Butterfly Apple Bag Crochet

1. Main Body (Front & Back Panels)

1.1 Checkerboard Panel

• Yarn: Blue (base), Yellow, Pink (accent colors)
• Starting Chain: With blue yarn, chain 21 (21ch)
• Stitch Pattern: Change color every 3 single crochets (sc)
• Rows 1-18: 21 sc in each row (21x)

1.2 Edging for Panels

• Yarn: Blue
• Instructions: Work along the edges of each panel:
  • 20 sc, (sc, chain 1, sc) in same stitch,
  • 17 sc, (sc, chain 1, sc) in same stitch,
  • 19 sc, (sc, chain 1, sc) in same stitch,
  • 17 sc, chain 1, slip stitch (sl) to join

1.3 Assembling Panels

• Sew the 4 checkerboard panels together using the chains from the edging.
• Position and stitch the first and last stitches, then join with 20 slip stitches.

1.4 Bag Base

• Starting Chain: Chain 21 (21ch)
• Rows 1-21: 21 sc in each row (21x)

2. Butterfly Appliqués

2.1 Large Left Wing

• Magic Ring Start:
  • R1: 8 chains (8ch), work 7 unfinished single crochets (usc) into the ring (8 loops on hook)
  • R1 Cont: Yo, pull through 2 loops, repeat until 1 loop remains (total 8 times)
  • R2: Slip stitch (sl), 6 usc (7 loops on hook)
  • R2 Cont: Yo, pull through 2 loops, repeat until 1 loop remains (7 times)
  • R3: Sl, 5 usc (6 loops on hook) → repeat (6 times)
  • R4: Sl, 4 usc (5 loops on hook) → repeat (5 times)
  • R5: Sl, 1 usc, sl to finish

2.2 Small Left Wing

• Magic Ring Start:
  • R1: 4 chains (4ch), work 3 usc into the ring (4 loops on hook)
  • R1 Cont: Yo, pull through 2 loops, repeat until 1 loop remains (4 times)
  • R2: Sl, 3 usc (4 loops on hook) → repeat (4 times)
  • R3: Sl, 1 usc, sl to finish

2.3 Large Right Wing

• Magic Ring Start:
  • R1: 5 chains (5ch), work 4 usc into the ring (5 loops on hook)
  • R1 Cont: Yo, pull through 2 loops, repeat until 1 loop remains (5 times)
  • R2: Chain 1 (ch1), 5 usc (6 loops on hook) → repeat (6 times)
  • R3: Ch1, 6 usc (7 loops on hook) → repeat (7 times)
  • R4: Ch1, 7 usc (7 loops on hook) → repeat (8 times)
  • R5: Sl, 1 usc, sl, ch1, fasten off

2.4 Small Right Wing

• Follow the same pattern as the Small Left Wing.

2.5 Butterfly Edging

• Edging Stitches: In the last chain of the wing, work:
  8sl, ch, 4sl, ch, 5sl, ch, 4sl, ch, 2sl, ch, 4sl, ch, 4sl, ch, 2sl, ch, 4sl, ch, 5sl, ch, 4sl, ch, 8sl

3. Bag Rim

• Starting Method: Chain, work in the round
• Rounds 1-9: 84 sc in each round (84x)

Final Assembly

1. Attach butterfly appliqués to the front panel with slip stitches.
2. Sew the main body panels to the base.
3. Attach the bag rim to the top edge.
4. Add handles (optional: braided blue yarn with a red bead accent).