Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Granny Bag Tutorial





I made this pattern a few weeks ago, and found I had some troubles figuring out the mouth/sides, so I set off on a mission to make a picture tutorial on how I did it. :)

Firstly:
  -The pattern can be found here. It's Pierrot Yarns 29-210-44 Striped Bag.
  -I honestly have no idea if how I did it is how the pattern calls for. However, it worked for me, and I'm hoping it'll work for you! 
 -Any crochet terms are written in US-terms. 
And on these notes, here we go!

Start off with a granny square. I did 20 rounds to get my desired bag length.



To make things easy, line the bag before working on the mouth/sides. The bag was too big to use a fabric square, so I completely destroyed creatively used a yellow pillowcase that's been sitting in the hall closet for quite a long time. 


Now, lets get started on the mouth part! sc once in each ch-1 space on one side of the granny square. The stitches are very loose, they become puffy, but it works, trust me! 





When you get to the end of that side: ch-1, turn, sc in each sc across. Keep doing rows until it's long enough to wrap around your handles. I did 6 rows. 
Next, make the mouth side on the opposite end of the granny square. So, you end up with this:



 Onto the sides! To start, crochet down the rows we just made. Once you get to the granny square part, sc in each middle dc of shell and ch-1 space. 





 Over, and over, and over again until it's long enough. I sc2tog during the tan round, to help pull the sides up, but that's completely optional. Repeat on the opposite side. 


 Then, for added cohesive-ness (yup, just made that a word!) I single crocheted all the way around.




Attach your handles, and there you go! A granny square bag! 



Happy Crocheting! :) 

(Edited: 1/26/2013) This used to be atadplaid.blogspot.com and I just changed the blog name. Tutorial is still my original one. :) 


22 comments:

  1. Brilliant!! I've looked and looked and LOOKED at the pattern on Ravelery but couldn't work it out.

    Thanks so much :-))
    Di

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    1. Yay!! :) I'm so glad it was helpful!

      Happy Crocheting!
      Hollie

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    2. thank you for your time and effort..it makes so much sense once you see it the way you showed it. u r awesomeness swimming in awesome sauce

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  2. Thank you for this great tutorial :) I didn't even have to look at the original pattern after seeing this... :)

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    1. Thank you! Have fun making the bag! :)

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  3. You're so lovely to help us all out! Thanks!!!

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  4. I was afraid to make this until I read your tutorial!
    Thanks so very much,
    Tina

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  5. I've just found my next project! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your wonderful creativity!

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  6. I love your tutorial. I am making my square and have a question...where did you get those handles..they are great and how did you attach them? Knotted through a hole??
    Thanks!
    Tina

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    1. Ooh! Great questions!

      I bought my handles at Joann's Fabric and Crafts. I believe Hobby Lobby sells them too, as well as many LYS. These particular handles have the circles at the bottom, so I pushed the corners of the bag through and used the running-stitch technique to fasten them.

      Hope that answered your questions! :)

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  7. Thank you so much for sharing this. I started making this bag ages ago but couldn't figure out how to gather it together at the top. I'll have to dig it out of the cupboard and finish it. :)

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  8. thanks for this tutorial Hollie!!! I couldn´t find it anywhere...

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  9. Hollie,
    You are great..I have made 2 so far...your tutorial was so helpful..wish I could post a picture here for you to see...

    http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Tina295/29-210-44-striped-bag-2
    http://www.ravelry.com/projects/Tina295/29-210-44-striped-bag

    thanks,
    Tina

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  10. Thanks so much!! I have the pattern, I have a large granny square and that's where it stops! I am horrible at reading those stinkin diagrams! YOU ROCK my friend!

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  11. Thank you so much for your tutorial. It's very clear ~ I'm really looking forward to making this!

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  12. Love it!!! I am making one now...cant wait for it to be finished..thank you so much...

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  13. I love this tutorial! When did you sc2tog? Did you sc2tog all the way across or at certain intervals? I don't want my sides to be gaping open.

    Thanks again :)

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  14. Angel she didn't sc2tog. She skipped stitches which basically achieves the same effect in the end.

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  15. My square is 22 rows deep (chunky wool and size 5) but it doesn't look like it's going to be a very deep bag? Should I keep going or do you think it will be ok?

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  16. Finally one I can understand (directions )...Thkyou

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  17. One question ....colors ...how you decide on your colors in what order?

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  18. So many people want to see this ...but can't get on this site ...

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