This little crocheted bag could be used to carry a cell phone. It could also be fun to make with a novelty yarn for a small handbag (you could line it with fabric if needed, if you were planning to carry small items in it that might fall through the openwork front of the bag). For an openwork design on the front of the bag, I used the updown stitch and the openwork combination of stitches that I had created for my Updown and Open Path Afghan Square pattern. I also created an edging to fit this bag (not shown on the bag in the photo on the right but there is an example of the edging on the pattern page).

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Alternate Materials: I used worsted weight yarn in the examples but the bag could be made with other materials, for example, it could be made with sport weight yarn and a US size G hook for a smaller bag or with bulky weight yarn and an I or J hook for a larger bag.

If you make this little bag, feel free to use the comments section of this blog post to let others know what brand of yarn and type of yarn you used, hook size used, the approximate size bag that results from using that certain yarn and hook and if you would recommend that yarn for use with this pattern (or not).

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