Summary
Highlights
The video starts by listing the materials: four skeins of acrylic yarn (or polyfilling yarn), a 4mm crochet hook, 33 pearls for the strap, and scissors. The first step demonstrated is creating a magic ring and then working 12 double crochets into it, closing the magic ring with a slip stitch.
The tutorial progresses to creating the base of the bag, working in the back loop only. Row two involves increasing stitches to a total of 24 double crochets. Subsequent rows (3 to 8) follow a pattern of increasing stitches combined with a growing number of regular double crochets (e.g., Row 3: increase, 1 double crochet; Row 4: increase, 2 double crochets), until Row 8 completes the base with 96 double crochets using both loops.
The next section focuses on making the rose petals, specifically working into the front loops of the base. The first petal involves chaining three, making a double crochet increase in the same stitch and subsequent two stitches to get six double crochets. This is followed by chaining three, turning the work, and making increases in every stitch to achieve 12 double crochets. A reverse single crochet border is then added.
For the second row of petals, the pattern shifts slightly. After a chain two and slip stitch into the front loop, three double crochet increases are made into the next three stitches, resulting in nine double crochets. Turning the work, two double crochets are made into each stitch to get 18 double crochets. A reverse single crochet border completes this petal section.
Rows three and four of the petals largely repeat the pattern from Row 2, using the same increasing stitch techniques to create larger petals with a final count of 18 double crochets. The key difference is the skipping of stitches when connecting the petals, increasing from 5 to 6 stitches skipped for each petal section.
Rows five and the subsequent section continue the established petal pattern, with the number of skipped stitches alternating between five and six to achieve a total of seven and then eight petals respectively. The final petal section includes a change in how the slip stitch is made (from the front instead of the back).
Once all petals are complete, attention turns to finishing the bag. This involves neatly weaving in all loose yarn ends, securing the magic ring, and making a second identical bag half. The two halves are then joined together using a slip stitch, working initially in the back loops and then creating a single crochet border for the opening.
The final step is to construct and attach the pearl strap. A smaller 0.6mm crochet hook is used to thread the yarn through the pearls. Once the desired number of pearls is on the yarn, the strap is secured to the bag by pulling the yarn through the center of the pearls and then weaving in the ends to complete the handbag.