Hi guys I need help on the base of my pattern I’m currently working on and I’m stressed out about it. I need the base to be the same length as the squares (Don’t mind them there just tester squares) the stitch count of all the squares is 86 and I divided that by 2 and got 43 so I made a chain of 43 and watched a tutorial on bag bases and kinda copied it and I want to get the bag to a good size them connect the squares but I’m having a hard time figuring out how (also there will be another row of squares) what I’ve been doing was just increasing so get the good length but I don’t know if that’s the right way please help!
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hmmm, I don’t really understand what you’re doing… could you phrase it in a different way? It’s probably just my brain failing to make basic connections today though 
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How do I make the base of my bag the same length as my squares? Two of them are 29 chains wide and one is 28, and I’m not sure if I should keep increasing or do something else to match the length. so i can sew them on later
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Well, it looks like the base of your bag is an oval, which is kinda hard to work with… I’d recommend that you just chain the amount of all the stitch counts of your squares added up (with an extra few for turning) and then work in rows like that, but if you want to keep it an oval, I’d just add a couple increases until it reaches 86!
I hope I understand that right and i’m explaining in a good way lol
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If I was designing this bag I would first make all the squares for the sides and sew them together. Then you’ll know for sure how big the bottom should be. And yes, just increase until you get to the desired size. 
I like that the bag bottom is oval, I’m working on a tote bag with an oval bottom too and I think it is nicer because it gives more room for your stuff.
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Sorry I haven’t really made bags before, so I’m not sure 
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I can only think of two ways to tackle this without restarting your base (your tester squares are so cute btw!!).
Either, keep increasing as you crochet your oval until you get to the length you’ll need, but that would then give you a really chunky bottom probably.
If you didn’t want it to get too wide then you could try adding height just at your oval edges by switching your stitches up. (I use US terms) For example, for your straight sides do only single crochets, then as you reach your corner do a half double, double, half treble, treble, then do that backwards to drop back down to your single crochet for the straight edges. I’ll try upload a pic of what I mean because I feel like I didnt explain that well lmao
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Thank you so much I’ll definitely try this!
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