Tapestry bag II - free pattern

 Hello,  

some time ago I found instructions for this beautiful handbag. I changed the upper part a bit, but otherwise I followed the instructions. 

I think the handbag was very successful and it's worth a try. Definitely a unique piece.

 

My bag is 42cm (17 ') wide and 40cm (16') high. The handles can be as long or short as you will make them. I made them 45cm (18 ’’) long. I also put a lining in it for more strength.

 

You can vary the size of your bag by using different type of material and size of hook or by adding / taking off the rounds. For this bag I used E / 5mm crochet hook.

 

 https://www.garnstudio.com/pattern.php?id=7897&cid=17

Have a nice day  

Clara

Early January

The first couple of January days welcomed us here with a beautiful weather. I’m being a bit sarcastic here. It did look very pretty from inside of warm house. The temperature was around –15°C and we were considering ourselves lucky. This is the warmest part of the country, and the temperature elsewhere in this part of Europe was even –35°C. What a start to a New Year.

 

Phone Case/Cover tutorial

My little daughter drew a picture of phone cover she would like. As you can see, she made very detailed description. She only just started first grade, so the writing is a bit wobbly and in foreign language.

I looked at my leftover yarn stocks -it doesn’t need much, and you can use practically any material. I used E/3,5mm crochet hook.
Ch-chain, slst.-slip stitch, sc- single crochet.
I started at the bottom and worked in rounds. I ch23, sc in second ch from the hook, sc in each of next 20ch, 3sc in last, sc in each of next 20ch on the other side of the initial ch23, 2sc in last, slst. in first ch. I ended up with 46sc and I worked my way up trying to tapestry crochet according to the picture I had from my daughter. I wasn’t hard but it took a few attempts to get it as right as possible. You can see, how I did.

It took one picture only and she has got now an unusual phone cover she designed and nobody else has.
It is just simple way to cover and carry your phone, tablet etc. and stay original.

Have a nice week
Clara

Sharp tapestry crochet bag – free written pattern

Hello,
I’m still a little bit hooked on tapestry crochet. I had to study on Youtube this type of crocheting for a while before I started.
I made another, very simple shoulder bag in my favourite grey color and I wrote a beginner’s version pattern of it for you.
I hope I’ll soon get better because there are so many very beautiful motives all over the Internet.

Size: width cca 38cm x height cca 30cm (15”x 12”), circular bottom diameter cca 25cm (10”), handle drop cca 30cm (12”), the finished size will really depend on material you’ll use.

You need: 

Acrylic yarn or cotton of your choice (I used cca 250 grams of acrylic yarn – 150grams of dark grey, 100grams of light grey) 

The Crochet hook suggested for your material – I used G/4mm 

Yarn Needle, markers

A sufficient amount off cotton for the lining (you don’t have to use cotton, and you don’t need to line the purse – it’s optional)

30 cm (12”) zipper

Two pieces cca 65cm(26”) long and 4cm(1,6”) wide material for the handle

Terms/Abbreviations: I used US terminology

ch       chain 

slst     slip stitch

sc        single stitch

dc       double crochet 

st        stitch 

dec.    decrease

*-*      repeat

Bottom and body of the bag

The bag is worked in circular crochet method, beginning at the center of bottom, and ending up with edge of the bag. Slst. join at end of each round. Don’t turn, but continue in same direction.

Round 1: I started with dark grey color. Magic ring or ch4, join with slst in first ch, ch3, 11dc in ring, join with slst to top of beg ch3 (12 dc)

Round 2: Ch3, dc in same dc, 2dc in each dc around, join with slst to top of 1st ch3 (24 dc)

Round 3: Ch3, *2dc in next dc, dc in next dc, rep from * around, join with slst (36 dc)

Round 4: Follow the chart bellow. On end of the round you should have 48 dc.

Round 5: (60 dc)

Round 6: (72 dc)

Round 7: (84 dc)

Round 8: (96 dc)

Round 9: (108 dc)

Round 10: (120 dc)

Round 11: (132 dc)

Round 12: (144 dc). I stop increasing here.

