Round Mesh Bag Antique Free Pattern

Directions from the year 1919

This round mesh bag was designed in 1919, with the purpose of holding lettuce. In the antique pattern book, the name of the pattern is Crocheted Lettuce Bag.

Of course, there could be many other uses for a bag like this.

On this page, I've given the authentic antique instructions. It can be interesting to see the difference between the way patterns were written in that era and now.

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Following are the directions from the antique pattern book, exactly as originally written (including punctuation) and in its entirety.

Materials Required:
Royal Society Crochet White, size 3, 2 balls.
Crochet hook size 1.

Ch. 6. Join to ring. ch. 3, 16 d.c. into ring, join.
2nd Row. - Ch. 3, 1 d.c., * ch. 1, 1 d.c. into d.c. of previous row, repeat from * around, join.
3rd Row. - Ch. 4, 1 d.c. over ch. of previous row, * ch. 1, 1 d.c. into next space, in every fourth space make 2 d.c. with ch. between (this is for increasing).
4th Row. - Ch. 4, 1 d.c. over ch., ch. 1, 1 d.c. into next space, in every 5th space, make 2 d.c. with ch. between.

Continue until circle measures 11 inches, increasing whenever necessary. For three more rows, work without increasing, finish off.

Drawstring. - Make ch. 36 inches long. work one row of s.c.

-- End of 1919 Directions

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Oval Mesh Bag Inspired By this Pattern

Round Mesh Bag Pattern was originally published in the book Royal Society Crochet, Number 13, published in the year 1919 (now in the public domain).

If others would like to have this pattern, please give them the URL of this page:
http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa061403.htm

How long does copyright last? See US Government Copyright Office web site at http://www.loc.gov/copyright. Under "Publications" heading, click on "Information Circulars": Circular 15 ( Renewal of Copyrights), Circular 15a (Duration of Copyrights) and Circular 15t (Extension of Copyright Terms) will be helpful.

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