Venetian Bag

Materials required:
2 balls Macrame cord, No. 6; 1 Star crochet hook, No. 2.
CHAIN 4 and join in a ring. Make 6 single crochet stitches (6 s. c.) in the ring. Do not join.
Make three rounds as follows: * 2 s. c. in first stitch, 1 s. c. in next stitch and repeat from *. Join, with a slip stitch, at the end of the fourth round.
Fifth round: ch. 5, * skip 1 ch., 1 double crochet stitch (see page 4) in next ch., ch. 1, 1 d. c. in next ch., ch. 1 and repeat from * all around; 20 d. c. in the round, join.
Sixth round: * 1 s. c. in each of the first 3 stitches, taking up the back thread only, 2 s. c. in next stitch and repeat from * all around. Do not fasten off.
Petals: take the second ball of cord and make 16 petals as follows: chain 14, 1 slip stitch (1 s. s.) in each of the two first stitches, 1 s. c. in each of the next two stitches, 6 d. c., 2 s. c., 3 s. s. in end stitch, turn and work on the other side of ch., 2 s. c., 6 d. c., 2 s. c., 2 s. c. Fasten off, leaving end long enough to join to center.
Seventh round: 6 s. c. around center, * 2 slip stitches on petal, s. c. all around petal, putting 2 s. c. in every fourth stitch and 3 s. c. in top stitch of petal, 2 s. s. on the other side of petal, then 5 s. c. on center and repeat from * all around. Fasten off.
Chain 78 and join. On the chain make a round of s. c., putting 2 s. c. in every fourth stitch. Join. Chain 5, skip 1 stitch, 1 d. c. in the next stitch, * ch. 2, skip 1, 1 d. c. and repeat from *.
Second row : chain 5 and turn, 1 d. c. in first d. c., * ch. 2, 1 d. c. in next d. c. and repeat from *, putting final d. c. in third ch. of turning chain of preceding row. (4 spaces.)
Repeat second row twice, thus forming one more space on each row.
Fifth row: ch. 3, 1 d. c. in second d. c., * ch. 2, 1 d. c. in next d. c. and repeat from * three times, ch. 3, catch with slip stitch in third ch. of turning ch. and fasten off.
Skip five chains on the ring and make another section in the same way. Continue until 8 sections, in all, have been made.
Lay center on ring and pin petals between sections, as illustrated. Fasten back of petal to second square of section, with 1 s. c., * 2 s. c., ch. 3 and catch back for a picot, 1 s. c. all in the next square and repeat from * in each square of section until the second square is reached; there make 1 s. c., join the square and petal with 1 s. c., ch. 4, carry back of petal and catch petal and second square as before. Continue in this way around each of the eight sections and at the end fasten off.
Fasten cord in middle of one of the sections, ch. 24, 1 s. c. in center of next section, ch. 28, 1 s. c. in next, ch. 41, 1 s. c. in next, ch. 28, 1 s. c., ch. 24, 1 s. c., ch. 28, 1 treble crochet stitch (see page 4) taken just before the fourth picot on top of next section, another tr. c. between the fourth and fifth picots, ch. 14, 1 tr. c. taken in next section between first and second picots, another tr. c. after second picot, ch. 28 and join.
Final round: ch. 3 to count as 1 d. c. and make 1 d. c. in each of the first six chains. On this round after every fourth d. c. ch. 3 and catch back for a picot. No further mention will be made of this picot. Widen by putting 2 d. c. in the eighth stitch and in every fourth stitch of round, excepting that the seven stitches on each side of the s. c. caught down in the sections are to be made plain. Do not widen at all in the chain of 14 which is in the center of top of bag.
Joining figure: ch. 3 and join, 1 s. c. in the ring, * ch. 5 and catch back in second ch. for picot, ch. 2, catch in picot of section, as illustrated, ch. 5 and catch back for picot, ch. 2, 2 s. c. in the ring and repeat from * three times.
Make large joining figure at bottom of bag, with a round of 8 s. c. in the ring before beginning the joining picots; then make five joining picots instead of four.
Strap: ch. 14, * 1 s. c. in each of the three first stitches, ch. 3 for a picot and repeat from * to end of foundation, ch. 14 for button loop and make second side like first.
Buttons: ch. 3 and join, 8 s. c. in the ring; 8 bean stitches on next round (see below). Next make a round of 16 s. c., followed by a round of s. c., skipping every other stitch. Fasten off, leaving cord long enough to pull through center of button and sew in place.
Make second side of bag like first.
Cord: ch. 1, pick up a loop in same ch., thread over and through the 2 loops on needle. * Pick up a loop in second ch., thread over and through the two loops and repeat in each chain for the length desired.
Make fringe as illustrated, for the braided parts using three strands of cord; 2 strands for the rest.

Coffee Bean Stitch:
Make a ch, as long as is needed.
First Row: pull loop on needle up long (about half an inch), thread over needle and in first ch, stitch, pulling this loop up as long as the first one. Thread over needle and through 3 stitches, ch 1. *Skip next ch on foundation. Thread over needle and through the next ch, thread over needle and through same ch. Thread over needle and through all the loops on needle. Ch 1 Repeat from * for length of row.
Second Row: pull loop on needle up long and ch 1 In this way a half bead is formed to keep the edge even. Continue across row, making a bean in each space and at the very end make another half bean.
Third row: make 1 bean in each space, counting the loop on needle as first loop of first bean.
Repeat second and third rows until the work is the correct size.