very well. And look how the closure turned out. You're going to hide these two leftover yarns under the stitches just like we did with the previous one. Now the bag is ready. We finished the entire sewing
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process. Let me show you the result. Here you can see the two slip stitches that we placed on the hinge so they don't get in the way of the closure. And here is where you can see the increase.
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And here is the second one. If you're wondering, Mari, if my clasp is bigger, how do I make the increases? You can work the same two increases. Do the first one after the first stitch and the second one all along the edge of the
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clasp. See that it's all along the edge of the clasp. I made the second increase there. You can make your second increase there. Don't make any more increases here. Always work with single crochet because this will be the visible part.
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So look how it turns out here. I took the opportunity and placed the little plate. This little plate is very simple.
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It comes with little legs and you just adjust it at the back. Here, look how this side looks. I'm going to give you the height measurements here with the clasp up to the first round of the base.
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It measures 21 1/2 cm. Now we're going to close the bag. Look, it's quite spacious inside. And if you're interested in making the lining, I'll leave the step-by-step instructions in the description on how to take the measurements and do the sewing. So, here
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we arranged the stitches very well on the handle. And we're going to close it. Close it.
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Push it down a little. And here you close the bag. Look how it turns out.
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See, it's a pretty spacious bag. Even though when you close it, it looks small. If you want to make it a little taller, like I said before, just keep going around in a spiral until you reach the height you want. So, here you
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arrange it like this, and that's it. See, this is the whole process. The bag ended up weighing 480 g, including the clasp. And I used 380 g of t-shirt yarn.
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That means the clasp weighs 100 g. We've reached the end of the class. I hope you enjoyed the whole process and that you put it into practice. If that's the case, please don't forget to give me a thumbs up and leave a comment as a sign
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of appreciation. This may seem insignificant, but you motivate me to keep sharing a new tutorial with you every week. And if you're new, don't forget to subscribe and also turn on the notification bell so YouTube will let you know every time we upload a new
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tutorial video. See you in the next class. God bless you. Bye.
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