Lucinda Ganderton`s

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You need: LGC kit, button
Dress to impress with
Lucinda Ganderton’s
clutchbag
The chequered design of this sweet bag may look tricky but
it's actually a piece of cake. Simply work a row of alternating
groups of trebles and chains, then on the next row, work
trebles over the chains on the previous row, and vice versa.
This means that you only need to use one colour per row.
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Crochet
Quick & Easy
Meet Our
Designer
“The overlapping
trebles used
to work the
chequered pattern produce
a strong fabric, so the bag
doesn’t need to be lined”
Lucinda Ganderton is an experienced craft
designer and is the author of several books,
including Stitch Dictionary
Shopping
Basket
Complement your new bag with
a pair of pink heels! Open Toe
High Heel Platform Shoe,
£29.99, 024 7671 8834,
pilotfashion.com
Stitches used:
Chain (ch)
Slip stitch (sl st)
Double crochet (dc)
Half treble (htr)
Treble (tr)
Size:
Bag (folded):
12cm x 23cm
clutch bag
Note: carry unused
yarns along sides
of work
Using 5mm hook and
teal yarn make 54ch
Row 1: 1tr in fourth ch
from hook, 1tr in next
ch, (3ch, miss 3ch, 1tr
in each of next 3ch)
eight times
Join in green yarn
Row 2: (3ch, 1tr in each
of next three foundation
ch working each st over
teal ch from Row 1)
eight times, 3ch, sl st to
third teal ch
Join in pink yarn
Row 3: 3ch, 1tr in each
of next two teal tr, (3ch,
1tr in each of next three
teal tr working each st
over green ch from
Row 2) eight times
Bring teal yarn through
on final tr of row, do not
fasten off pink yarn
Row 4: using teal yarn
rep Row 2
Row 5: using green
yarn rep Row 3
Row 6: using pink yarn
rep Row 2
Row 7: using teal yarn
rep Row 3
Rows 8-33: rep Rows
2-7 four times, then rep
Rows 2-3
Row 34: using teal yarn
work 1ch, 1dc in each of
next two pink tr, (1htr in
each of next three
green tr, 1dc in each of
next three pink tr) eight
times ending with 1dc
in third pink ch
Fasten off all yarns,
sew in ends
shell border
Using pink yarn at top
right corner, turn work
over to work down left
side edge. (1htr, 3tr, 1htr)
under first teal tr, 1dc
under next green tr,
(1htr, 3tr, 1htr) under next
pink tr, 1dc under next
teal tr, (1htr, 3tr, 1htr)
under next green tr, 1dc
under next pink tr, cont
to end of row, spacing
shells in same way.
Eight shells
Fasten off, sew in ends
button loop
Working from WS,
rejoin pink yarn to
centre tr of fourth
shell, 10ch, sl st to
centre tr of fifth shell,
turn work, work
10dc into loop
Fasten off, sew in ends
to make up
Fold up bottom 11cm of
bag and pin side edges
tog, leaving 8cm free at
top for flap. Using teal
yarn and starting at
bottom corner, sl st left
edges tog. Fasten off
and sew in ends. Join
left edges tog in same
way, then complete
edge of flap by working
1dc into rem bar of
foundation ch. Fasten
off and sew in ends.
Sew button to centre
front of bag, 3cm up
from bottom edge
crochet
clever
When a knitting or
crochet pattern contains
a bracketed section this
means that these
instructions are to be
repeated. The pattern
will tell you how many
times to do this, or may
instruct you to repeat the
section until the end of
your row or round
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