I used the practice and tutorial Solid Spiral Granny Squares to make up a Saggy Daggy Crochet Baggy for a friend to use as a project bag :P What do you think?
Instructions for how to make this bag for yourself are below, or you can visit the Ravelry page for this pattern to save it to your queue or add to favourites! :)
Instructions for how to make your very own Saggy Daggy Crochet Baggy:
1. Make 5 Solid Spiral Granny Squares with two full rounds of each colour (so {step 4, step 5} x 3. You can use other square patterns, just make sure you end up with 30 stitches on each side.
2. Join Colour E (edging colour) in any dc and sc around each square. In the corners, do two sc in the last stitch of a row, and 3sc over the dc at the start of the next row.
4. Using Colour E and sc, join 4 of the squares into a line, then join the first square to the last one to make a circle (or box).
5. Using Colour E and sc, join the 5th square to the edges of your circle. Don't forget to do 3 sc in each corner to keep it square! Now you have a cube with no top :)
6. Join Colour E in one corner of the top of the bag and sc all the way around, using slip stitch to join. Don't cut off Colour E.
7. On the next round with Colour E, ch 1 (does not count as a stitch), then sc in the next 10 stitches. For the handles, you can either use 20 chain stitches, or 20 foundation sc stitches. Skip 12 stitches on the previous round, then sc 10 to the corner. Repeat for all four sides, then cut off Colour E.
8. Do one round each of sc in Colour A, then B, then C, then D, then E to finish.
If you did chain stitch for the handles, do the first round (with Colour A) into the stitches to make it nice and strong :) In the picture below, I've used foundation sc to make a more defined handle hole.
9. Weave in all your ends securely.
Ta-dah! Your very own Saggy Daggy Crochet Baggy :)
If you have any problems with these instructions (which were written up very quickly, and not tested), let me know in the comments!
