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Both of these doll-sized bags, modeled by Loolu, my Dream of Doll Petsha from the Dream of Child line, were made by me in under an evening.  Using the same basic idea for both styles, I began with a small hook and thinner yarn by making a chain a little narrower than the bottom of the finished bag.  Crochet in single of half double, your choice, around both sides of the starting chain, and continue to work in rounds, adding an increase at the turn, until the hopefully flat bottom is roughly the size that you’d like.  Stop increasing, and work your stitches round and round until the bag is a good height, deep enough to hold whatever your doll might need to tote.  If your row changes are somewhere near the turn in the corner, perfect; if not, tie off and reattach to make the strap.  I like to chain across, make sure your strap will be long enough, but not too long, and attach it to the opposite side of the bag with a slip stitch.  Turn the work, and single crochet into each chain, slip stitching to the bag edge at the end of the row and tie off, tuck in the ends and enjoy!

To add a flap like the multicolor bag (worked in single crochet), start working across between handles, skipping one stitch on either side to provide space for ease of closure, and on alternate rows thereafter begin tapering it down by decreasing, easily done in single crochet by inserting the hook in the first stitch, pull up a loop, put the hook in the next stitch and pull a loop, then yarn over and pull through all three of the loops on your hook.

Be creative, it’s an easy, small project that a novice could work up in an evening, try it in whatever scrap yarns you’ve got for an accessory to match any outfit.

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