How are you all? Hope enjoying Summer😯but it's ok, our crocheting will always give relief from any difficult circumstances.
This time I am presenting a very new creation, OTI BAG. Many of my friends, other than Maharashtrian, may not know what is OTI?
In rituals like Dohal-Jevan (Baby Shower), marriage etc OTI is offered to the married woman. It contains Uncooked Rice, Coconut, Betal Nut, Three other Fruits, Blouse piece, Bangles etc. For details about it, you may read,
https://vedikastrologer.com/oti-bharan/
In short it contains many things and a bigger size bag is required for that. Generally bags of cloths are made and they are decorated for marriage uses, like this,
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One of the subscriber of my Youtube channel Kalopasak, requested me to make such Crochet OTI Bag.
The bag, I created is also sufficiently big and can fit all things inside it.
Before some days I had made such drawstring bag for the same purpose which had wooden base and hence can be used for OTI (being sturdy). You may refer that also.
https://alkaandart.blogspot.com/search?q=crochet+batawa
But now I thought that it will be a new creation let us make a big and hence I started and the result in photo 1 and 2.
For this bag I used Red Heart yarn and 3.5 mm hook. I know that Red Heart yarn recommends 5 mm or 5.5.mm hook. But if I use this yarn and 5 mm hook then the size of the artical I make will be too big. Moreover my subscribers in India may not get exact idea of the size so mostly I use 3.5 mm hook so that there should not be much difference in size.
Now the base size of my bag comes out to be 10".
I start with yellow yarn and make a ring of chs 72.
R1: ch1, sc1 in each st, cl (72)
R2: (dc1 in 2 sts, ch2, skip 1 st) 24 times, cl (24 ch2-spaces)
We shall pass a Zari chord through these ch2-spaces (once back in India) for decorating the bag.
R3: (dc1 on 2 dc-sts, dc2 in ch2-sp) 24 times, cl (96 sts).
R6: [(dc3, ch3, dc3) shell in one st, ch3, skip 5 sts] 20 times, cl.
R7: [in ch3-sp of shell, (dc5, ch5-picot, ch7-picot, ch5-picot all by sl st, dc5), sc1 in next ch3-sp] 20 times, cl. BO.
Back side or Base of the Bag.
R1: Yellow: dc12 in a magic loop, cl.
R2: dc2 in each st, cl (24)
R3: (dc1 in 1 st, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (36)
R4: (dc1 in 2 sts, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (48)
R5: (dc1 in 3 sts, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (60)
R6: (dc1 in 4 sts, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (72)
R7: (dc 1 in 5 sts, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (84)
R8: (dc1 in 6 sts, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (96)
R9: (dc1 in 7 sts, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (108)
R10: (dc1 in 8 sts, dc2 next) 12 times, cl (120)
Now place wrong side of upper part on wrong side of lower part and sew this base with the upper part by single crochet in each st on both pieces.
Now extend the upper part from inside. All are chains initially made, now if we make dcs on them, it may not be able to carry the weight. So make first round in the gap between two single crochets previously made.
R1: (dc1 in the gap between two scs) 72 times, cl.
R2: dc 1 in each st, cl (72).
R3 to R5: same as R2.
R6: (dc1 in 2 sts, ch2, skip 2 sts)18 times, cl (18 spaces of ch2)
R7: (dc1 on 2 dc-sts, dc2 in ch2-sp) 18 times, cl (72). BO.
For border join red yarn at any st.
Inner Border: (ch1, sl st in next st) repeat till end, cl, BO.
Now take 2 threads of yellow and make chs 80 for CORD. Make 2 pieces. Pass one from left and other from right. It as shown in video.
Now let us make Small Hearts as a tassels.
With red yarn in a magic loop make, (ch2, tr3, dc3, ch2, dc3, tr3, ch2), cl with 6" yarn end.
Join two ends of cord on one side. Sew the heart at the joint of two ends of a cord after threading it in ch2-spaces.
Make one more heart and sew to other cord. It will look as in photo 1.
Wow!!! the beautiful OTI bag which is Drawstring type is ready.
See it accommodates a big coconut and all other fruits as can be seen in video. It also looks beautiful to carry.
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The following video with English subtitles may help you.
ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.
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