Sally Ives, April 2003
One kitchen towel with pattern repeated on both halves, sewing thread to match towel main colour, worsted weight cotton or acrylic yarn (I used acrylic), crochet hooks size 1.75mm and 4.5mm, 2 metal rings size 4 1/2" diameter, one button (about 1/2" size)
To prepare towel for topper: Cut towel in half. Fold over cut edge on one half for hem. Stitch in place either by hand or machine.
To prepare towel for bag holder: Cut towel in half. Fold over cut edge, stitch as for topper. With right sides inside, fold towel in half vertically. Stitch a seam along side. Turn rightside out. Note: For bottom, if there is a fringe, you will have to trim that off, fold and sew a seam as for top. Mine had a wide finished edge, I cut part away and was able to crochet through it.
BAG HOLDER:
Using steel crochet hook (smaller), and with front of towel facing, join yarn in towel at edge with a sc. Sc 63 more evenly around, Join. (64)
2. Switch to larger hook. Ch3, dc in next 2 sts. (sk 1 st, dc in 3) around. Sk last st, join.
3. Ch1, sc in same st. (TR in 1 st, sc in next) around. TR in last, join to first sc. Be sure to push TR sts to front of work to form bobbles.
4-5. Repeat rnds 2 & 3.
6. Ch1. Working around 1 4" ring, sc in each st around. Join. For handle: row 1: Ch3, dc in next 2 sts. Turn. Rows 2-14: repeat row 1. To join at other side: sk 11 sts, working through sts of row 14 of handle AND drnd 6 of top, sl st in 3 sts. FO, weave in ends.
BOTTOM: Repeat rnd 1 of top.
2. Ch1 (sc in 3, sk 1 st) around. Join.
3-4. Repeat rnd 2.
5. Repeat rnd 6 of top. Join, FO, weave in ends.
TOWEL TOPPER:
With smaller hook, 69 sc across prepped towel. Switch to larger hook, TURN at end of each row..
2. Ch3, dc in 3 sts (sk 1 st, dc in 4) to end of row.
3. Ch1, sc in same st. (TR in 1 st, sc in next) across.
4-7. Repeat rows 2&3 twice more.
8-10. Ch3, dc next 2 sts together [dc dec]. Work (dc in next st, dc dec) across. Dc dec last 2 sts.
11. Ch3 (dc dec) once. Dc in 5 sts. Dc dec at end. Turn.
12. Ch2, dc in same st. Dc in 7 sts, turn.
13-24. Ch2, dc in same st. Dc in 7 sts--DO NOT WORK IN TOP OF CH 2.
25&26. Ch2. Dc dec, dc to last 2 sts, dc dec.
At end of 26, FO, weave in ends. Sew button to centre of topper around row 10. Button will fasten through space between stitches of row 25.
