Checked Shoulder Bag

Tunisian crochet is a different method of crochet (similar to knitting) consisting of a "forward pass" (working right to left and picking up all the stitches in a row) and the "return pass" (working back, left to right, to remove the stitches from the hook).

This pattern is intended for beginners and full instructions (with colour photos) are given in the accompanying Stitch Guide. Crocheters who have experience with Tunisian Entrelac will also enjoy making this bag!

Techniques used:

1. chains
2. Tunisian Simple Stitch
3. decreasing

The bag pictured was made using Stylecraft Special Chunky in Denim and Watermelon. You can use any 2 shades of chunky yarn (125g of each).

As you will only have a maximum of 10 stitches on the hook at any time, there is no need to purchase a special Tunisian hook; a standard crochet hook (without a raised handle) will be fine.