Tapestry crochet drawstring bag Bunny

Tapestry crochet drawstring bag Bunny

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Materials

• Yarn: any thin yarn will work. I used Strik & smil “Art silk garn”, 100% viscose, 50 g (white and gray).
• 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
• msc inc: modified single crochet increase
• prev: previous
• st: stitch
• rep * *: repeat from * to *

Notes

The size of my bag is 6.0 x 13.0 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 slip stitch, but instead continue making modified single crochets in the top of the first stitch of the round. Remember to use a marker showing the beginning of each round. Follow the color chart showing how you should change colors.

Pattern

The bag

Start by making a magic (adjustable) ring. with your white yarn. You will not need your gray yarn until round 8.

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)

The bottom of the bag is finished. You will introduce your gray yarn in round 8.

Round 8-35: msc in every st of the prev round. (56 st)

Making the holes for the string:

Round 36: 1 msc, *ch 2, skip 2 st of the prev round, 2 msc*, rep ** 15 times, ch 2, skip 2 st of the prev round, 1 msc. (56 st)

Round 37: 1 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, 1 msc. (56 st)

Round 38-42: msc in every st of the prev round. (56 st)

In the end make 4 sl st in the next 4 st “to even out” the connection of rounds. Fasten off.

Making the string

Start by chaining. The length of the chain should be around 29-31 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

How to read the chart

Each square represents a stitch and its color. In each round you have 56 stitches (56 columns in the chart). Rows represent rounds. First 7 rounds are the bottom of the bag and the color chart starts from round 8. 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 37, you will grab both yarns you need to hide: the one in round 37 and the one in round 36. See photo instructions.

Photo instructions

Making the bag

Round 1

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

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

Round 2

3. Don’t make a slip stitch. Make a modified single crochet in the top of your first stitch of round 1: insert your hook in the top of the first stitch of round 1 grabbing just the back loop.

4. Yarn over.

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

6. Yarn under.

7. Pull the yarn through both loops. You have just made a modified single crochet.

8. To make a modified single crochet increase you just need to make one more modified single crochet in the same stitch.

9. Make a modified single crochet increase in the next stitch. Don’t forget to put your marker in the first stitch of the round. If you don’t have a marker, you can use a simple hair pin.

Round 7

10. Continue following the pattern until the end of round 7.

Round 8

11. In round 8 you have to introduce the gray yarn. So, start making the first modified single crochet in round 8 but don’t finish it, stop when you have two loops on your hook.

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

13. Yarn under the white yarn.

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

Round 9

15. In round 9 you have to change color. So, make 33 full modified single crochets with the white yarn, then start the 34th modified single crochet but don’t finish it.

16. Put the gray yarn up, yarn under.

17. Pull the gray yarn through both loops on your hook. Now the gray yarn is ready to use.

18. According to the color chart, there should be 4 stitches in gray, so make 3 full modified single crochets with the gray yarn, start the 4th modified single crochet but don’t finish it.

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

Round 35

20. Follow the color chart until the end of round 35.

Round 36

21. In round 36 you have to make holes for the string. So, make 1 modified single crochet and chain 2.

22. Skip 2 stitches and make a modified single crochet. You can see your gray yarn hanging in the hole. It will be hidden when you finish round 37.

23. Continue following the pattern.

24. This is how it looks at the end of round 36. Notice that the holes are not perfectly aligned, but this is normal because we are working in continuous rounds.

Round 37

25. Make 1 modified single crochet.

26. Insert your hook in the chain two space of the previous round grabbing both gray yarns like it is shown in the picture.

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

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

29. Make one more modified single crochet in the chain two space of the previous round, then make 2 modified single crochets in the next two stitches of the previous round. Continue following the pattern until the end.

Finished tapestry crochet drawstring bag Bunny

30. 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 tapestry crochet drawstring bag Bunny!

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