Checked Kiss Clasp Purse

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.

Techniques used:

1. Chain
2. Tunisian Simple Stitch
3. Decreasing

The bag pictured was made using Sirdar Stories DK (colours Zen and Dreamers). You can use any 2 shades of DK yarn (50g 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.