The Caribbean Sunset Alpine Stitch Bag features the Alpine Stitch which is full of texture and depth. This bag offers you the chance to play around with color. The bottom of the bag is sturdy with a plastic round canvas. Use eyelets to create the holes in the bag for your beaded i-cord to pass through.

Materials

• Yarn - Furls Wander Yarn, (affiliate link) #4, worsted weight, 100% Acrylic, 120 yards
• Cobblestone, Surf, Canary, Ambrosia, Sunrise
• Hook - H/5mm hook (Furls Odyssey affiliate link)
• Notions
• needle for weaving in ends, stitch markers, scissors, Lucet fork (affiliate link), eyelets & eyelet tool (grommets), beads, round plastic canvas

Size
Approximately 13″ tall, and 15″ wide.

Gauge
6 rows of Alpine Stitch = 4″
14 stitches in the Alpine Stitch design = 4″

Stitch Abbreviation
ch - chain; st - stitch; sl st - slip stitch; MC - magic circle; sc - single crochet; dc - double crochet; FP - Front Post double crochet; CA - Color A; CB - Color B; CC - Color C; CD - Color D, CE - Color E

Special Stitches
Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc) - Front Post Double Crochet (FPdc) - YO, insert hook into post of previous stitch from front, yo and pull up stitch, yo and pull hook through two loops, yo and pull hook through remaining two loops - one FPdc made.

Experience Level
Intermediate

Pattern Notes

• Ch1 does not equal a stitch.
• The first stitch of each round will be placed in the same stitch as the chain 1 stitch. The pattern will assume that you know to place the first stitch in the same stitch.
• Ch2 does not equal a stitch.
• When placing the FPdc, you will place it around the post of the dc you made 2 rounds below. Essentially skipping the single crochet round.
• For the Body of the Bag section, it
  begins new round count, each ending
  count will be 118 sts

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