
About a month ago I shared a knitting pattern for my Lifeline Pocket Purse. Today I have a crochet pattern for another micro purse. It's approximately 5 inches wide x 7 ½ inches deep and perfect for those days you want to travel light.
Many thanks to Endless Leather for providing the fantastic silk cord and jewelry findings to complete this purse.
Pink Sands Pocket Purse Pattern
Materials
- 1 skein fingering/sock weight yarn
- US 1 (2.35 mm) crochet hook
- 1 - ¾ inch button
- needle and thread
- 1-2 m of 4 mm diameter silk cord (shown in truffle)
- 2 - 17mm stainless steel circle clasps
- 2 - 4 mm stainless steel end cups
- 2 - 8 mm stainless steel jump rings
- 2 small sets of pliers
- G-S Hypo Cement
Abbreviations
sc - single crochet
Directions
This bag is worked from the bottom up, in a continuous spiral with the right side facing so there is no need to turn the piece over as you work or join the last stitch of the round to the first with a slip stitch.Bag
Ch 30
Rnd 1: 3 sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in next 27 ch, 2 sc in next ch, sc in the bottom of next 27 ch. (59 sc)
Rnd 2: [sc in next sc, sc in the stich below the next sc] repeat these two stitches until the piece measures 7 ½ inches from the beginning ch.
Use a ruler to find the center stitch of the bag. The center stitch should be a sc (NOT a sc in the stitch below the next sc). continue working in the pattern to 5 sts before the center mark. Your last stitch should be a sc in the stitch below the next sc.
Closure Flap
This section is worked in rows.
Row 1: [sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc] 5 times, ch 1, turn.
Repeat Row 1 until the flap measures 2 inches.
Row 2 (buttonhole row): sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, ch 4, skip 4 sts, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of the next 4 ch, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc.
Repeat Row 1 until the flap measures 1 inch from the button hole omitting the last ch 1 of the final row. Fasten off.
Row 1: [sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc] 5 times, ch 1, turn.
Repeat Row 1 until the flap measures 2 inches.
Row 2 (buttonhole row): sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, ch 4, skip 4 sts, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc, ch 1, turn.
Row 3: sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, 1 sc in each of the next 4 ch, sc in the stitch below the next sc, sc in next sc, sc in the stitch below the next sc.
Repeat Row 1 until the flap measures 1 inch from the button hole omitting the last ch 1 of the final row. Fasten off.
Use a needle and thread to attach a button.
Cut the silk cord to the desired strap length minus ¾-inch. (If you plan to carry your purse over one shoulder, you will need 28-36 inches of cord. For a cross-body strap, plan on using 48-54 inches of cord. As shown, the silk cord was cut to 28 inches.) Be careful so the cord does not fray after it's cut.
Attach the second end cup to the other end of the cord in the same way.
LET THE GLUE DRY COMPLETELY FOR 24 HOURS.
Fill your bag with a small wallet, phone and maybe some lip gloss and you are ready to go.
Assembling the Strap
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Attach the circle clasps to either side of the bag. |
Cut the silk cord to the desired strap length minus ¾-inch. (If you plan to carry your purse over one shoulder, you will need 28-36 inches of cord. For a cross-body strap, plan on using 48-54 inches of cord. As shown, the silk cord was cut to 28 inches.) Be careful so the cord does not fray after it's cut.
Attach the second end cup to the other end of the cord in the same way.
LET THE GLUE DRY COMPLETELY FOR 24 HOURS.
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Use pliers to open the jump rings and attach them to the looped sides of the end cups. Open the circle clasps and slide them through the jump rings. |
Fill your bag with a small wallet, phone and maybe some lip gloss and you are ready to go.