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Welcome to Day 5 of our week-long celebration of I Love Yarn Day 2016 and another installment of Stitch & Unwind’s I Love Yarn Day Crochet Along! Today, we are so excited to share the next installment of the Groovy Berry Crochet Messenger Bag.
Don’t forget: if you missed any of the previous posts, you can find them all here.
Today, our friend Mary Beth Temple will be showing you how to complete the top right corner of the messenger bag. As seen below, this corner of the bag features a reversible stitch pattern and slightly jagged crochet stitches. As Mary Beth says herself in this video, one of the main things you need to know about crochet is where to stick the hook, and here you’ll learn just where to do that to achieve this pattern. Plus, though this pattern looks like it contains a lot of color changes, you’ll only be working with one color at a time.
The Groovy Berry Crochet Messenger Bag is a wonderful way to learn various crochet techniques since the front of the bag features four distinct panels. This crochet along will help you expand your crochet colorwork vocabulary while still working with only one color of yarn at a time.
And now, without further ado, check out the fifth installment of the crochet along by watching this helpful step-by-step video tutorial:
Materials:
- Patons Shetland Chunky: 5 skeins #24107878046 Oxford Grey (MC), 1 skein each #24107878310 Lilac Lace (A), #24107878008 Aran (B), and #24107878416 Pretty in Pink (C)
- US size I/9 (5.5 mm) crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
Panel Four:
With MC, ch 23.
Row 1: Dc in 4th ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 3, turn. 21 dc
Row 2: Dc in each dc across. Change to C, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: Sc in each of first 2 dc, FPtr in row below next dc, (sc in each of next 3 dc, FPtr in row below next dc) 4 times, sc in each of last 2 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 4: Dc in each st across. Change to A, ch 1, turn,
Row 5: Sc in each of first 2 dc, FPtr in FPtr, (sc ine ach of next 3 dc, FPtr in next FPtr) 4 times, sc in each of last 2 dc. Ch 3, turn.
Row 6: Dc in each st across. Change to C, ch 1, turn.
Rows 7 – 8: Rep Rows 5 – 6. Change to MC, ch 1, turn.
Rows 9 – 10: Rep Rows 5 -6. End off.
Edging: With MC, sc around finished rectangle, working 3 sc in each corner.
Be sure to show off your I Love Yarn Day Crochet Along progress on social media by using the hashtags #StitchItForward and #ILoveYarnDay all week long. We would love to see the progress you’ve made on your Groovy Berry Crochet Messenger Bag!
Don’t forget: if you missed any of the previous crochet-along posts (Days 1-4), you can find them all here.
Don’t forget to enter our I Love Yarn Day giveaway by commenting below! One lucky reader will win all the goodies you see in the photo below, including yarn, ribbon, crochet hooks, stitch markers, a yarn ball winder, and an assortment of fabulous knit and crochet books! You have until 11:59 pm CST on Saturday, October 15th to enter, so be sure to check back throughout the week for more chances to win! The winner will be announced right here on Monday, October 17th!
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- Contest is open to anyone 18+ in the US and Canada. Void in Puerto Rico, the Province of Quebec and where prohibited.
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Cuddle up on my coutch
In front of TV or sitting in car at the beach.starting crocheting when I was 16. Now nearly 68. Would love to win. Never won anything.
What fun
Sitting in an over-sized chair in front of the TV in my living room.
I have my own chair in a corner of my living room with a basket of yarn and crochet hooks beside it. It’s available when I take time to sit down and work on a project.
I have a rocking chair that I got over 30 years ago when I was pregnant with our first child. I have a beautiful handmade wicker basket next to it with my current WIPs and any notions I need like scissors, emery board, stitch markers, etc. I can watch TV from that spot, reach the stereo to listen to music, or just sit peacefully looking out the bay window out onto the farm next door. Just bliss!
this is a great tutorial love it
#iloveyarnday
On the couch, in front of the t.v (that I never actually watch) where our kitties can find me and “help” with whatever I’m creating.
love it cant wait to try them all
in my room on the edge of the bed.
Sitting on the loveseat in my den or anywhere that I am just sitting and not doing anything
Would love to win this package!
On the couch with my feet up
My favorite place to knit or crochet is the armchair in the living room.
On my couch cuddled up with a lapful of animals
Late night in bed while watching movies on TV.
On the couch while watching tv.
I sit at my computer desk and watch videos or new and different knitting and crocheting videos. Sometimes I have to really control myself while in the middle of a project from starting a new one. It is most difficult if someone is showing a new yarn (color or brand). I generally end up searching for said yarn to eventually order it.
