Cecily Hand Bag and Coin Purse

I lucked out and found a lot of yarn at my favorite dollar tree between fall of last year and last month. I used most of it for patterns written by other people but I wrote a couple of my own to use these yarns with. This particular pattern was made from Caron Rhapsody yarn. It is discontinued, which is probably why they have it at the Dollar Tree. It is worsted yarn so pretty much any worsted yarn can take it's place. I used about 3 ounces of color A and 2 oz of color B. Gauge isn't really important but using an I hook, I measured 16 chs at 4 inches to give an idea of gauge.

Hand Bag

Ch 21

Rnd 1: 2 DCs in the 4th ch from the hook, 1 DC in the next 16 chs, 5 DCs in the next ch, on the opposite side of the ch, 1 DC in the next 16 chs, 2 DC in the same ch as the first 2 DCs, join. 42 sts

Rnd 2: Ch 3 * (2 DC in the next DC) twice, DC in the next 16 DC (2 DC in the next DC) twice DC in the next DC*repeat from * around, join. 50 sts

Rnd 3: ch 3, 2 DC in the next DC, DC in the next DC, 2 DC in the next DC, DC in the next 18 DC, (2 DC in the next DC, DC in the next DC) 4 times, DC in the next 17 DC, 2 DC in the next DC, DC in the next DC, 2 DC in the next DC, join. 58 sts

Rnd 4: Ch 3 FPDC around, join (58 sts)

Rnd 5: Ch 3 DC around join, (58 sts)

Rnd 6-17 repeat Rnd 5 (Rnd's 8, 10, 14, and 16 are worked in color B)

Rnd 18: Ch 3, DC in the next 6 DC, ch 30, sk next 15 DC, DC in the next 14 DC, ch 30, sk the next 15 DC, DC in the next 7 DC's join.

Rnd 19: Ch 3 DC in the next 6 DC, DC in the next 30 chs, DC in the next 14 DC, DC in the next 30 chs, DC in the next 7 DC, join. 88 sts

Rnd 20: Ch 1, sc around, join 88sts

Rnd 21: slst around, join, fasten off, weave in ends.

Coin Purse

(use same yarn, hook and gauge as hand bag)

Ch 21

Rnd 1: 2 DCs in the 4th ch from the hook, 1 DC in the next 16 chs, 5 DCs in the next ch, on the opposite side of the ch, 1 DC in the next 16 chs, 2 DC in the same ch as the first 2 DCs, join. 42 sts

Rnd 2: DC in each DC, join

Rnd 3-5 repeat Rnd 2

Rnd 6: Ch 4 * sk next DC, DC in next DC, ch1, repeat from * 20 times, join in 3rd ch of ch4.

Rnd 7: Ch 3 *DC in ch sp, DC in DC, repeat from * 20 times, DC in last ch sp, join.

Rnd *: sl st around, join, fasten off, weave in ends.

Drawstring: ch 101 slst in 2nd ch from hook and in all others till the end, fasten off weave in ends.

Weave the drawstring through Rnd 6, tie the ends together.