Crochet bag made of floral motifs

Choosing a summer bag is a difficult task. Leather or faux leather bags are quite practical, but they look rather rough, while textile bags look airy and summery, but wear out quickly. We suggest preparing for summer in advance – today we are knitting a beautiful summer bag from floral motifs!

Do you think that it's too early to engage in summer accessories since there are so many winter holidays ahead? Use only white yarn – and your daughter, performing the role of the Snow Queen at the morning performance, will gladly take a bag made of voluminous snowflakes! For those who are unaware, snowflakes are also flowers, just winter ones that are pure white (every child knows this!).

We are knitting a bag with a hook from separate motifs resembling water lily flowers. The idea of these floral hexagons belongs to Karen, who runs the blog "Color in a simple life," and in the vastness of the Runet, this bag "wanders" without a pattern for the motifs. We will remedy this oversight by providing not just a pattern, but a complete master class on knitting the lily hexagon! The following abbreviations will be used in the description:

•    SS – slip stitch;
•    CH – chain stitch;
•    DC – double crochet;
•    TDC – triple double crochet.

Start of work: chain 4 CH with yellow yarn, join them in a ring with SS.
Row 1: make an ascent of 3 CH, crochet 11 DC into the ring, then complete with SS into the last of the initial CH (= 12 stitches).

Row 2: attach white yarn to the back loop of the stitch (and from now on, crochet all stitches only in the back loop), make an ascent of 3 CH, into the same stitch DC, then *in the next stitch 2 DC, from * repeat 10 more times, finish the row with SS in the last of the initial CH (= 24 stitches).

Row 3: we form the first row of petals by crocheting all stitches in the front loops, *4 CH,

then crochet 4 TDC in the next stitch, pull out the stitch and remove the hook

insert the hook into the first TDC

catch the dropped stitch with the hook, tighten it to the usual size, and pull it through the first TDC – we form a petal-"bump".

We make an ascent of 4 CH

then crochet SS in the next stitch*

Repeat 12 more times from * to *, finish the row by crocheting SS into the first of the initial 4 CH.

The back of the motif looks like this:

Row 4: attach a yarn of a different color to the front loop of the stitch in row 1 and begin to crochet the inner row of petals.

*Make an ascent of 4 CH, crochet 4 TDC in the next stitch, drop the stitch, insert the hook into the first TDC, catch the dropped stitch and pull it through to secure the bump, crochet 4 CH and make SS in the next stitch; from * repeat 5 more times (there should be 6 petals).

To turn the flower into a hexagonal motif, we continue knitting.
Row 5: attach the yarn of the desired color from the wrong side of the flower to the back loop of the stitch in row 3.

Ascent of 3 CH, into the same stitch DC, then DC in the next stitch, then *2 DC in the next stitch, 1 DC; from * repeat 10 more times, finish the row with SS in the top stitch from the initial 3 CH (= 36 stitches).

Row 6: stitches are crocheted in the traditional way – through both loops of the stitch in the previous row. Ascent of 3 CH, then 4 DC, *in the next stitch [1 DC, 2 CH, 1 DC],

5 DC; from * repeat 4 times, crochet in the next stitch [1 DC, 2 CH, 1 DC] and finish the row with SS in the upper stitch of the initial 3 CH.
This is what the finished hexagonal motif with a lily looks like.

View of the motif from the back side.

We knit the bag from the floral motifs described in the master class, however, after completing row 6, we do not finish the knitting.

With a contrasting color thread, we crochet row 7 similarly to row 6, but instead of 4 DC we crochet 6 DC, and instead of 5 DC – 7 DC

 We knit the bag with a hook according to the assembly scheme – we crochet 21 motifs and sew them together in the order presented in the scheme.

Connect the motifs with a contrasting color thread on the front side – the strict geometric lines of the individual elements will be clearly visible, giving the bag a unique "touch".