The spring is coming and I thought that it would be a good idea to make something with green color. So here it is – a mini green diamond bag! I fell in love with making these small crochet bags. In my opinion, they are really cute and can be useful, which is no less important. They are great to keep all small thingies that sometimes are just lying around, headphones or pieces of jewelry.
For this pattern you should know a bit about tapestry crochet (you can take a look at the tutorial here). However, I tried to make it as clear as possible and included a lot of explanations about changing yarn colors, how to read the color scheme, etc. So, even if you haven’t tried tapestry crochet before, this could be a good project to start. It has only two colors and you won’t get tangled along the way 🙂 As always, if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me here on the blog or on social media.
Good luck!
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Materials
- Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used Järbo 8/4 100% Cotton “Mercerized & Gassed” 50 g (offwhite and frosty green).
- Hook: as suggested on your yarn label. I used hook size 2.0.
Abbreviations (US terms)
- ch: chain
- sl st: slip stitch
- sc: single crochet
- msc: modified single crochet
- prev: previous
- st: stitch
- rep * *: repeat from * to *
Notes
The size of my crochet bag is 6.5 x 11.0 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). Except the first round and the two rounds where you make holes for a string, every round is made in the same way: chain one, make 39 modified single crochets, join with a slip stitch. Follow the color scheme showing how you should change colors.
Pattern
The bag
Start by chaining 19+1 with white yarn.
Round 1: To make the first round, you will be working down the chain, then turn and work in the other side of the chain. Make sc in every st of the chain starting from the second chain from your hook. Turn. 1 sc in the end of the chain, make sc in every st (starting with the one you have just worked into; now that st has 3 sc in total) until you come back to the beginning of the chain. 1 sc in the end of the chain. Join with a sl st to the first sc of this round. In total you should have 40 st.
Now add the green yarn and follow the color scheme for all rounds until the end.
Round 2-23: ch 1, msc in every st of the prev round. Join with a sl st.
Making the holes for the string:
Round 24: ch 1, *2 msc, ch2, skip 2 st of the prev round*, rep ** 9 times, 2 msc, ch 1, join with a sl st.
Round 25: ch 1, *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)*, rep ** 9 times, 2 msc, 1 msc in the ch1 space of the prev round, join with a sl st.
Round 26-30: ch 1, msc in every st of the prev round. Join with a sl st.
Fasten off.
Making the string
Start by chaining. The length of the chain should be around 26-28 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 scheme
How to read the scheme
Each square represents a stitch and its color. In each round you have 40 stitches (40 columns in the scheme). Rows represent rounds. For each round you have to read the row in the scheme from right to left. The chain that you make in the beginning of each round counts a stitch.
After finishing the first round you have 40 white stitches. Before joining with a sl st, check what is the color of the first st in the next round. Round 2 starts with a white st, therefore, the sl st should be white (if the row would start in green, the sl st would be in green). Round 2 says you need 4 white stitches, then two green, 8 white, 2 green, 8 white, 2 green, etc. So, chain 1, make 2 full msc, start the third msc and since the next st should be green, finish the third msc with your green yarn. Make 1 msc in green, start the second msc in green and finish it with your white yarn. Keep working in the same principle till the end.
Rules for changing color
- The last msc of the round:
Finish making your last msc of the round with the same color yarn as the first st of the round. For example, round 2 ends with a white st and starts with a white st, therefore, finish the last st of round 2 with white yarn. Round 7 starts with a green st, ends with a green st too, therefore, finish the last msc of round 7 with green yarn.
- The slip stitch:
The color of a sl st depends on the color of the first st in the next round. For example, round 7 ends with a green st, so finish making your msc with green yarn; round 8 starts with a white st and it means that you should make a sl st in white. Finish round 8 with a sl st in white, because round 9 starts with a white st.
Making holes
In the scheme, red rectangles indicated where you should make holes for the string. So, finish round 23 by making a slip st in green, ch1, 1 msc, start making the second msc in green and finish it in white. Ch 2 in white, skip 2 st, 1 msc in white, start the next msc in white, finish it in green. Ch 2 in green, 2 msc in green. Notice, that after the next hole, which ‘should be in green’, you have to make a st in white. This means, that for this hole you have to ch 1 in green and then switch to white yarn and ch 1 in white, then make an msc in white. The reason for this is that your chain in white will become the top of the white stitch. Keep working in the same principle until the end of the row.
When you chain 2, 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 25, you will grab both yarns you need to hide: the one in round 24 and the one in round 25. See photo instructions.
Photo instructions
Making the crochet bag
1. Round 1. Start with a chain and make single crochets around it. Join with a sl st to the first sc in this round, not to the chain 1. You do this only in the first round, in all other rounds you have to make a sl st into the ch 1 which you make in the beginning of the round.
2. Round 2. Ch 1 and put the green yarn behind your hook and in front of the white yarn that you are working with.
3. Round 2. Make the first msc wrapping the green yarn. Msc is made like the usual sc, except you work in the back loop only and when you have two loops on your hook, instead of yarning over you should yarn under and pull the yarn through both loops.
4. Round 2. When the next stitch is in a new color, you should finish your current stitch in that new color. Here, the next st should be in green, therefore, finish the white msc in green. This green loop on your hook will become the top of the next st, which should be in green.
5. Round 2. Here you have four stitches in white (1 chain and 3 msc) and two stitches in green. As the following st should be in white, finish the second green msc with your white yarn.
6. Round 2. After two rounds it should look like this. Don’t forget to join with a sl st to the chain 1 that you made in the beginning of the round (the sl st should be in white because the first st in round 3 is in white).
7. Round 7. After a few rounds it should look like this.
8. Round 10. The last stitch of the round should be finished in the same color yarn as is the chain in the beginning of that round. Here you have to finish the last st in white because the chain in the beginning of the round is white.
9. Round 10. The color of the sl st should be the same as the color of the first st of the next round. The first st in round 11 is green, therefore the sl st should be in green. Notice that you make a sl st in the chain that is in the beginning of this round.
10. Round 11. Round 11 starts with one green st, then you have to change to white yarn. Your first st in each round consists of the sl st and a chain. The sl st will become the ‘body’ of your first st and the chain will become the top of the second st. The second st is in white, therefore its top, i.e. the chain, should be in white.
11. Round 11. This is how it looks when you have finished two first stitches in round 11.
12. Round 25. Make sure to grab both loose green yarns when making an msc in the ch2 space of the prev round.
13. Round 25. See how both green yarns are wrapped with your white yarn.
14. Round 25. This is how it looks after one msc in the ch2 space.
15. Round 25. This is how it looks after two msc in the ch2 space: both green yarns are hidden.
16. Round 25. The last hole in this round is smaller and has ch1 space (this is to keep the holes in the bag symmetric in the front). So, make one msc in that hole instead of two.
17. This is how your finished crochet bag looks like.
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 crochet bag!
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