Crochet Doily, Drawstring Bag, Oti Bag, Oti Rumal, Tablemat, Tablemat with Lotus Type Petals

 

Hello friends,

In India marriage season is on the way and moms of brides are thinking of making some thing different for marriage: some thing uncommon, something artistic, something unique. So I made this Potali type bag or Oti bag to keep Coconut, 4 fruits and Rice given to bride.

Another use of this is as a tablemat. For Oti bag I made big base of 180sts in round but for tablemat or Aasan for Ganeshji I made one small one of 120 sts in round. In the following video I have explained only big one and the small blue one's pattern I will share here.

First let's see Big Drawsting Bag (Oti bag or Potali tyle bag. Yarn used is Vardhman Millenium and hook 3.5 mm. We also need 10 markers or yarn scraps.

PATTERN: 

R1: In a magic loop, dc12, cl (12) First dc is always ch3.

R2: dc2 in each st, cl (24)

R3: (dc1 in 1 st, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (36)

R4: (dc1 in 2 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (48)

R5: (dc1 in 3 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (60)

R6: (dc1 in 4 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (72)

R7: (dc1 in 5 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (84)

R8: (dc1 in 6 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (96)

R9: (dc1 in 7 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (108)

R10: (dc1 in 8 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (120)

R11: (dc1 in 9 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (132)

R12: (dc1 in 10 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (144)

Initially I thought to make upto rounds 10 or 12 but then after 12 rounds also diameter is 11" so I have to work 3 more rounds.

R13: (dc1 in 11 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (156)

R14: (dc1 in 12 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (168)

R15: (dc1 in 13 sts, dc2 in next) 12 times, cl (180). BO.

Now place marker in one st, (skip 17 sts, place marker in next) 9 times. We use 10 markers at these places we shall make our PETALS.

R1: [shell (dc2, ch3, dc2), ext hdc 2, hdc4, sc5, hdc4, ext hdc2] rep 10 times, cl.

R2:  [shell on shell, dc4,  hdc4, sc5, hdc4, dc4]] rep 10 times, cl. 

In every round we increase 2 dcs on both sides of shell hence in R2 we make dc1 on each ext hdc sts so there will not be any ext hdc in R2.

R3:  [shell on shell, dc8, hdc2, sc5, hdc2, dc 8] rep 10 times, cl

R4: [shell on shell, dc12, sc5, dc 12] rep 10 times, cl.

R5: [shell on shell, dc16, sc1, dc16] rep 10 times, cl. BO.

Join Zari cord at ch3-sp of shell.

BORDER: ch1, [(hdc1, ch5-picot by sc in between) 3 times in ch3-sp, 

hdc1 in each st till 1 stitch remains to sc1-st of previous round, 

skip that st, fphdc on the dc of round 15 below middle sc-st, skip  sc-st and 1 more st, hdc 1 in each st till ch3-sp of shell] rep 10 times, cl. BO.

Insert Zari cord through the fphdc-sts around as we pass on cords in any drawstring bag.

When things are places inside and strings are pull on the it takes the beautiful shape as a potali,

Also if you fold petals downward it will take one more beautiful shape of Potali.

The following video with English subtitles may help you.

I know that if you want to make as a tablemat and not as a Oti bag then you will prefer to make smaller one as a Aasan for Ganeshji etc. Hence I made this pattern which is smaller one.

In this tablemat I made only 10 rounds of above.

For this table mat first 10 rounds are same as above R1 to R10.

PETALS: Place marker in any one st, (skip 14 sts place marker in next) 7 times. Means we shall make 8 petals at marker's place.

R1: [shell (dc2, ch3, dc2) in one st, ext hdc2, hdc 3, sc4, hdc3, ext hdc2] 8 times, cl

R2: [shell on shell, dc4, hdc3, sc4, hdc3, dc4] 8 times, cl.

R3: [shell on shell, dc8, hdc1, sc4, hdc1, dc8] 8 times, cl.

R4: [shell on shell, dc12, sc1, dc12] 8 times, cl. BO.

Now place marker in the dc of R10 which is exactly below the 2single crochets of R4 of petals, skip 14 sts, place marker in next. Repeat this till end. (We are going to mark centre of each of 8 petals where we hace to make fphdc)

BORDER: Join zari cord atch3-sp of shell. 

[(ch1, [(hdc1, ch5-picot by sc in between) 3 times in ch3-sp, skip that st, fphdc on the dc of round 15 below middle sc-st, skip  sc-st and 1 more st, hdc 1 in each st till ch3-sp of shell] rep 10 times, cl. BO.

The beautiful Tablemat, Doily, Aasan is ready.

For Oti bag the following video with English subtitles may help you.

ETC: Enjoy the Creativity.