RND 1: Ch-1, work 12 hdc in ring, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (12 sts)
RND 2-3: (2 hdc next st, hdc next st) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (18 sts)(27 sts)
RND 4: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 2 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (36 sts)
RND 5: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 3 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (45 sts)
RND 6: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 4 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (54 sts)
RND 7: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 5 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (63 sts)
RND 8: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 6 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (72 sts)
RND 9: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 7 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (81 sts)
RND 10-11: (2 hdc next st, hdc next 8 sts) around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. (90 sts)(100 sts)
RND 12: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, fasten off.
Sew to bottom of tote’s body (sewn tog blocks).
TOTE TOP:
RND 1: With yarn and F hook join in top any st on free end (top) of tote, ch-1, evenly hdc around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 2-6: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 7: Ch-4, (1st dc + ch-1), sk next st, (dc next st, ch-1, sk next st) around, sl st 3rd ch of beg ch-4, ch-1, turn.
RND 8: Hdc ea st and ch around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn.
RND 9-11: Hdc ea st around, sl st top beg hdc, ch-1, turn. End rnd 11 fasten off.
TOTE’S DRAWSTRING:
Holding two strands of yarn and with H hook ch-180 and fasten off.
Thread over and under dc in rnd 7 of top.
END TASSEL:
Wrap yarn around cardboard 50 times and fasten off. Slide a 4” length of yarn bet yarn and cardboard on one side. Pull to center top of tassel and knot. Slide tassel off cardboard. With a 10” length of yarn wrap around top of tassel about 1” from knotted top and knot as well. Cut through lps. Make 2. Tie one tassel to ea end of drawstring.
MATERIALS:
1 Skein Bernat Baby Coordinates in Sailor Stripes, size F hook or hook to obtain gauge, H hook for brim and needle to take yarn.
GAUGE: Block is 3” X 3”. Single strand: 5 hdc sts = 1”, 3 rows hdc = 1”. Double strand: 5 hdc sts = 1-1\2”, 2 rows hdc = 1”.
FINISHED SIZE: Will fit most adults
HAT:
Beg by making 9 blocks.
RND 1: Take one block and yarn with F hook and join in any corner, ch-1, sc same st as beg ch-1, * (ch-4, sk next