Ruffles purse

Materials:

- 3 ½ oz. ww acrylic

- 3 oz. variegated baby yarn
- 3 ¼ oz. white baby yarn
- L & H hooks
- pair of round purse rings

Size: approximately 8” x 14”

Note: Ch 2 at beginning of rows does not count as a st.

Directions:
For purse - make 2.

Rnd 1: Using the L hook and 1 strand ww acrylic and 1 strand variegated baby yarn held together, work 30 sc around purse ring.

Row 2: Ch 2, hdc in each sc across. Turn.

Row 3: Ch 2, 2 hdc in 1st hdc, hdc across, 2 hdc in last hdc. (32 hdc) Turn.

Row 4: Ch 2, hdc in each hdc across. Turn.

Rows 5 - 10: Repeat Rows 3 - 4 consecutively. (At end of Row 9, you will have 38 hdc.)

Rows 11 - 20: Ch 2, hdc in each hdc across. Turn. At end of Row 20, end off.

Starting at Row 8 on one side and working down and around to Row 8 on the other side, match sts together and sew or sl st these 2 pieces together.

　

For ruffles:

For 1 st side:

Using the H hook and the white baby yarn, join with a sl st to first hdc bar between Rows 3 & 4, ch 3, 3 dc in same bar. 4 dc in each bar across. End off.

Repeat in the bars between Rows 5 & 6 and Rows 7 & 8.

Turn purse over and repeat on other side.

For the following ruffles:

Join white baby yarn with a sl st to first bar, ch 3, 3 dc in same bar. 4 dc in each bar around. Join with a sl st to top of beginning ch 3, end off.

**Debi Y's pattern**