Hello my fellow crafters! Hope you are enjoying my gratitude series of patterns!
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”
My small things for the day begins by setting aside a quiet time for myself early in the morning to have my coffee !
This sets the tone as the day progresses. I do get flustered if things do not go the way I had planned . It is then I say to myself that I must pause and just enjoy the little things!
I have created these purse patterns and hope that they give you those moments to savor.
Let us get started with the pattern for the day!
Gleaming Light is the name of this purse pattern and it uses Extended double crochet worked 2 together to create the texture.
Materials
4 Ply Blue Cotton Chenille yarn from YarnKart . The yarn comes in 100 gm hanks and yardage is 200 yds per hank. (1 sample was made with 45 gms of yarn approx 90yds )
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: 8 Edc2tog = 4″ 2 pattern repeats = 2″ tall
Stitches and Abbreviations
Yo – Yarn over
St – Stitch
Sp – Space
Beg – Beginning
Ch – Chain
Sl st – Slip stitch
Sc – Single crochet
Dc – Double crochet
Edc2tog – Extened double crochet 2 together worked as follows:
Yo, insert hook in st or sp indicated, yo pull up a loop, yo pull through 1 loop yo, pull through 2 loops, yo insert hook into the next st or sp indicated, yo pull up a loop, yo pull through 1 loop, yo, pull through 2 loops, yo , pull through all loops on hook.
Note : When you start a round with Edc2tog, you will ch1 and work the above, The ch1 is not counted as a st.
Right side
Wrong side
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. Bear in mind to have the starting chain to be a multiple of 3.
2: You can use any yarn of your choice but the final product may not fit the readymade canvas pouches.
3: Make more repeats of rounds 3 and 4 to increase the height to get a taller purse or make fewer repeats to get a smaller purse. The sample consists totally of 5 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 27, 2 sc in the second chain from the hook (working into the back bump of the chain), 1 sc in each of the next 24 chains, 3 sc in the last chain, working on the other side of the foundation chain, 1 sc in each of the next 24 chains, 1 sc in the same st as the first 2 sc. Join with sl st to the first sc – 54 sc.
Round 2: Ch1 (does not count as st), 2 sc in same st, 2 sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of the next 24 sc, 2 sc in each of the next 3 sc , 1 sc in each of the next 24 sc, 2 sc in the last sc. Join with sl st to the first sc – 60 sc
Round 3: Ch4 (counts as first dc + ch1), sk next st, *dc in next st, ch1 , sk next st, repeat from * around. Join with sl st to the 3rd ch of the beg ch4 – 30 dc, 30 ch1 sp.
Round 4: Sl st to the ch1 sp, Edc2tog using the first two skipped sts one round below (one skipped st on either side of the dc), ch1, *sk the next dc Edc2tog using the same skipped st that was used for the first Edc2tog and the next skipped st , ch1,repeat from * around working the last Edc2tog in the last worked skipped st and the first skipped st used at the beginning of the round, ch1, sl st to top of the first Edc2tog – 30 Edc2tog, 30 ch1 sp.
Round 5: Sl st to the first ch1 sp, ch4(counts as first dc + ch1), *sk next Edc2tog, dc in next ch1 sp, ch1 , repeat from * around. Join with sl st to the 3rd ch of the beg ch4 – 30 dc, 30 ch1 sp.
Repeat rounds 4 and 5 for desired height ending with round 4.
Edging
Round 1: Ch1 ( does not count as st), sc in each st and ch1 sp around. Join with sl st to the first sc – 60 sc.
Round 2: Ch1 (does not count as st), sc in each st around. Join with sl st to the first sc – 60 sc.
Fasten off and 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.
Hope you enjoy making this cute little purse. I am going to leave you with some additional pictures. Do drop a comment if you need anything clarified!
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