One Ball Bag!!!

Ok, get your minds out of the gutter...I mean one ball of yarn of course!

I love the colours that are in the range of Camilla Batik and the way the short colour changes work up in crochet.  I was lying in bed in the wee hours (I call them wee hours not just because of my Scottish heritage but also the amount of times I need to get up during the night!!!) and was wondering if I could make a bag with just one ball of Camilla Batik.  I know, I know, strange musings in the middle of the night but this is what happens when your yarniverse looks like mine!

 

So I set to designing a little bag with just one ball.  I thought I pretty centre (or bottom in this case) motif would be a great place to start and the rest just took on a life of its own as I went.

If you haven't used Camilla Batik before, it is a gorgeous 100% mercerised cotton by Madame Tricote Paris Camilla.  There are 260 meters on each 100 gram ball and it is a 4 ply yarn.  I have used it before to make a mandala and they colour changes were just beautiful so I was looking forward to creating something new with it!

 

Materials:

• 1 ball of Camilla Batik mercerised cotton yarn.
• 3.5mm Hook (I used my trusty Tulip Etimo Red)
• Needle for weaving in ends
• Scissors
• Stitch markers

 

Stitches used and abbreviations (in US terms):

CH - chain

ST - stitch

SK - skip stitch

SS - slip stitch

SC - single crochet

FPSC - Front Post Single Crochet

BPDC - Back Post Double Crochet

FPDC - Front Post Double Crochet

DC - double crochet

 

Round One

• CH 4 and join with a SS

Round Two

• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 14 DC into the ring, join with a SS (15)

Round Three

• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 1 DC in the same space. 
• 2 DC in each remaining stitch, join with a SS (30)

Round Four

• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 1 DC in the same space. 
• 1 BPDC in the next ST.  2 DC in the next ST. 
• Repeat until end of round and join to CH 3 with a SS (45)

 

Round Five

• SS to the space between the 2 DC from the previous round. 
• 5 DC cluster in the space between the 2 DC. CH 1 to close the cluster.
• 1 BPDC around the BPDC from the previous round. 
• Continue to the end of the round and join with a SS to the top of the first cluster. (15 x 5 DC cluster & 15 BPDC)

Round Six

• Turn and SS to the top of the BPDC from the previous round. 
• Turn and CH 3 (counts as one DC), place stitch marker.  4 DC in the same space,
• 1 FPDC around the cluster from the previous round.  5 DC in the next st and 1 FPDC around the cluster from the previous round, repeat. 
• SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (75 DC, 15 FPDC)

 

Round Seven

• Turn and FPSC (counts as first BPSC). 
• Turn and CH 5. SK 5 ST. 1 BPSC around the next FPDC from the previous round. Continue til end of round.
• Join with a SS to the first FPSC. (15 BPSC, 75 CH)

Round Eight

• SS into the first CH 5 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 6 DC in the same space. 
• Sk 1 BPSC and 7 DC in the next CH 5 space. 
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (105 DC)

 

Round Nine

• SS to the space between the 7 DC. 
• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster, place stitch marker. 
• CH 7, SK 7 DC,
• 3 DC cluster in the space between the 7 DC. 
• Repeat to end and ss to the stitch with the marker. (15 x 3 DC clusters, 105 CH)

Round Ten

• SS to the CH 7 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 8 DC in the same space. 
• Sk cluster, 9 DC in the next CH 7 space. 
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (135 DC)

Round Eleven

• SS to the space between the 9 DC.
• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster, place stitch marker.
• CH 7, SK 9 DC,
• 3 DC cluster in the space between the 9 DC.
• Repeat to end and ss to the stitch with the marker. (15 x 3 DC clusters, 105 CH)

Round Twelve

• SS to the CH 7 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 8 DC in the same space.
• Sk cluster, 9 DC in the next CH 7 space.
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (135 DC)

Round Thirteen

• SS to the space between the 9 DC.
• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster, place stitch marker.
• CH 7, SK 9 DC,
• 3 DC cluster in the space between the 9 DC.
• Repeat to end and ss to the stitch with the marker. (15 x 3 DC clusters, 105 CH)

Round Fourteen

• SS to the CH 7 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 8 DC in the same space.
• Sk cluster, 9 DC in the next CH 7 space.
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (135 DC)

Round Fifteen

• SS to the space between the 9 DC.
• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster, place stitch marker.
• CH 7, SK 9 DC,
• 3 DC cluster in the space between the 9 DC.
• Repeat to end and ss to the stitch with the marker. (15 x 3 DC clusters, 105 CH)

Round Sixteen

• SS to the CH 7 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 8 DC in the same space.
• Sk cluster, 9 DC in the next CH 7 space.
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (135 DC)

Round Seventeen

• SS to the space between the 9 DC.
• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster, place stitch marker.
• CH 7, SK 9 DC,
• 3 DC cluster in the space between the 9 DC.
• Repeat to end and ss to the stitch with the marker. (15 x 3 DC clusters, 105 CH)

Round Eighteen

• SS to the CH 7 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 8 DC in the same space.
• Sk cluster, 9 DC in the next CH 7 space.
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (135 DC)

Round Nineteen

• SS to the space between the 9 DC.
• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster, place stitch marker.
• CH 7, SK 9 DC,
• 3 DC cluster in the space between the 9 DC.
• Repeat to end and ss to the stitch with the marker. (15 x 3 DC clusters, 105 CH)

Round Twenty

• SS to the CH 7 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 8 DC in the same space.
• Sk cluster, 9 DC in the next CH 7 space.
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (135 DC)

Round Twenty One

• SS to the space between the 9 DC.
• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster, place stitch marker.
• CH 7, SK 9 DC,
• 3 DC cluster in the space between the 9 DC.
• Repeat to end and ss to the stitch with the marker. (15 x 3 DC clusters, 105 CH)

Round Twenty Two

• SS to the CH 7 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 8 DC in the same space.
• Sk cluster, 9 DC in the next CH 7 space.
• Continue to the end of the round SS to the stitch with the stitch marker. (135 DC)

Round Twenty Three

• CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) 3 DC cluster in the same space between the 9 DC. place stitch marker.
• CH 5, 3 DC cluster between the 9 DC.
• Repeat to end and SS to the stitch with the marker. 

Round Twenty Four

• SS into the first CH 5 space.  CH 3 (counts as 1 DC) and place stitch marker, 6 DC in the same space. 
• SK cluster,  7 DC in the next CH 5 space. 
• Continue to the end of the round ss to the stitch with the stitch marker. (105 dc)

Round Twenty Five

• SC in every ST (105)

Round Twenty Six

• SC in every ST (105)

Round Twenty Seven

• SC 20, 
• CH 30, 
• SK 17,
• SC 35,
• CH 30,
• SK 17,
• SC 16. 
• Join with a SS. (71 SC, 60 CH)

Round Twenty Eight

• 1 SC in each ST, join with a SS to the first ST. (131)

Round Twenty Nine

• 1 SC in each ST, join with a SS to the first ST. (131)

Round Thirty

• 1 SC in each ST, join with a SS to the first ST. (131)

Round Thirty One

• 1 SC in each ST, join with a SS to the first ST. (131)

Round Thirty Two

• 1 SC in each ST, join with a SS to the first ST. (131)

Round Thirty Three

• 1 SC in each ST, join with a SS to the first ST.  Finish off and weave in ends.  (131)