We start by crocheting 14 squares. The squares will be about 13 x 13 cm in size depending on how hard you crochet.

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Inner Ring
Start with color 1. Hold the yarn in your left hand. Twist the yarn around your fingers (left hand) three times. Use your crochet hook to go under the first two loops and hook the third with your crochet hook. Pick up the yarn again and pull under the two finger loops, hook the yarn onto the crochet hook and pull through. Now the loop on the crochet hook hold the inner ring together and you can proceed below.

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Round 1: Crochet two loops (this chain replaces the first half double crochet). After that, crochet 11 half double crochets in the inner ring. A half double crochet is crocheted by taking yarn over your crochet hook and go down with the crochet hook into the inner ring, pick up yarn and pull through (you have three loops on your crochet hook), pick up yarn and pull through all three loops. You have now crocheted a half double crochet.

Crochet a total of 11 half double crochets plus a chain of two loops at the beginning. Finish by going down in the third loop you made at the beginning. Pick up yarn and pull through both loops directly. Leave 10 cm of yarn end and cut.

Round 2: Start by making a loop around your crochet hook. One way you can do this is to wrap the yarn around your index and middle finger and then pull the yarn up so that it creates a loop. Tighten around your crochet hook.

Go down the stitch between the first and second half double crochet, pick up the yarn and pull through both loops. Crochet two loops. Go down in the same stitch and crochet a double crochet but you should not do the last pull through i.e. you take the yarn over the crochet and go down with the crochet hook into the stitch, pick up yarn and pull through (you have 3 loops on your crochet hook), pick up yarn and pull through two loops (you have two loops left on your crochet hook). Do the same thing one more time so that you then have three loops on the crochet hook. Pick up yarn and pull through all loops. Crochet a single loop. Now you have crocheted one “leaf”.

Yarn over and go down the next stitch and do the same thing. You don't have to crochet three loose in the beginning but you crochet three "half" double crochets instead of three loops + two "half" double crochets. Do this 11 times (don't forget a single loop between. Finish by going down the third loop of the first chain, pick up the yarn and pull through. When you're done, you should have 12 leaves.

Leave 10 cm of yarn end and cut off.

Round 3 - making the square shape‍
1. Hole 1: Make a loop around your crochet hook and start in a 'hole' (between two leaves) and crochet 3 loops. Then crochet two double crochets in the same hole. A double crochet is crocheted by taking yarn over your crochet hook and go down with your crochet hook into the inner ring, pick up the yarn and pull through (you have three loops on your crochet hook), pick up yarn and pull through two loops, pick up yarn and pull through the last two loops. You have now crocheted a double crochet. In hole 1 you have crocheted 3 loops and two double crochets.

Do not crochet a loop between the double crochets.
2. Hole 2: Crochet three double crochets.
3. Hole 3: Now you should crochet treble crochets. Take yarn over your crochet hook twice (you have three loops) and go down in the hole and pick up the yarn and pull through. Yarn over again and pull through 2 loops. Yarn over and pull through two loops again and yan over one last time and pull through the last two loops. Do the same thing two more times. Crochet two loops, and then three treble crochets in the same hole. This is the first corner.

Repeat holes 1-3 three times more so you have four sides. Finish by going through the first stitch on the lap, picking up yarn and pulling through all loops. Cut off and fasten the yarn tails.

Fasten all the yarn tails. Tie the remaining tail in a knot around the last loop (or with another yarn end) on the backside of the square to prevent it from going up. Hide the tail by fastening it through a few closeby loops.

Attach the squares together‍

See Figure 1 for how to place all squares. It can be difficult to see in the video and therefore easier to look at the pictures below in this text section. There are three squares that will be folded, see step 8 pic 7.

Begin assembly such as image 2

Start by making a loop on your crochet hook, go down into a corner on both squares and pick up yarn and pull through. Start in the next stitch and crochet slip stitches in the front loops that are closest to you on each square. A slip stitch is crocheted by going down under the front loop on each square, picking up yarn and pulling through all the loops directly. When you're done, make a loop.

Cut off and leave about 10 cm yarn tail and attach. Tighten and hide the tail. Tiei a knot on the backside of the square and hide the yarn tail under some stitches.

Now proceed by attaching below squares and crochet in the same way (and with the same technique) as you just used.

Now, we will crochet several squares together at the same time. These are divided into the two below images so start with image 4.

The last part of the assembling of all the squares, see below picture.

Final part of the assembly of the bag

Now we will fold the bag and crochet the sides of the bag. Se pic 7 how to fold and how to attach.

Handles

Now it's time for the handles. First, we will crochet one round around the top of the bag. You can choose if you want to crochet more than one round.

Start in a “valley” and crochet a single crochet into each stitch. Go down into a stitch, pick up theyan and pull through. You now have two loops on the crochet hook. Pick up the yarn and pull through both loops. When you reach the “peak”, crochet three stitches in the same top stitch. When you come to the valley, you jump over a stitch. Check out the video if you're unsure. Keep going until you're back at the start.

Now it's time for the round with the handles. Now crochet until you are up on the first peak. There you crochet loops, for reference 42 loops are crocheted in the video. The chain should be as long as you want your handle. When you are satisfied with the number of loops, go down on the top stitch of the second peak and continue crocheting until you reach the third peak. In the third peak you crochet the second handle, crochet as many loops as the first handle. Go down in the last peak and keep crocheting until you're back at the start.

Now you crochet a stitch in each stitch. Crochet as many rounds as you wish to reach the desired thickness.

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