Round 13: From now on I just crochet dc over dc – each round have 144 dc’s. I crochet 23 dc in dark grey and 1 dc in light grey – repeated 6 times all together.

Round 14: 23 dc’s in dark grey and 1 dc in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 15: 21 dc’s in dark grey and 3 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 16: 19 dc’s in dark grey and 5 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 17: 17 dc’s in dark grey and 7 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 18: 15 dc’s in dark grey and 9 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 19: 13 dc’s in dark grey and 11 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 20: 11 dc’s in dark grey and 13 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 21: 9 dc’s in dark grey and 15 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 22: 7 dc’s in dark grey and 17 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 23: 5 dc’s in dark grey and 19 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 24: 3 dc’s in dark grey and 21 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 25: 1 dc in dark grey and 23 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Rounds 26 - 30: Each of those rounds I crochet in light grey – 144 dc’s.

Round 31: I found the middle light grey dc between two dark grey dc’s in round 25. In this round I made it 1st dark grey dc (you can see it on the picture bellow) and 23 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 32: 3 dc’s in dark grey and 21 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 33: 5 dc’s in dark grey and 19 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 34: 7 dc’s in dark grey and 17 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 35: 9 dc’s in dark grey and 15 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 36: 11 dc’s in dark grey and 13 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 37: 13 dc’s in dark grey and 11 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 38: 15 dc’s in dark grey and 9 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 39: 17 dc’s in dark grey and 7 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 40: 19 dc’s in dark grey and 5 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 41: 21 dc’s in dark grey and 3 dc’s in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Round 42: 23 dc’s in dark grey and 1 dc in light grey – repeat 6 times all together.

Rounds 43 - 44: Each of those rounds I crochet in dark grey – 144 dc’s.

Round 45.: I bordered the bag with “crab stitch” (somewhere they call it reverse sc).

Fasten off.

Lining:

I put a lining in this bag.  I sewed it on machine, then sewed it in by hand, to the second last round of the bag’s body. I suppose, you could sew the lining in by machine as well. 

Handle:

This time I bought the handles. I sewed them between the bag and lining. You will need two pieces cca 65cm(26”) long and 4cm(1,6”) wide of material for these handles.

Zipper:

I’m adding zippers to most of my bags. You can find two options on how to add the zipper in these two free links bellow:

http://emmhouse21.blogspot.cz/2015/03/white-purse-or-market-bag.html

http://emmhouse21.blogspot.cz/2015/10/autumn-shell-purse-with-zipper-charm.html

There it is. You should have a nice shoulder bag now or an inspiration for one at least.

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

Tapestry crochet bag – free written pattern

Hello,
Today I do have a new pattern for you. I did get a little bit hooked on tapestry crochet. There are so many very beautiful motives all over the Internet. I had to study on Youtube this type of crocheting for a while before I started. I made very simple shoulder bag to start with. I have to admit it is little more time consuming than I thought, but I think it looks very interesting.
This is my first attempt and a beginner’s version of nice tapestry crochet shoulder bag.

Tapestry crochet shoulder bag - free pattern

Size: width cca 40cm x height cca 35cm (16”x 14”), bottom cca 9cm (3,5”), handle drop cca 50cm (20”), the finished size will really depend on material you’ll use.

You need: 

Acrylic yarn or cotton of your choice (I used cca 300 grams of acrylic yarn – 150grams of blue, 50grams of nude, 50grams of beige, 50grams of brown/pink) 

The Crochet hook suggested for your material – I used G/4mm 

Yarn Needle, markers

A sufficient amount off cotton for the lining (you don’t have to use cotton and you don’t need to line the purse – it’s optional)

35 cm (14”) zipper

A bit of denim or anything else you decide to use to straighten the bottom of the purse and filling.

Two pieces cca 65cm(26”) long and 2,5cm(1”) wide material for the handle

Note: Please read all instructions first, so you can choose one of the various options of this pattern, which best suite your project.

Terms/Abbreviations: I used US terminology

ch       chain 

slst      slip stitch

sc       single stitch

hdc      half double crochet

dc       double crochet 

st        stitch 

dec.     decrease

*-*      repeat

Bottom of the purse

Start with the bottom of the purse. It is worked in circular (oval in this case) crochet method, beginning at center of the oval. Slip stitch join at end of each round. Don’t turn, but continue in same direction. To crochet the bottom you can use dc or hdc stitch.

