I have been waiting all winter to create a banana-shaped chalk bag, it just felt like a design that should be made in the bright sunlight and here it finally is!
Not a climber? Here are some ways you can still use this pattern:
-yarn ball cozy or yarn bowl
-plant pot cozy
-scrap yarn basket
-child’s purse
-dog treat bag
-Anything else you can think of!
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DESCRIPTION
This chalk bag is nearly completely made up of half-double crochet. The shaping is incredibly easy to follow with simple increasing and decreasing of half-double crochet stitches. You can finish this little banana in a couple of hours and get out climbing!
Slip some paracord in the back for a belt or just set it down next to you on your bouldering pad – however you use this chalk bag, its bound to get some laughs.
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MATERIALS
- Worsted weight acrylic yarn, under 100 g of total yarn needed: Lion Brand’s Vanna’s Choice Yarn is an excellent yarn with many, many color options. The bright yellow base and peel uses under 50 g of yarn, the off-white upper banana uses under 20 g of yarn, and you need a few yards of brown yarn.
- Size H (5 mm) crochet hook
- Finishing needle
- ~1 yard of paracord for belt
Chalk Bag Fabric Liner and Pull Cord Materials (Click here to receive your free PDF tutorial on how to add a fabric liner and pull cord to your chalk bag):
- 14 inches of paracord
- Toggle stopper
- Lightweight fabric liner (<1 square yard)
- Refillable chalk ball
- Eyelet or grommet
ABBREVIATIONS
ch: chain
st: stitch
sl st: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
hdc2tog: half-double crochet two stitches together
hdc: half-double crochet
GAUGE
4” by 4” square = 10 st by 9 rows of hdc with size H (5 mm) crochet hook and worsted weight yarn
DIRECTIONS
LOWER BANANA
This piece is started in the round with joining and no turning. To achieve an invisible and straight seam, work your first stitch of the next round into the same stitch as your chain and end the round slip stitching into the first stitch of the previous round.
Begin with your size H (5 mm) crochet hook and worsted weight brown yarn.
Magic Circle
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PEELS
You will now begin forming the 3 peels of the banana. You will be crocheting each one separately in the front loops of Row 17 and turning after each row.
Finish off and weave in ends.
Fasten back on in the stitch next to your first peel and repeat the above rows. Repeat with third peel. After completing the final peel, do not fasten off and instead single crochet around the outline of all three peels, working 3sc in each corner and each point. Finish off and weave in ends.
UPPER BANANA
Begin with off-white yarn. Fasten on to the back loops of Row 17, the last row from the bright yellow, lower banana section and the same row as the banana peels. Begin crocheting in the round.
Finish off and weave in ends.
ASSEMBLY
Loop the yard of paracord through the weave of your chalk bag at the back and tie around your waist. Cut down to proper length.
You are finished! Optional fabric chalk ball liner and pull cord tutorial available below.
Your chalk bag is complete! Get out and climb!
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