Crochet pattern for small church bag in previous posts

I just don't want to lose this pattern I made up. Right now its on a random post it.

For anyone who wants to use this pattern - I made these out of 100% wool yarn that I spun myself. (If you don't spin, you can buy 100% wool yarn. MUST be 100%) Then I threw them in the washer (in pillowcases) and filled the tub with hot/warm water. I set the agitation to Heavy duty. Then I turned the washer on and with the lid open let it go through the agitation cycle twice, checking the bags every so often. You leave the lid open so the washer doesn't drain. That would be an awful waste of water if you had to refill the washer.

This is called felting. Basically it shrinks the wool yarn and makes the bag look totally different. Sometimes you can no longer even see the stitches.

Bottom
CH 30 Turn and sc 7 rows.
(ch2 and turn at end of each row except last)
finish off


Long side
CH 8
SC 31 rows (ch2 and turn at end of each row except last)
finish off

Big fat side
ch 31 dc 15 rows.
(ch3 and turn at end of each row except last)
finish off

Handle
sl stitch 3 times on the bag where you want the handle to attach. Ch 2 and turn.
sc in each sl stitch, skipping the first one (that one counts as the first sc).
Repeat until you have 22 rows of sc.
sl stitch (3 times) to attach handle to bag

Sew all parts together using a whip stitch.


For my larger church bag

Bottom

ch 30 sc 52 rows
(ch2 and turn at end of each row except last)
finish off

Side

ch 31
dc 27 rows
(ch3 and turn at end of each row except last)
finish off


other side

ch 45 dc 27 rows
(ch3 and turn at end of each row except last)
finish off

handle

sl stitch 5 times on the bag where you want the handle to attach. Ch 2 and turn.
sc in each sl stitch, skipping the first one (that one counts as the first sc).
Repeat until you have 36 rows of sc.
sl stitch (5 times) to attach handle to bag

Sew all parts together using a whip stitch.