Crochet drawstring bag "Yoga Om symbol"
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Crochet drawstring bag “Yoga Om symbol”

This time I would like to share a special pattern for a tapestry crochet drawstring bag with yoga Om symbol. Some time ago, Nicole asked me if it would be possible to make a similar bag as a moon bag, but with yoga Om symbol instead. So, here it is! I hope that you will like it, Nicole 🙂

If you are new to the tapestry crochet, you can find my tutorial here. In this pattern you can work in continuous rounds instead of joining with a slip stitch at the end of each round. You can work in continuous rounds in my other projects too, for example, a moon bag, a Christmas tree bag, a snowflake bag, a music note bag and others.

Good luck!

Tapestry crochet drawstring bag

Crochet drawstring bag “Yoga Om symbol”

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Pinterest: Also, you can save it to Pinterest for later here.

Materials

  • Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used DIAMOND 8/4 mercerized cotton 100% 50 g. Colors: 201 (white) and 3304 (lilac).
  • Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0.

Abbreviations (US terms)

Notes

The diameter of my bag is 7.0 cm, the height is 14.0 cm. You will be working in rounds. For this pattern you should be familiar with the tapestry crochet (you can find the tutorial here). Photo instructions below show the main steps how to make a bag and a string. This pattern uses a modified single crochet: make a single crochet back loop only, just instead of yarning over for the last step, yarn under (see the tutorial here). To make a modified single crochet increase you need to make two modified single crochets in the same stitch.

For this pattern you can work in continuous rounds, which means that in the end of a round you don’t join with a sl st, but instead continue making msc in the top of the first st of the round. Remember to use a marker showing the beginning of each round. Follow the color chart showing how you should change colors.

Tapestry crochet drawstring bag with yoga Om symbol

Pattern

The bag

Start by making a magic (adjustable) ring with your lilac yarn. You will not need your white yarn until round 9.

Round 1: 8 sc in the magic ring. (8 st in total)

Round 2: msc inc in every st. (16 st)

Round 3: *msc inc, 1 msc in the next st*, rep ** 8 times. (24 st)

Round 4: msc; *msc inc, 2 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, 1 msc. (32 st)

Round 5: 2 msc; *msc inc, 3 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (40 st)

Round 6: msc; *msc inc, 4 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, 3 msc. (48 st)

Round 7: 4 msc; *msc inc, 5 msc*, rep ** 7 times, msc inc, msc. (56 st)

Round 8: msc; *msc inc, 6 msc*. rep ** 7 times, msc inc, 5 msc. (64 st)

The bottom of the bag is finished. You will introduce your white yarn in round 9.

Round 9-37: msc in every st of the prev round. (64 st)

Making the holes for the string:

Round 38: 2 msc, *ch 2, skip 2 st of the prev round, 2 msc*, rep ** 15 times, ch 2, skip 2 st of the prev round. (64 st)

Round 39: 2 msc, *2 msc in the ch2 space of the prev round (make sure to grab the loose yarn hanging in the ch2 space in the prev round too), 2 msc*, rep ** 15 times, 2 msc in the ch2 space of the prev round. (64 st)

Round 40-44: msc in every st of the prev round. (64 st)

In the end make 2 sl st in the next 2 st “to even out” the connection of rounds. Fasten off.

Making the string

Start by chaining. The length of the chain should be around 30-32 cm long. Make a row of slip stitches in the third loop of the chain as it is shown in photo instructions below. When you reach the end of the row, fasten off. You are ready to weave in the string into your bag.

Color chart

Color chart for yoga Om symbol
Color chart

How to read the chart

Each square represents a stitch and its color. In each round you have 64 stitches (64 columns in the chart). Rows represent rounds. First 8 rounds are the bottom of the bag and the color chart starts from round 9. For each round you have to read the row in the chart from right to left.

In the chart, red squares indicate where you should make holes for the string. When you chain 2 for a hole, you cannot hide the yarn you are not working with: it will be ‘hanging’ in the hole. Don’t worry, when you will make round 39, you will grab both yarns you need to hide: the one in round 39 and the one in round 38. See photo instructions.

Photo instructions

Making the bag

Round 1

1. Start by making a magic ring. Then make 8 sc in the magic ring.

2. Tighten the ring by pulling the end of the yarn.

Round 2

3. Don’t make a sl st. Make an msc in the top of your first st of round 1. Continue with the pattern.

Round 3

4. Don’t forget to put your marker in the first st of the round. If you don’t have a marker, you can use a simple hair pin.

Round 9

5. In round 9 you have to introduce the white yarn. So, start making the first msc in round 9 but don’t finish it.

6. Put the white yarn behind your hook and in front of the lilac yarn like it shown in the picture.

7. Yarn under the lilac yarn.

8. Pull the yarn through both loops on your hook. Now the white yarn is secured. Notice that it is wrapped with the lilac yarn.

Round 11

9. In round 11 you have to change color. So, make 33 full msc with the lilac yarn, then start the 34th msc but don’t finish it.

10. Put the white yarn up, yarn under.

11. Pull the white yarn through both loops on your hook. Now the white yarn is ready to use.

12. According to the color chart, there should be 5 st in white, so make 4 full msc with white yarn, start the 5th msc but don’t finish it.

13. Put the lilac yarn up, yarn under and pull the lilac yarn through both loops on your hook. Now you can work with lilac yarn again.

Round 37

14. Follow the color chart until the end of round 37.

Round 38

15. In round 38 you have to make holes for the string. So, make 2 msc and ch 2.

16. Skip 2 st and make an msc. You can see your white yarn hanging in the hole. It will be hidden when you finish round 39.

17. Continue following the pattern.

18. This is how it looks at the end of round 38. Notice that the holes are not perfectly aligned, but this is normal because we are working in continuous rounds.

Round 39

19. Make 2 msc.

20. Insert your hook in the ch2 space of the previous round grabbing both white yarns like it is shown in the picture.

21. Yarn over your lilac yarn and pull through the hole. Now you have two loops on your hook.

22. Yarn under and pull the yarn through both loops on your hook.

23. Round 39. Msc in the ch2 space of the previous round, then make 2 msc in the next two stitches of the previous round.

Finished crochet drawstring bag “Yoga symbol OM”

24. Continue following the pattern until the end. Done!

Making the string

1. Start with a chain.

2. Now you will be working in the third loop of your chain which is behind ‘v’.

3. Insert your hook in the third loop of the chain and yarn over.

4. Pull the yarn through. Now you have two loops on your hook.

5. Pull the first loop through the other one. Now you have one loop on hour hook. You have just made your first slip stitch.

6. In the photo you can see that after several stitches it starts looking like two chains stuck together. Continue making slip stitches in the third loop of the chain until the end of the row. Fasten off. Done!

Enjoy your bag with a yoga Om symbol!

PDF: If you prefer a printable PDF pattern without ads, you can buy it here.

You can save this pattern to Pinterest here.

Tapestry crochet drawstring bag Yoga Om symbol

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