Net Shopping Bag
This clever bag folds up and stores away easily until it’s needed. 
Make several and keep one in each purse, the car,
and in the beach bag for wet bathing suits! These make a tremendous gift!

Corrected pattern from the 2006 Crochet Pattern A Day Calendar, Accord Publishing

Designer: Annie Modesitt
(www.knittingheretic.com)

Finished Meas = 15” long (excluding handles)
Skill Level: C 2 Easy
Fiber: Lana Knits -
all HEMP 3, (145yds /132m 1.5oz /45gr) per skein
Color - Natural, 1 skein
(www.lanaknits.com)
Gauge: 5sc - 1” using
Hook Size: F US/3.75mm
Notions: darning needle
Stitches Used: sl st (c), sc, dc, tc - triple crochet

BAG
To Start: Ch 6 sts, join.
Round 1: Ch 2, dc 6 into ch loop, join.
Round 2: Ch 2, 2 dc into each dc, join - 12 sts.
Round 3: Ch 2, (2 dc into next dc, dc next dc) rep to end of round, join - 18 sts.
Round 4: Ch 2, 2 dc into each dc, join - 36 sts.
Round 5: Ch 2, (2 dc into next dc, 1 dc into each next 2 dc) rep to end of rnd, join - 48 sts.
Round 6: Ch 6, (tr into next dc, ch 3) rep to end of round, join.
Round 7: (ch 3, tr into next ch loop) rep until bag is desired depth (sample bag is 15” long from start of netting)
Work remainder of bag in spirals, repeating round 7 with no starting chain at beg of rounds.

FINISHING
Sc all ch and tr sts from last round, sc two more rounds, FO - do not break yarn!

Handles
To Start: With attached yarn, ch 72 sts, join to st 1/4 around circumfrence of bag top with a sl st, turn.
Row 1: Sc into top edge of bag, then sc into each ch along handle edge to ch 30, 1 dc into each next 12 ch st, 1 sc into each ch along rem sts in handle to starting point, attach to point next to first ch with sl st, turn.
Row 2: Repeat Row 1, then work 1 more work with no dc sts, working those sts in sc.
Row 3: 1 sc in each st along handle, sl st to top edge of bag and sl st around 1/4 along top of bag.
Rep Rows 1-3 for second handle. FO.

Attached Bag Case
To Start: Turn bag inside out. At edge where netting begins at bottom of bag, sc 48 sts into existing 48 dc.
Round 1: 1 dc into each sc.
Rounds 2 & 3: Rep Round 1.
Round 4: (1 sc into next dc, sk 1 dc) rep to end of round, FO - 24 sts.
When bag is turned inside out it can be tucked into the little case which is now attached to the inside bottom of the bag !