Kaede

When summers in Seattle roll in, all of the neighborhoods celebrate with the reopening of their farmer's markets. This year, we are celebrating with them with a Summer Craft Along featuring market bags. Kaede is Emerald City Yarn's crochet market bag, written by one of the co-owners, Noriko Ho. It starts with the circular base, then build up the body, upper edge, and the two handles. Pattern does have directions if you choose to use a different yarn or alter the size of the bag. Enjoy! **Materials** *Yarn* 2 skeins of Berroco Modern Cotton DK (60% cotton, 40% modal rayon; 335yds [305m]/3.5oz [100g] in colorway 6663 Hope (sample took almost all of both skeins) or 670yds/[613m] of a light DK weight yarn *Hook* D [3.25mm], or size to obtain gauge Note about hook size: Modern Cotton DK is a lightweight DK yarn and calls for a D hook. If substituting yarn, use the hook size that the yarn band calls for. *Notions* Tapestry Needle, removable stitch marker **Gauge** 24 sts (or 6 full repeats) x 14 rows = 4” x 4” [10cm x 10cm] in granny stripe pattern, unblocked. Note about gauge: Gauge is not crucial for this project. Changing gauge will affect yardage used. **Final dimensions** 8”/[20cm] bottom circumference x 10”/[25cm] tall (not including strap length) x 29”/[74cm] upper bag circumference This pattern was written in American crochet terminology.