“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it” -William Arthur Ward.
I set out to publish one crochet purse pattern a day for each of the 9 days of Navaratri but after the first day , I kind of fell off the train!
I am back here to bring you those promised patterns but as Navaratri is long over I thought it better to create a separate blog post where I will give you the pattern a day leading up to the most richly celebrated festival in India – Deepavali.
I would like to dedicate this week leading to Deepavali as an expression of my gratitude.
We have 6 days leading up to this awesome festival so let’s start with the first pattern for today without much ado!
Dappled Sun
Materials
4 Ply Green Cotton Chenille yarn from YarnKart (1 sample was made with 62 gms of yarn)
No affiliation here:) just loved using this yarn
Crochet hook size 3mm
Yarn needle to weave in the ends
Sewing needle and matching sewing thread to hand stitch the lining
A pair of scissors
Finished size 7.5″ wide by 5″ tall
Gauge: 3 PC = 2″ wide and 1 pattern repeat is 1″ tall
Stitches and Abbreviations
Yo – Yarn over
St – Stitch
Sp – space
Ch – Chain
Sl st – Slip stitch
Sc – Single crochet
Dc – Double crochet
PC – Popcorn crochet stitch worked as follows –
Make 3 double crochets in the stitch indicated, keeping the loop of the last stitch tall,
remove the hook , insert into the first stitch , pull the loop through the first st.
Notes
1: The instructions are given to match the canvas pouch that I used for the lining. If you are using something different or are sewing your own lining, you can change the width by changing the starting chain to have an even number of chains +1.
2: You can use any yarn of your choice but the final product may not fit the readymade canvas pouches.
3: The rounds 2, 3 and 4 can be repeated more number of times to get a taller purse or repeated fewer times to get a smaller purse. The sample consists totally of 4 repeats plus 2 rounds of edging.
4: Stitch count is given at the end of each round.
5. Whatever yarn you intend to use, I would suggest to go down a hook size or two to get a tighter weave of the stitches.
Difficulty level : Advanced Beginner
Instructions
Round 1: Ch 29, 2 sc in the second chain from the hook (working into the back bump of the chain), 1 sc in each of the next 26 chains, 3 sc in the last chain, working on the other side of the foundation chain, 1 sc in each of the next 26 chains, 1 sc in the same st as the first 2 sc. Join with sl st to the first sc – 58 sc.
Round 2: Ch1, sc in the first st, ch1, * sk next sc, sc in the next st, ch1, repeat from * around. Omit the last ch1 and join with sc to the first st – 29 sc , 29 ch1 sp.
Round 3: Ch4 (counts as first dc + ch1) in the same sp as joining st, *sk next st, dc in next ch1 sp, ch1, repeat from * around. Omit the last ch1 and join with sc to the 3rd ch of the beg ch4 – 29 dc, 29 ch1 sp.
Round 4: Ch1 (does not count as st), PC in the skipped sc one round below, * sk next dc, ch1, PC in the next skipped sc one round below, ch1, repeat from * around. Omit the last ch1 and join with sc to the first PC- 29 PC, 29 ch1 sp.
Repeat rounds 2, 3 and 4 till you get to the desired height ending the repeats after finishing round 4.
Edging
Round 1: Ch1(does not count as st) sc in same st, sc in each st around. Join with sl st to the first sc – 58 sc.
Round 2: *Ch1, sl st in the next st, repeat from * around.
Fasten off. Weave in the ends.
Finishing
The Canvas pouches such as these or these are the ones that I used for lining. I bought them from Amazon. This is an affiliate link ! Pictures are from Amazon!
Weave in the starting end if you haven’t already done so while working the first round of the purse.
Insert the pre-made canvas pouch into the crochet purse , making sure to line up the pouch just below the slip stitch round. Thread the sewing needle with matching sewing thread and hand stitch the lining to the crochet purse. I also made sure to stitch under the zipper so that the stitches are not visible when you open the purse.
Weave all ends and you are done!
Optional : you can add a tassle to the zipper pull to make it more attractive.
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