Size really depends on type of material and size of hook you using.
The one on the picture is 30cm x 34cm (12”x13,5”)
You need:
Acrylic yarn or cotton of your choice
Crochet hook suggested for your material – I mainly used E/3,5mm and G/4mm
Yarn Needle
A bit of fabric for lining
Zipper 25cm / 10”
Nice buttons, little flowers or beads. Simply anything you would like to decorate your purse with.
Terms/Abbreviations: I used US terminology
ch chain
slst slip stitch
sc single crochet
hdc half double crochet
dc double crochet
st stitch
3dctog. 3 dc together
2sctog. 2 sc together
Note: Please read all instructions first, so you can choose one of the various options of this pattern, which best suites your project.
Purse - pattern
For this purse I made 18 hexagon flowers ("African flower"). It is all depending on size of your purse. The pattern can be use for any amount of hexagons.
When I have all the hexagons I need, I sew them together – back stitch only. The other option is to join them together with sc’s if you like. Then I sew the hexagons together in rows and sew the rows together afterwards. You should end up with sort of tube or cylinder.
When all the hexagons are attached into tube, I continue with the lower part and bottom of the purse. I came up with two variants.
B:
Round 1: Start where the arrow is pointing. Join, ch1, *sc in the same st, sc in next 9 sc, sc into the joining, sc in next 9 sc*, repeat from* to*, slst in first sc. In this case I crochet sc’s in back stitches only, but it’s optional.
Round 2: ch1, *slst into same st, slst in next 3 st, sc in next 5 st, 2sctog in next 2 st, sc in next 6 st, slst in next 3 st*, repeat from* to*, slst in first sc.
Round 3: ch1, *slst into same st, slst in next 3 st, sc in next 5 st, 2sctog in next 2 st, sc in next 5 st, slst in next 3 st*, repeat from* to*, slst in first sc.
Round 4: ch1, *slst into same st, slst in next 2 st, sc in next 3 st, hdc in next 2 st, dc in next 3 st, hdc in next 2 st, sc in next 3 st, slst in next 2 st*, repeat from* to*, slst in first sc.
Round 5: ch1, sc into same st, sc in each st around, finish the round with slst in first sc.
Round 6 - 12: Repeat round 5. Leave long tail.
You can make more or less rounds, as many as you desire. Flatten it out and sew together from inside.
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There is another way to fill the spaces between hexagons. This proved to be better while using acrylic or stretcher yarn.
A:
Round 1: Start where the arrow is pointing. Join, ch1, *sc in the same st, sc in next 9 sc, sc into the joining, sc in next 9 sc*, repeat from* to*, slst in first sc. In this case I crochet sc’s in back stitches only, but it’s optional.
Round 2: ch1, *sc into same st, sc in next 3 st, hdc in next 3 st, dc in next 2 st, 3dctog in next 3 st, dc in next 2 st, hdc in next 3 st, sc in next 3 st*, repeat from* to*, slst in first sc.
Round 3: ch1, *sc into same st, sc in next 4 st, hdc in next 3 st, dc in next 3 st, hdc in next 3 st, sc in next 4 st*, repeat from* to*, slst in first sc.
Round 4: ch1, sc into same st, sc in each st around, finish the round with slst in first sc.
Round 5 - ?: Repeat round 5. Leave long tail.
You can make more or less rounds, as many as you desire. Flatten it out and sew together from inside.
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Continue with the upper part of the purse now. This part is done same way as the lower part. I added round 13 (repeat round 5 on B chart above) and I finished this purse with different colored row of sc’s.
You can finish with fancy edging (round 14, chart B below). It is up to you.
Always start at the side closer to your body (backside of the purse). If the stitches do not add up to the pattern on the chart, don’t worry, just slst to fit the pattern. It’s going to be hardly visible.
Fancy edge chart B: *ch3, 2dcs into base ch of ch3, skip 2 st, sc in next*, repeat from* to*, slst at the end.
For some purses I used another option:
Fancy edge chart A: *slst, skip 2 st, 5dc into the next st, skip 2st*, repeat from* to*, slst at the end.
Lining:
You can find how I did it here: http://emmhouse21.blogspot.cz/2015/10/autumn-shell-purse-with-zipper-charm.html
Zipper:
There are a few ways how to put the zipper into your purse. You can find two of them here:
Handles:
To make the handles stronger I used size smaller hook but it is depending on how stretchy the material you are using is.
Row 1: ch 6, sc into 2nd ch from the hook, sc into next 4 ch. (5sc). Turn
Row 2: ch1, 2sc’s into same st., sc into next 3 st., 2sc’s into last st. (7sc). Turn
Row 3: ch1, 2sc’s into same st., sc into next 5 st., 2sc’s into last st. (9sc). Turn
Row 4 - ?: ch1, sc into each st.. (9sc). Turn
You just need to repeat row 4 as many times as needed. I made my handles cca 60cm (24”) long. To finish the handle I crochet as follows:
Second last row: ch1, 2sctog. , sc into next 5 st., 2sctog. (7sc). Turn
Last row: ch1, 2sctog. , sc into next 3 st., 2sctog. (5sc). Finish and leave long tail.
I used one row of “crab stitches” to go around the handle to make it look fancier. You can find the “crab stitch” on youtube.
Sew the handles on the purse. If you feel the purse is to soft, sew the handles through the purse and lining. You can decorate the joining if you wish to do so.
There it is. You should have nice purse now, or an inspiration for one at least.
To my knowledge this is as best way I can explain how to make my favorite purse.
Please be understanding, and if you come up with any problems or difficulties, write to me, and I’ll be more than happy to help.
Have a nice week
Clara
Fajna torba :)
ReplyDeletethis looks really pretty, i love poppy's and i think this pattern done in poppy colours would be very nice, thank you for sharing. sue:)
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