I take my crochet everywhere, but my favorite place is on my reclimer, covered up with my favorite afghan.
I love all the different colors and textures of yarn. Before I begin a project, I just love to sit in my recliner, go through my yarn, and decide which will be perfect for the final result. It’s so exciting and fulfilling to make items for my family and friends!
In my husbands big n broke in comfy recliner with “B” my cat with tv on in living room 😉
I have a very comfortable recliner, with all my knitting supplies in a small table beside me, and a floor lamp Ottlite-love it!
My favorite place to crochet is my recliner. But also long or craft group, camper, anywhere I can take it. I love crochet.
I have my own little corner in the living room, where all of my supplies are within reach. I also has a comfy recliner to relax in while listening to whatever is on the TV or with my music playing.
I love to crochet while relaxing in my living room watching my favorite classic movies. Everything I need is in the same little corner of the room and crocheting is always my treat for the day after finishing the housework and business ends of life……and it’s a good one.
In my craft/office/hideaway from teenagers room, I have a really comfy recliner and my yarn for my current project nearby. That and some good music and I’m in heaven…lol
I crochet sitting in my recliner. I either have TV on or music, but I am not paying any attention to anything but my crochet project, I bring my hook and some crochet cotton and make dishcloths when we travel.
I will crochet anywhere I get a place to bring my work. I have blankets, I work on in the living room, coasters in a tube I carry to work, when I go to my Mom’s, I bring a huge steamtrunk (almost) of everything I need to create!
I work the night shift and I like to crochet during my down times in the dim, quiet corners. I also enjoy sitting in my rocking chair at home, listening to an audiobook and crocheting.
On our couch while listening to the TV and talking with my family
I have my own chair that I sit in, large and Mongolian throne shaped, with wide arms and large cushion for holding me and my yarn. So comfortable, I almost don’t want to quit crocheting…
I love to crochet in my recliner watching tv.
I have a “chair and a half” with an ottoman. I have room to keep my yarn, crochet hook and notions case and whatever I’m working next to me. And a throw to keep me cozy, a lamp and window for light and the tv, if I care to take a break. Comfy, and just about my favorite place in the house.
My favorite place to knit and crochet is everywhere, literally I craft on my bed, in the living room, at my ex mother in-law’s house ( I taught her how to crochet to help with her Parkinson’s effects it has helped her tremendously ) in my car waiting for kids, at dr appointments, taking a walking. I just can’t stop!
In my living room on the recliner!
I prefer crocheting in my family room recliner. The light is good and the chair is comfortably near my kitchen for meal prep, phone calls, and letting the dogs out and into the house.
Thank you for this contest. It would be a dream to win. I have arthritis so the yarn winder would be such a blessing. It goes without saying that the yarn would be awesome.
I’m a new mom, haha, so I crochet whenever, and wherever, I am!! 🙂
Sitting in my grandmother’s chair.
I do most of my knitting time in my favorite chair watching tv. My husband is a huge sports fan and we share the same tv so my knitting gives us a chance to spend time together, I do my thing and he watches his game. I have to say i have become a baseball fan .
I knit and crochet in “my” chair.. it is an old falling apart queen Ann recliner, with my yarn bag on the side of my chair…. as long as I am all set up, we all are fine! Hahaha I mean WE ARE ALL FINE!! BWAHAHA.. They leave me alone, doing what I do best…
In front of my computer waiting for it to download, it’s very slow when the kids get home from school.
I take my crochet everywhere. But, my favorite spot is in front of my fireplace with a favorite movie or great music.
Thank you so much for sharing this with Us. For me crochet is a Therapy I like to do it at any time I have 3 kids and I’m a nanny too. So, I love to crochet for them.
Oh what fun to be had!
I don’t have a favourite place. I’ve crochet on buses, in waiting rooms, in cars, at a baby party and listening to the television while sitting on the couch. They were all good.
I always have some crochet project with me everywhere I go… fun and relaxing way to make time go by and then it becomes a wonderful gift for family and friends…
I like to crochet in front of my large front window where I can see the birds on my bird feeders and watch the wildlife go by. It’s very relaxing.
I usually sit on my couch after the kids go to bed and work on my projects. I love turning on a movie or tv show to watch as I work.
On my couch in front of my tv
I love to crochet anywhere even doctors offices , but my favorite is in my chair, sitting in front of the tv . I love making Christmas stocking to give at baby showers with baby stuff inside, maybe something for mom too.
Curled up on the couch, or riding in the car.
In my solarium surrounded by beautiful plants,a great view and total inspiration 🙂