I totally enjoyed making this cute cross body bag. It’s made from textured stitch the bobble stitch and has a cute tassel cord in contrast colors attached to it!
Materials Used:
Yarn: Sugar n Creams 100% Cotton Yarn
Color: White, Hot pink and Hot Green
Crochet Hook: 4.5 mm, 3mm and 2.5 mm crochet hooks
Pearls
Scissors
Tapestry Needle
For this project I used about 1.5 skeins of sugar n cream super size yarn in white and less than 10 g of yarn in pink and green.
Abbreviations(US Terms):
ch: chain
slst: slip stitch
sc: single crochet
hdc: half double crochet
dc: double crochet
ws: wrong side
rs: right side
For working this bag we will work a stitch called bobble stitch which is
Bobble stitch: *(yo insert the hook into the stitch pull up the loop, yo pull through 2 loops)*. Repeat * to * 4 times . Yo pull through all the loops.
Crochet Pattern:
Round1: Magic ring, 7sc around the magic ring. Slst on top of starting sc.
Tighten the magic ring and secure it with a knot!
Round2: ch2, turn ,Bobble st(1st bobble st begins with ch2), sc on the same st. 1 bobble stitch and 1sc on every stitch around. Slst on top of starting bobble st. (7 bobble st and 7 sc ).
Round3: ch1 turn, 2 sc on each st around(2sc on the bobble st and 2sc on the sc st of the previous round).Slst on top of starting sc
Round4: ch2 turn, 1 bobble stitch in one st and 1sc on the next st around. Slst on top of starting bobble st. (14 bobble stitch and 14 sc around)
Round5: ch1 turn, 2sc on the same st, 1sc on the next , (2sc on the next st and 1sc on the next stitch ) around .Slst on top of starting sc.
Round6: ch2 turn, 1 bobble stitch in one st and 1sc on the next st around. Slst on top of starting bobble st. (21 bobble stitch and 21 sc around)
Round7: ch1 turn, 2sc on the same st, 1sc on next 2sts, (2sc on the next st and 1sc on next 2sts) around .Slst on top of starting sc.
Round8: ch2 turn, 1 bobble stitch in one st and 1sc on the next st around. Slst on top of starting bobble st. (28 bobble stitch and 28 sc around)
Round9: ch1 turn, 2sc on the same st, 1sc on next 3sts, (2sc on the next st and 1sc on next 3sts) around .Slst on top of starting sc.
Round10: ch2 turn, 1 bobble stitch in one st and 1sc on the next st around. Slst on top of starting bobble st. (35 bobble stitch and 35 sc around)
Round11: ch1 turn, 2sc on the same st, 1sc on next 4sts, (2sc on the next st and 1sc on next 4sts) around .Slst on top of starting sc. Fasten off and weave the ends.
Make one more of this pattern the bobble stitch circular piece. We’ll need 2 for our bag.
Bag straps:
Row1: ch 209, 1hdc on the 3rd ch from the hook. 1hdc on each ch till the end
Row2: ch2 turn, 1hdc on each st till the end,
Border: ch1, 2sc on the corner st , 2sc evenly spaced on the sides, 2sc on the corner ,1sc on each st till the other side, 2sc on the corner ,2sc evenly spaced on the sides, 2sc on the corner, 1sc on each st on the opposite direction. Slst on top of starting sc. fasten off and weave the ends.
Hold one end of the strap to one of bobble stitch circle(with its RS facing outside work slst on blo of both strap and bobble circle for next 64sts. Weave both ends)
Sew the ends of the straps using tapestry needle.
Now hold the other bobble circle (with its RS facing outside work slst on blo of both strap and bobble circle for next 64sts. Weave both ends)
Add a large Pearl to one side of the bag as a button.
Button loop: with 2.5 mm crochet hook Work 20 chains and sew the loop to the bag
Tassel cords:(optional)
With pink yarn and 3mm crochet hook: (make4) Magic Ring ch3, 11dc around the magic ring Slst on top of starting ch3 (12dc sts)
Hold 2 pink circles with wrong sides facing in and work slip stitch on the blo of both the circles around with green yarn
Make Pom Pom with pink yarn and tassels with green yarn (watch the video tutorial to see how to make the Pom Pom and tassels)
Sew in the Pom Pom and tassels to the pink circles.
With 2.5 mm hook, Chain 50 using green yarn and sew in the pink circles with Pom Pom and tassels on both sides of the green cord.
Now add in the tassel cord to the bag.
You can watch the video tutorial by clicking the link below
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