Cute animal pencil case - free crochet pattern

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Materials:

• Medium worsted weight yarn approximately 100 meters
• G/4 mm crochet hook
• Zip 9 to 10 inches long
• Black felt sheet and white half beads for eyes
• Black embroidery skein
• Fabric for lining
• Sewing needle and yarn needle
• Flower embellishment

Size:

About 9 inches wide and 5 inches high

Stitches/Abbreviations Used:

[ ] - Repeat instructions within brackets as a set as many times as directed

ch - chain

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

sc2tog - single crochet 2 stitches together (sc decrease)

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Instruction

(make 2)

Round 1: Ch 20, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, sc in next 17 ch, 3 sc in the last ch, sc in 17 ch on the other side, 2 sc in next ch. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. (40 sts)

Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in same st, sc in next 17 sts, 2 sc in next 3 sts, sc in next 17 sts, 2 sc in next 2 sts. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (46 sts)

Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] 2 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (52 sts)

Round 4: Ch 1, sc in 2 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 2 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (58 sts)

Round 5: Ch 1, sc in 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (64 sts)

Round 6: Ch 1, sc in 4 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 4 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (70 sts)

Round 7: Ch 1, sc in 5 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 5 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (76 sts)

Round 8: Ch 1, sc in 6 sts, 2 sc in next st, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st] 3 times, sc in next 17 sts, [sc in next 6 sts, 2 sc in next st] 2 times. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc. (82 sts)

Round 9 (back loops only): Ch 1, sc in the back loop of each st around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. (82 sc)

Round 10: Ch 1, sc in each st around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st sc. (82 sc)

Ears (make 2)

Row 1: Ch 3, sc in 2^nd and 3^rd ch from hook. Turn. (2 sts)

Row 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each st. Turn. (4 sts)

Row 3: Ch 1, 2 sc in 1^st sc, sc in next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc. Turn. (6 sts)

Row 4 to 8: Ch 1, sc in each st across. Turn. (6 sts)

Row 9: sc2tog, sc in next 2 sts, sc2tog. Turn. (4 sts)

Row 10: sc2tog twice. Fasten off.

Join yarn at one end of the base and work sc around the edge up to the other end. Fasten off and weave in the loose ends. 

Making animal face

Cut out 2 circles of about 2 cm diameter from the black felt sheet for eyes

Glue in the half beads to the circle as seen in the image

Glue the eyes to one oval piece just above the line at the centre.

Embroider nose between the eyes and a smile below 

Embroider lashes on the outer side of the eyes 

Attaching the zipper

If the zipper is longer than required cut off the excess and make a stopper by placing a couple of stitches near the end. 

Mark the top 33 sts for the opening where the zipper will be placed. For that you can place a marker in the st after the joint and count 33 sts and place another marker at the 33rd st. Fold the oval piece in half and check if the alignment is right. Place the two pieces together with the wrong sides of both facing each other and place markers on the other piece also.

Then sew the zipper starting from one end where a marker is placed up to the other marker.

Similarly sew the 2nd piece to the other side of the zipper.

Open the zip halfway and fold it over so that the wrong sides are out. Starting from the stitch after the marker join the sides of the two pieces together by working sc sts in each st through both the pieces up to the st after the next marker. 

Bring the right side out. 

Lining:

Disclaimer: I'm not an expert in sewing and don't know anything other than basic sewing, so whatever I have shown here is what I did, feel free to follow your own method. 

For lining cut out a piece of fabric measuring the width of the purse and twice the height.

Fold into half and sew the sides together. Sew diagonally at both the lower corners to form small triangles to match the curved corners of the purse. Insert the lining material into the purse with the right side in and the wrong side out.

Sew the top of the lining around the inside of the purse. 

Sew ears and decorate with flowers.