Leopard bag
Pattern: Molla Mills for Suomen Lanka
Size: w. 34 cm, h. 28 cm
Yarn: 12-ply, honey (yellow) 150 g, purple 150 g, grey 100 g, material 100 % cotton
Hook: 1,75 mm
Tension: 30 dc x 14 rows = 10 cm x 10 cm
Other: zipper 35 cm
You can also download the pdf-textfile and pattern chart from here.
Note that some of the pattern’s colors are not produced anymore, you can find the current Liina and Molla cotton twine color selection from here.
START
Work the bag in closed rounds (in a tube shape) with three-color tapestry technique in double crochet (dc) stitches. In three-color tapestry crochet always change the color of the yarn in the last yarn over of the stitch (st). Carry the other yarns inside the stitches throughout the work. Start all rounds with three chain sts, this will form the first dc of the round. Close all rounds with a slip stch (sl st) into the third chain.
MAKE
Rnd 1. Chain 99 sts with yellow yarn to begin, work the first dc in the fourth chain from the hook. Work 1 dc in the same st, work 8 dc, change to purple yarn in the last yarn over. Work 6 dc and change to grey yarn.
Follow the patten chart, the pattern repeat is 100 sts. Work 6 dc in the last chain in yellow yarn, turn and continue working in the other edge of the starting chain. Close the round with a slip stitch into the third chain. There are 200 dc sts in total.
Rnd 2 - 38. Chain 3 to start every round, follow the pattern chart.
Rnd 39. Work a round of single crochet stitches with yellow yarn, carry all yarns in the work.
Cut yarns and weave in ends.
FINISH
Sew a zipper in the top edge of the bag by hand or a sewing machine. Sew a cotton ribbon inside the upper edge by hand to strenghten the work and to hide the zipper seam.
Leopard pattern can be made back and forth as well, and you can use any kind of yarn. When working in back and forth, always leave the carry-on yarn one stitch from the end in each row to make sure yarn loops are all in the back side of the work.
Pattern copyrights Molla Mills and Suomen Lanka