Begin with #11 needles, J crochet hook and the plain yarn. Crochet Cast on 35 stitches.
Rows 1 & 2: Knit. Drop, but do not cut, the solid color.
Row 3: [RS] Join in the Wooly Stripes and with it: K1, *slip 1 pwise wyib, k3,* repeat between * 8 times, end slip 1, k1.
Row 4: [WS] P1,* sl 1 pwise wyif, p3* repeat between * 8 times, end slip 1, k 1. Carry the solid color yarn up the side by catching it with the Wooly Stripes as you start row 5.
Rows 5 & 6: repeat rows 3 & 4. Drop, but do not cut, the Wooly Stripes.
Rows 7 & 8: With solid color yarn, repeat rows 1 & 2
Row 9: Pick up Wooly Stripes and with it: * k3, slip 1 pwise wyib, * repeat between * 8 times, end k3.
Row 10: * P3, sl 1 pwise wyif, * repeat between * 8 times, end p3. Carry the solid color yarn up the side by catching it with the Wooly Stripes as you start row 5.
Rows 11 & 12: repeat rows 9 & 10. Drop, but do not cut, the Wooly Stripes.

Repeat rows 1 – 10 a total of 7 times. Knit 2 more rows with solid color. With right side facing, bind-off in knit.

SINGLE LAYER END FLAP
Mark center 26 rows of knitting on one edge. (4 pink pattern blocks).

With a Size 11 needle and solid color yarn, pick up and knit 14 stitches evenly spaced ( 3 stitches per block plus 1 stitch in both the beginning and ending pink stripes). Turn work and purl back.

Continue in stockinette stitch (knit 1 row, purl 1 row) for a total of 15 rows, ending with a WS row. Turn and with RS facing, bind off in knit.

DOUBLE KNIT END FLAP
Mark the center 26 rows of knitting on opposite edge (4 pink pattern blocks), so that the two flaps will line up when completed. *Pick up and knit 1 st, make one by putting a half hitch on the right tip of the needle.* repeat a between ** a total of 12 times, so that you have 24 sts on the needle.

Turn work, *k1, slip 1 pwise wyib, repeat from * 12 times.

Repeat this row a total of 24 times to create 12 rows of double faced fabric. End by completing the row facing the inside of the purse and turn.

With outside of purse facing, carefully withdraw needle from stitches. Twelve stitches will fall toward the inside of the purse.

Slip them onto a #11 dpn.

Slip the other 12 stitches, which are knit and fell towards you when released, onto a second dpn.

Resume working where the yarn is attached, with a third dpn, binding off in knit across all 12 sts.

On remaining 12 inside stitches: knit 11, p1, turn, sl 1 kwise, purl 11. *Sl 1 kwise, k10, p1, turn, Sl 1 kwise, purl 11, turn. Repeat from* one more time. Sl 1 kwise, k4, k2tog, yo (buttonhole formed), k4, p1. Sl 1 kwise, purl 11, Sl 1 kwise, k10, p1, turn.
Bind off in purl. Fasten off the yarn.

ASSEMBLING THE PURSE
Fold the purse so that there are 4 pattern blocks as the bottom: 3 pattern blocks on each side, and 2 pattern stripes on each side of the slit opening of the top.

Using the “mattress stitch” for an invisible seam, sew the sides of both flaps to the edges of the main piece.

Whip stitch the single layer flap to the top edges of the main piece.

To attach the double knit pocket, mattress stitch the top of the pocket to the top fold of the pocket flap, so that the pocket is open for easy access from the outside. This makes a handy spot for keys or cell phone that can be closed with a magnetic snap or a button.

Using the whip stitch, attach handles to the cast –on and bound off edges at the top of the bag. If the handles are short you may need the close up the opening at either end of the bag. If so, use the mattress stitch to weave the two top edges together through the inner edges of the cast on and bound off edges.

Attach button to double knit pocket, so that it aligns with the buttonhole on the flap.

Weave in ends. Dampen bag and block into shape with a rolled up towel.