Crocheted Bag with Fringe - May 1973

This crocheted bag with fringe is one of my favorite patterns so far. 

About the pattern:
The bag worked mostly in the round and alternates sections of single crochet and puff stitches.  It uses double crochet near the top for the drawstring. 

How it went:
This worked up really fast and it’s adorable.  There was one abbreviation in the pattern that I’ve never seen before.  They used “O” for yarn over when describing how to do the puff stitch.  “Ch 2 (count as part of puff st), (O, draw up lp in same sc as last st) twice, O and pull lp through all lps on hook, ch 1 to close puff). 

It asked for worsted weight yarn and I used Bernat Home Dec which is a little heavier but still used the J hook they recommended.  My gauge was a little bigger than theirs but since it’s a bag sizing isn’t an issue.
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I also made a couple of changes as I went along.  Since I was using a heavier yarn I didn’t think I needed a double crochet in the drawstring round so I dropped that to a half double crochet and that worked perfectly.   Their drawstrings are a row of chains and then a row of single crochet.   I like the way slip stitches into a chain look better than the single crochets so I did that instead.  

I found a few matching beads in my stash and added a fringe.   I didn’t add the last bead trim that they put across the bottom of the bag.  With the multi –color yarn and the fringe I didn’t think the extra beads would add much to the finished project.  

After I finished the bag I started working on a 1950s style pillbox hat for an upcoming party.   So far I've taken it out once and redone it.   I'm now considering either starting over and making more changes or trying a completely different hat.   I'll give an update on that when it's finished!
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