Begin by crocheting a chain of 47 + 4 stitches (count as a dc on start of each round) (51 chains all together). I made the bottom in blue.

Round 1: Double crochet (dc) into the 4th chain (ch) from the hook, dc into the same stitch. Make dc into each 45 ch, 5 dc into 46th (last) ch stitch. Do not turn - keep going around and make dc into each 45 ch, 2 dc into the last stitch (it’s the stitch where you have 3 dc already). Slip stitch (slst.) to finish the round. (100 dc all around). You need 6 markers now- it’ll make your work easier. Put each marker to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th dc out of 5dc group on each side. Do not turn.

Round 2: Chain 4 (replace the marker to the 4th ch from row below), work dc into the same stitch. 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), make dc into each of 47 dc, 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc – this is the side of your purses bottom as well), 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), make dc into each of 47 dc, 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), dc into the last stitch (it’s the stitch where you have 2 dc already). Slip stitch (slst.) to finish the round. (112 dc all around).

Round 3: Chain 4 (replace the marker to the 4th ch from row below), work dc into the same stitch. Dc in following 2 stitches. 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), make dc into each of 49 dc, 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), dc in following 2 stitches. 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), dc in following 2 stitches. 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), make dc into each of 49 dc, 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), dc in following 2 stitches, dc into the last stitch (it’s the stitch where you have 2 dc already). Slip stitch (slst.) to finish the round. (124 dc all around).

Round 4: Chain 4 (replace the marker to the 4th ch from row below), work dc into the same stitch. Dc in following 4 stitches. 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), make dc into each of 51 dc, 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), dc in following 4 stitches. 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), dc in following 4 stitches. 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), make dc into each of 51 dc, 3dc into next stitch (replace the marker from row below to the middle dc), dc in following 4 stitches, dc into the last stitch (it’s the stitch where you have 2 dc already). Slip stitch (slst.) to finish the round. (136 dc all around).

Rounds 5 & 6: Continue in the same fashion as with round 4. By end of the round 5 you should have 148 stitches, after round 6 you should have 160 stitches.

I ended the bottom here but you can do a row or two more for bigger purse or row or two less for smaller one. It’s really up to you.

To strengthen the bottom of this purse I used a little bit of denim fabric and a bit of purse stuffing. Sew it together as you can see on the picture bellow. Afterwards I sewed it to the crochet bottom by hand. It is better to sew it together at this stage of crocheting.

For a little bit of different technique, you can use the tutorial you will find here:

http://emmhouse21.blogspot.cz/2015/03/white-purse-or-market-bag.html 

Body of the purse

Work in rounds.

Round 1: (I used a blue color for this row as well.) Ch1, sc into the same stitch, sc into every one of the following stitches. Slst. into first ch1. (160 sc’s around)

Rounds 2 - ?: I started the tapestry crochet now. (You can find many very good tutorials on Youtube – it looks a little bit difficult, but, believe me, it’s easy to learn.) I was changing the colors every 10 stitches and I was using dc’c.

All together I made 36 rows of dc’c, changing the color every 3 rows.

I made one/last row of “crab stitch” on the top – I think it just looks pretty. Again, you can make your purse smaller or bigger by adding or reducing the number of rows. Fasten off.

Lining:

I put a lining in this purse.  I sewed it on machine and sewed it in by hand, to the second last round of the purse’s body. I suppose, you could sew the lining in by machine. 

Zipper:

I’m adding zippers to most of my purses. I made ch 60 and three rows of hdc's. You can find two options on how to add the zipper in these two free links bellow:

http://emmhouse21.blogspot.cz/2015/03/white-purse-or-market-bag.html

http://emmhouse21.blogspot.cz/2015/10/autumn-shell-purse-with-zipper-charm.html

Handle:

This time I bought the handles. You will need two pieces cca 65cm(26”) long and 2,5cm(1”) wide of material for these handles.

There it is. You should have a nice shoulder bag now or an inspiration for one at least.

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