Mini baguette bag with half-moon handle

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A small, fashionable baguette bag with a rounded rectangular body and a distinctive half-moon shaped handle on top. The bag has a slight thickness to accommodate contents.

Materials

Yarn

WORSTED · 200yd

Hook

6mm

Notions

Tapestry needle

Stitch markers

Gauge

17 sts × 20 rows = 4in × 4in (in single crochet)

Stitches Used

sc = single crochet
ch = chain
inc = increase
dec = decrease

Pattern

Body

R1Ch 94, sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across. (93)(93 sts)
R2Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R3Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R4Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R5Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R6Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R7Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R8Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R9Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R10Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R11Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R12Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R13Sc in each st around. (93) Stuff lightly. Fasten off.(93 sts)

Handle

R1Pick up 10 sc evenly around opening. (10)(10 sts)
R2[Sc 0, inc] repeat around. (53)(53 sts)
R3[Sc 7, dec] repeat around. (47) Fasten off, leaving 12-inch tail for sewing.(47 sts)

Flap

R1Pick up 93 sc evenly around opening. (93)(93 sts)
R2Sc in each st around. (93)(93 sts)
R3Sc in each st around. (93) Stuff lightly. Fasten off, leaving 12-inch tail for sewing.(93 sts)