Need Help With Bag Pattern

[charkitty]

Anyone made this bag....DROPS crochet bag #103-40?

 

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=103&d_id=40〈=en

 

 

Seemed pretty simple, but I'm having problems with:

 

*crochet 1 sl st over the first tr, then crochet with inc. as before until 1 tr left on now, turn*,.....

 

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

 

 

 

charkitty

[cherrypicker]

yikes! crochet one slip stitch over the first triple then crochet with increase as before unti lone treple left on! Im not very good at helping when I havent seen the pattern, Im sure someone here has made that bag, if you manage to work it out post it as I'd love to make that one too! good luck, sorry I couldnt be more help!

[SHERYL]

It looks like you have to do 1 sl st in the first tr, the do the inc as you were doing in previous rows until you get to last tr, then turn, and repeat between *'s, for 3 times. You are getting to the end where it gets flatter for top of bag.

Hope this helps, and let us see a pic of finished bag.

If this doesn't help, they do have a spot on page to click for help.

Here is a chart to translate American to UK terms:

US TERM ~ UK/AUSTRALIAN TERM

Chain/Chain

Skip Over/Miss

Slip Stitch/Single Crochet

Single Crochet/Double Crochet

Half Double Crochet/Half Treble Crochet

Double Crochet/Treble Crochet

Treble Crochet/Double Treble Crochet

[carovan]

The Drops Design patterns use UK terminology. I believe that the sl st is actually a sc in the USA and the tr is actually a dc. There is a chart or something like it somewhere that compares the two. I'll see if I can find it unless someone else has it handy.

[Debbi-a1]

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/includes/pinnestr.phpscroll down for the crochet terms...

 

I think Inc means "increase" at least that's what I think....

I'm thinking, guessing here, that it's just a regular circle increase, except you're not joining and skipping some stitches at the top.

 

Not sure why it says "until 1 tr left on row," I don't see how there's one left... could be an error.

 

Debbi

[Aggie May]

Sorry to bring up the subject of SL ST versus SC.

UK/European patterns do not use a SC but do use the SL ST which is used the same as in the US for joining or getting your hook to the right place to start the next part of the pattern.

The Drops patterns seem to be translated into English from some European language and they certainly leave a lot to the imagination.

I would say that they should only be used by very experienced crocheters who can read their work instead of the pattern. This way you can work out what you need to do next and do not need to rely on the pattern.

This is not much help to you sorting out the pattern but I just wanted to correct the mis-information.

I have had 58yrs experience with UK/European patterns and had never come across a SC until I started finding US Patterns.

Have fun.

Colleen:hug

[KLO]

I went to the site and copied the pattern. Really like the way it looks, do any of you think it would look good in the pink camo?

 

Going to have to give this a try!

[Cinnaminn]

Anyone made this bag....DROPS crochet bag #103-40?

http://www.garnstudio.com/lang/en/visoppskrift.php?d_nr=103&d_id=40〈=en

Seemed pretty simple, but I'm having problems with:

*crochet 1 sl st over the first tr, then crochet with inc. as before until 1 tr left on now, turn*,.....

 

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

 

charkitty

 

I haven't made the bag but the pattern for it is in UK (British English) crochet terms, not US, and says so in the pattern. Go here for the UK-US terminology chart for the pattern. (FYI - There are also some postings here at Crochetville for some US/UK terms.

 

So this:

*crochet 1 sl st over the first tr, then crochet with inc. as before until 1 tr left on now, turn*

would translate to this for US terms:

*crochet 1 sl st over the first dc, then crochet with inc. (increase) as before until 1 dc left on row, turn*

I think the last part of it [then crochet with inc. (increase) as before until 1 dc left on row, turn] is telling you to do the increase(s) as before until you get to the last st in the row - you do NOT crochet in the last stitch in the row so you're more or less skipping it to turn your work. The rest of the pattern reads "repeat from *-* a total of 3 times." so you're only doing/crocheting what is between the asterisks (*) 3 times and I think that is just to make the top flat part of the purse/circle that shows in the pic for the completed purse.

 

If you need more US-UK crochet conversion terms, here's some other sites to check with:

http://www.crochetaustralia.com.au/webcontent3.htm#CROCHET%20STITCH%20CONVERSION%20CHART%20-%20American%20to%20English

 

http://www.yarnfwd.com/crochet.html

http://www.karpstyles.com/crochet/UKtoUS.html

http://www.woolcrafting.com/crochet-stitches.html

http://www.wendyswoolies.com/ukus-knitting-translator/

 

KLO, I think it would look good in the pink camo but you may want to make the strap in a matching solid color and in the assembly part of the pattern, do the 2 rows of sc in the same matching solid color.

"Assembly: Sew the back to the side pieces at the front. Sew in the outer part of the edge -1 stitch in each stitch. Crochet 2 rows of dc in charcoal grey around the opening at the top of the bag."

Another option for the assembly part would be to sc instead of sewing the pieces together or you might want to try doing a reverse sc (crab stitch). (I hate sewing things together and usually try to think of other things to do for it. )

 

HTH!

[KLO]

Thanks Cheryl, I thought it would look good in the camo but haven't used it before. Going to make two of these for the twin granddaughter's Christmas.

 

I am also copying the extra instructions, think I'll need them!