Supplies:  2 balls Lily Sugar ‘n Cream, or yarn scraps until the bag is done and a size 7 crochet hook

My partner hates these bags, although they seem to work quite well for produce, and I’ve received some fair compliments on them.  They are rather stretchy, which is why they mostly get used for produce.

Ch 43
1:  1 sc in 2nd chain from hook, 1 sc in each across.  Do Not Turn.  Working into the other side of chn, work 1 sc in each remaining loop of ch.  Join with ss to first sc.  84 sc.
2:  ch 1, 1 sc in same stitch as ss.  1 sc in each sc around.  Join with ss to first sc.
Repeat 2 six times

Mesh Section
1:  ch 1.  1 sc in same sc as ss (ch 5.  miss next 3 sc, 1 sc in next sc) Repeat parenthesis around, ending with ch 2.  Miss last 3 sc, 1 dc in first sc.
2:  (ch 5.  1 sc in next ch 5 loop.)  Repeat parenthesis around, ending with ch 2.  1 dc in last sc of previous round.
Repeat 2 until the bag is the length you want it, pressed flat.  (12 inches suggested.)
Next round:  ss in next ch 5 loop.  Ch 1, 3 sc in same space.  (1 sc in next sc.  3 sc in next chain 5 loop.)  Repeat parenthesis around ending with 1 sc in last dc, join with ss to first sc.  84 sc.
Next round:  ch 1, 1 sc in same sc as last ss.  1 sc in each sc around.  Join with ss to first sc.
Repeat last round.
Fasten off.

Strap
Lay bag on a flat surface.  Mark center 12 sts on upper edge of one side.  Join yarn with ss to first of these 12 stitches.
1:  Ch 1.  1 sc in same stitch as last ss.  1 sc in each of next 11 sts.  ch 1, turn.
2:  Draw up a loop on each of the first 2 stitches.  Yoh and draw through all loops on hook – sc2tog.  1 sc in each of the next 8 sts.  Sc2tog over last 2 stitches.  Ch 1.  Turn.
3:  1 sc in each st across ch 1.  Turn
4:  Sc2tog over first 2 sts.  1 sc in each st to last 2 sts.  Sc2tog over last 2 stitches.  Ch 1, turn.
5:  1 sc in each st across.  ch 1.  Turn.
Repeat 5 until strap measure 18 inches, or the length you wish, with wrong side facing for next row.
NExt row:  2 sc in first sc.  1 sc in each sc to last st.  2 sc in last stitch.  Ch 1.  Turn.
Next row:  1 sc in each st across.  Chain 1.  Turn.
Next row:  2 sc in first stitch, 1 sc in each sc to last st.  2 sc in last st.  Join strap to other side of bag working 1 ss through corresonding center 12 sts of bag at same tme working ss through 12 sts of strap.

Strap and upper edging:  With right side of work facing, join yarn with ss to one side of strap and work 1 rnd sc evenly along edge of strap and top edge of bag.  Join with ss to first sc.  Repeat around other side of bag.