Recycled Market Bag

Made from ordinary plastic shopping bags, the recycled market bag features matching wooden beads. This is a great bag for holding your produce from the farmer's market. You'll soon be collecting or trading for plastic bags in your favorite colors to make more!

LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY: Intermediate MATERIALS: 20 standard-sized plastic shopping bags in complimentary colors; Size K-10½/9mm crochet hook (Optional) Approx. 20 matching wooden or ceramic beads about ¾” diameter (Optional) Size 10 crochet cotton in a color to match shopping bags FINISHED SIZE: Bag body is about 11 ½” (29 cm) high x 13” (33 cm) wide, excluding handles which are about 12” (30.5 cm). GAUGE: 8 sts = 4”, 10 rows = 4” STITCHES USED: Chain st (ch). Slip stitch (sl st). Single crochet (sc).