Crochet drawstring pouch - free pattern

 

Materials:

• Sport weight/category 2 yarn in 2 colours, main colour (A) approximately 110 meters and a complementing colour (B) approximately 35 meters
• 3.5 mm crochet hook
• 2 beads with large holes
• yarn needle
• scissors

Size:

About 8.5 inches high and 8.5 inches wide

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

** - work instructions within asterisks as many times as instructed

[ ] - work instructions within parenthesis as a set as many times as instructed

ch - chain

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet (UK - double crochet)

dc - double crochet (UK - treble)

2-dc cluster - double crochet 2 sts worked together in the same st/space

Instruction

Round 1: Using color A ch 40, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, sc in rest of the chs except the last, 3 sc in last ch, sc in next 37 ch on the other side, 2 sc in next ch. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc (80 sc)

Round 2: Pull color B through the loop, ch 1, sc in same st, **ch 5, skip 3 sts, sc in next st** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc.  

Round 3: Pull color A through the loop, ch 2, dc in same st (counts as 2-dc cluster), ch 3, 2-dc cluster in same st, sc in next ch-5 space, **[2-dc cluster, ch 3, 2-dc cluster] in next sc, sc in ch-5 space** Repeat from ** to ** around. After the last sc work sl st in the 1^st st.

Round 4: Sl st in next ch-1 space, pull color B through the loop, ch 1, sc in same space, **ch 5, sc in next ch-3 space** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc.

Repeat rounds 3 and 4 ten more times.

Edging

Pull color A through the loop, sc in same st, **into the next ch-5 space work [sc, ch 3, sc, ch 5, sc, ch 3, sc], sc in next sc** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with sl st in 1^st sc. Cut off yarn and weave in all the loose ends.

Drawstrings (make 2)

To make the drawstrings using color B ch 95. Cut off yarn. 

Finishing

Starting at one end insert a drawstring and take it all the way around the circumference of the bag weaving it in and out of spaces in the border and bring it to the same space where you started. Insert the other string through a space at the other end and bring to the starting point. Hold both ends of a drawstring together and insert a bead through both the ends. Make a knot below the bead and cut off the excess yarn at the ends. Repeat for the other string.