Granny Square Bottom Bag

I still struggle with reading patterns so youtube.com has been such a blessing for the visual learner such as myself. I belong to a Google Plus group called Crochet Along on Google+ and each month they have a new project. I was thrilled that this particular project had both written and video instructions.

My girlfriend told me that I am incredible cheapskate, when I told her that I bought the black fleck yarn in a clearance bin for $1/skein. I'm glad I bought it because I've used it for experiments like this. I made my bag extra deep. I also had leftover rainbow colored Mexicana yarn and added a couple of stripes.

The original pattern calls for a single crochet handle. I did a single crochet row of black, 2 double crochet rows of Mexicana/rainbow and finished with a single crochet row.

The Solid Granny Square Bottom Bag Tutorial can be found on Ravelry.

For my project I used Red Heart Saver Yarn.

• Black Fleck - 5 oz. / 146 g  Medium worsted weight 260 yards / 238 m

• Mexicana -  5 oz

• Size I / 9 UK 5 5.5mm hook

Overall the pattern was straight forward. The granny square bottom was tricky to me personally. The instructions say to slip stitch to the opening at the end of the row. I was very glad to watch this rather than read it because I would have been lost otherwise.

The links to the video instructions are:

The granny square bottom bag - https://youtu.be/20rR_DKk0FM

The semi solid square (the bottom portion of the bag) - https://youtu.be/2L-AM5e3Ip4
*Make sure you watch this carefully

Enjoy! If you make this too, post a link in the comments section and I will be sure to visit!