Materials required:
6 cards of Klondyke Crochet Gold; 2 yards of Klondyke Gold Cord, No. 748; 1 Star Crochet Hook, No. 31/2.
CHAIN 10 and join in a ring. Chain 3, to count as 1 d. c., then make 23 more d. c. in the ring and join.
Second round: ch. 6, * 1 d. c. in second ch. of preceding round, ch. 3 and repeat from * all around. Join, forming 12 spaces.
Third round: make 12 spokes, as follows: * ch. 15, 1 d. c. in the fourth ch., make 11 more d. c. on the chain, catch with a slip stitch, to the next d. c. of second round and repeat from * all around. Make 12 more spokes, in same way, catching them in the c11. 3 of second round, thus making these spokes back of the first round of spokes. Fasten off.
Fourth round: * 1 s. c. in front spoke, ch. 3, 1 s. c. in next back spoke, ch. 3 and repeat from * all around.
Fifth round: slip stitch to center of next space, c11. 3, to count as 1 d. c., 2 more d. c. in same space, * ch. 3, 3 d. c. in next space and repeat from four times, ch. 3, 1 extra group of 3 d. c. in same space to form a corner; then make six more groups of d. c., as before, widen for second corner and continue in same way all around, making four corners and join.
Sixth round: slip stitch back into space after corner, then * ch. 7, 1 s. c. in second ch. to form a picot, ch. 8, 1 s. c. in third ch. to form second picot, ch. 2, thus forming one set of picots, 1 s. c. in next space and repeat from all around, widening by putting an extra set of picots in each corner.
Seventh and eighth rounds: ch. 2, 1 s. c. in center between picots of preceding rounds, then proceed as for sixth round. Fasten off at the end of eighth round.
Ninth round: fasten thread in corner picot, ch. 6, 1 d. c. in same space, ch. 4, 1 d. c., ch. 3, 1 d. c. all in the center of next picot and repeat from all around, not widening at the corners.
Tenth round: a group of 3 d. c. in each space of preceding round, chaining 1 between each group. Widen for corners as was clone in fifth round. This completes one side of the bag. Make second side in same manner.
Join the two sides by putting 1 s. c. through first space of both sides, ch. 5, 1 s. c. in second ch. to form picot, ch. 1, 1 s. c. through next spaces and repeat from * all around, putting an extra picot in each corner.
Border. 1 s. c. in space, * ch. 4, 1 s. c. in next space and repeat from *. Make two rounds of beading, as follows: * 2 treble crochet stitches in space, ch. 2 and repeat from * all around.
Fourth round: 1 s. c. in space, * ch. 5, 1 s. c. in next space and repeat from * all around.
Final round: same as the joining round.
Discs. Chain 4 and join in a ring. 8 s. c. in the ring. Do not join.
Second round: 2 s. c. in each stitch taken through the double thread.
Third round: * ch. 3, 1 s. c. in each of the next 2 stitches and repeat from *. On four discs ch. 10 and fasten off. On 2 more discs, ch. 13 and fasten off.
Slip Balls. Chain 6 and join in a ring, 12 s. C. in the ring.
Second round: 2 s. c. in each stitch. Make six more rounds of 24 s. c., followed by 2 rounds skipping every third stitch. Fasten off but leave long end of thread. Slip ball on cord and after running the end of cord through the beading and fastening it firmly, fasten three discs on the joining, then slip ball over the joining, fill with cotton and draw up with the thread left. Run the second cord through the other beading and pro¬ceed as before working from the other side of the bag to make the cords draw properly.