Apple Tote

After you hone your skills with the center single crochet tutorial in this issue, put them to work crocheting this supercute apple tote.

Designer J. Erin Boland

Yarn Lion Brand Kitchen Cotton (100% cotton; 99 yd [90 m]/2 oz [57 g]; CYC #4): #831- 098 vanilla (A), 3 skeins; #831- 130 snap pea (B), #831-113 hot pepper (C), 1 skein each.

Hook U.S. size H/8 (5 mm) crochet hook. Adjust hook size if necessary to obtain gauge.

Tools Yarn needle; st markers (m); 2 bamboo handles, 6½” wide and 5½” tall.

Finished measurements 11″ wide and 10¼” tall, without handles.

Gauge 14 sts and 16 rows = 4″ in csc.